Forums Crashing?

[Loyal]

It seems like every so often when I try to explore the forum, I'll get a "500 Error - Internal Server Error". This applies for any page I try to access here.

This occurs abruptly and suddenly, and rarely lasts more than ten minutes before everything goes back to normal.

Is there... I dunno, any specific reason for this?

[Thylacine]

I've been having some problems lately too.

I'll just be clicking through threads and get an error. Everytime so far the page will either load itself after a second or I'll hit back and it takes me to the page I was trying to access.

[Tendronai]

I've also been having this problem a lot recently, for about the last week or so. It usually lasts about five-ten minutes, then things go back to normal.

[greyfox]

this also happened several weeks ago...there might be a pattern to it, but im currently having no issues, just a second longer to connect to NPF. It might be me since i clean my firefox cache everyday...

[42PETUNIAS]

Yeah, it doesn't seem to be a big issue, but more of a curiosity when it happens. Does anyone know exactly what this is caused by?

[Mike McC]

Well, the problem is especailly bad tonight, not just the isolated 5 minutes of the past few days. Half the time I've loaded the forums tonight, the 500 error popped up.

[Fifthfiend]

I've been getting these a lot. This should put up the Pierre-signal, we'll see what he says.

[42PETUNIAS]

They seem to be getting worse and worse of late. Any news from Pierre?

[Fenris]

FIXPLEASE

[Krylo]

So like, now that its in tell admin, doesn't pierre get bugged with like every post?

'cause, if so, I'm gonna make a post that says "FIX IT!" every goddamn time I get a 500 error.

[neyo the king]

Yeah, I've gotten the 500 error of death and pain, like, 3 times now.

That's 3 times more than before.

Which is 3 times to many.

[greed]

Yeah we just got a good ten minutes down time.

[bluestarultor]

Yeah, I've gotten the 500 error of death and pain, like, 3 times now.

That's 3 times more than before.

Which is 3 times to many.

Oh, PTBBBT! XP

I'm getting it like 5 times a day. And I'm running 54M wireless. Spending more time trying to get on than actually posting. :shifty:

[Fuitad]

I am aware of the situation and I'm working on the problem.

[Zilla]

If I may:

I run phpBB2 forums and occurances like this used to happen with the mySQL databases somehow got silghtly corrupted. Just going into the cPanel and repairing the databases with the handy automated tool would always set it right.

I don't know if it works for vBulletin, but it's worth a shot.

[Fuitad]

If I may:

I run phpBB2 forums and occurances like this used to happen with the mySQL databases somehow got silghtly corrupted. Just going into the cPanel and repairing the databases with the handy automated tool would always set it right.

I don't know if it works for vBulletin, but it's worth a shot.

Thanks but it really has nothing to do with this.

[Fuitad]

The problem should be solved now.

EDIT: I'm aware that we're still having some problems and I'm working on it. Thank you for your patience.

[Seil]

The problem should be solved now.

EDIT: I'm aware that we're still having some problems and I'm working on it. Thank you for your patience.

Three cheers for Fuitad!

[Fenris]

No cheers, because I just got it again. 'Cause he's not done fixing it yet.

[42PETUNIAS]

Did you not read your own quote?

[Fenris]

I think he's trying to prematurely cheer. Y'know, cheer before the job's done.

[RickZarber]

I'm not sure if this is part of the problem or something else entirely, but every time I click to go to a new page, there's something like a full minute's delay before it loads (if at all--it only loads, say, 1/3 of the time). And I'm on a 100Mbps connection. It's been like that for the past few days now...

Again, no idea if it's just me or whatnot.

[Krylo]

Just you.

[synkr0nized]

I think he's trying to prematurely cheer. Y'know, cheer before the job's done.

Or just give our admin some appreciation for his work instead of whining that it's not up 24/7 ;)

[Fenris]

Or just give our admin some appreciation for his work instead of whining that it's not up 24/7 ;)
Nope, not serious in the slightest.

