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Chris
2008-04-25
2012-11-15
  • Chris

    Chris - 2008-04-25

    Im using PHPBB3 and the newest