[42PETUNIAS]

So I don't know this is part of the problem, just me, or you fixing it, but I'm getting a 500 error on the main page of the comic as well. What's the deal with that?

[Lord of Joshelplex]

Ive been getting it like, 6 times day, though today it seems stable, at least for me it is.

[Zilla]

I can tell it's a lot faster now than it was before.

I'm on my school's Safari browser on an e-Mac, if that has anything to do with it. I haven't tried from my home PC yet.

Edit: HUUUUUGE emphasis on a lot

[shiney]

It might be related to one of the rotating ads. We wouldn't know for certain because, as the ad would crash the page, we'd never see the ad.

Just a thought.

[42PETUNIAS]

Could that also explain the comic having the same problem this morning?

[Demetrius]

I'm actually kinda enjoying this, it gives me a chance to actually do some work, at work...

[Fuitad]

The problem should now be fixed.

Thank you very much for your patience.

[42PETUNIAS]

Woo! Hail the almighty admin!

[Meister]

Sorry to say I just got 500'd again.

I did manage to view the nuklearpower front page, and everything was normal except where the ads should have been there were "Internal Server Error - 500" messages. I guess that lends some credence to shiney's theory?

[Fuitad]

Sorry to say I just got 500'd again.

I did manage to view the nuklearpower front page, and everything was normal except where the ads should have been there were "Internal Server Error - 500" messages. I guess that lends some credence to shiney's theory?

It appears we are indeed not totally out of the trouble yet but close to it.

Also, with all due respect to this community, I'm currently not looking for advices or suggestions in what the problem could be or how it can be fixed. I'm well aware of the problem and I'm working as hard as I can to fix it, truly thinking every time that I did.

Thanks!

[McTahr]

Modding down in RO forum, rocking out a lot of errors and accidental double-posts. It's more than the 500 error now, looks like.

[Fuitad]

Modding down in RO forum, rocking out a lot of errors and accidental double-posts. It's more than the 500 error now, looks like.

Agreed that this could have happened about 10pm but it should be long gone now. Please confirm.

[McTahr]

Roughly 8:30 to 9:30 CST was the problem-time, also, new posts aren't showing for some people.

[Fuitad]

Roughly 8:30 to 9:30 CST was the problem-time, also, new posts aren't showing for some people.
how is it now?

[McTahr]

Looks to be cleared up, new posts are showing again and I'm not seeing any doubles on a scan through.

[Fuitad]

Looks to be cleared up, new posts are showing again and I'm not seeing any doubles on a scan through.
Yay! At least, it's a start.

[bluestarultor]

I just cleaned up a centipost, but at least it's done with. :sweatdrop

Yes, a centipost. As in 100 all at once.

[Fuitad]

Everything seems stable today.

[42PETUNIAS]

I haven't noticed a problem since last night, and I'm on most of my waking hours. Does this mean it's over?

[bluestarultor]

I've been on all day with no problem. Thanks, Pierre. :3nod:

[Fuitad]

Alright, I think I can safely say that all our problems are now solved and gone. Please don't hesitate to post in this thread if something happens again.

[Whomper]

Thanks for all your help, Fuitad.

[Fuitad]

I live to serve.

[42PETUNIAS]

Oddly enough, I just got one now. It was no big deal, and only lasted like 10 seconds max, but it was a little surprising. It happened on both the forum and the comic at the same time. Anyone else stumble across this, or is it just me?

[bluestarultor]

I've gotten 1 or 2 after the fix, but they were short enough to be ignored and blamed on interference.


Edit: Could we actually be getting server overload? I have no idea what all is kept on the one(s) we have, but Brian may eventually have to invest in a new one.

Under the same line, is that why all the second pages started disappearing from the forums?

[DFM]

I got another 500 error just now, but it didn't seem to last too long.

[bluestarultor]

I just got 2 in the past 5 minutes. Hopefully, it was just a fluke.

[Seil]

I just got 2 in the past 5 minutes. Hopefully, it was just a fluke.

Same here.

[Demetrius]

I just got hit with a rash of them, same thing over at CTRL-ALT-DEL too tonight.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I'm starting to get hit by them. If i restart my firefox browser, it works fin for a minuet.

[Mike McC]

They seem to be shorter, but more widespread. Still, I've had a few today.

[Phantom7]

It's the same on VG Cats. I think it's all of the webcomics.

[Flarecobra]

Same here, however it's only the NPF forums.

[Khael!]

I am getting them everywhere on this forum, fifteen plus in the past few minutes I've been haplessly clicking trying to get here to post this. damn that was near impossible. Seems to take a minute break and then the relentless torrent resumes. It didn't start happening until around eleven thirty today for me.

[Seil]

I think it's all of the webcomics.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[DFM]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2764/070926xe3.jpg

[42PETUNIAS]

Doesn't Fuitad do Ctrl-Alt-Del too? That could be the reason it doesn't work.

[Nikose Tyris]

I've had Ctrl-alt-del, 8-bit, NPF, VG cats and even Dominic Deegan go down all at once a few weeks ago. only LICD wasn't affected that I checked. it was a while ago.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Yeah I got hit again three times. The third time when I tried to post in this thread:stressed:

[shiney]

It looks to be caused by a situation involving too many connections to the SQL server. I informed Brian of the error when it occurred to me (not the 500 internal server error but a different one) so we'll see what happens.

[Seil]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u59/Poetisch/DatabaseError.jpg

[Zilla]

I got Seil's error once, but mostly it's been a series of 500 errors.

[Nikose Tyris]

just got an error again- not the Forum specific error, but the "This website is experiencing problems" one.

[bluestarultor]

I just got 3 consecutive 500 errors, the last of which held for a full minute, and a database error when I tried to initiate this post.

[Meister]

Same here, seemed like a momentary thing since it now works again like a charm.

[Nikose Tyris]

another 500 Internal Server Error.

Most likely causes:
The website is under maintenance.
The website has a programming error.

Just a quick copy-paste.

I got it for like 30 seconds, about 3 refreshes, and then it worked again.

Also the boards been laggy today.

[Khael!]

Mine wouldn't let up for about five minutes straight. I was really trying to get to this thread though. Funny thing, I was more likely to get through by clicking on the newest post link in the forum, rather than clicking on any general forum links.

[Nikose Tyris]

I got hit AGAIN, right after sending a PM.

[Elminster_Amaur]

I just got the error, and when I logged back onto the "currently viewing" list, there were only five of the former 30-ish people left.

[russianreversal]

Had one just now. About 3 minutes.

[Bells]

on 2008 up to now i already got the 500 error and the Database error more times than the whole of 2007 by a large difference.

This month is the worst so far for it. and just today i got it 6 times so far.

[Mike McC]

Already mentioned here (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=29311). Mod should probably close this thread while we await Pierre.

[shiney]

Nah. More the merrier.

[Pip Boy]

Megaman is /sad because his foruming is broken. I'm getting more of the same "stfu hax roflolololol error" crap that some of you seem to be having.

[Eltargrim]

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This is the one that just turned up for me. Note that I have received both the 500 error and this one in the past. Lasted around 6 minutes this time (1002-1008)

[Fuitad]

I'm currently upgrading the forum and forgot to shut them down. Sorry folks.

[Eltargrim]

No problem; glad to know it's something simple as this, and not the server deciding to burn itself out. :)

[Eltargrim]

Database error :(

[Fuitad]

Database error :(

Ok listen guys. I get an email everytime there's an issue. I'm aware of it.

There is no need to post about it everytime. We know there's a problem and we're working on the solution.

Thanks.

[Eltargrim]

Sorry, didn't realize. I had thought that it had already been resolved and that this was a new one.

My bad, keep up the good work :)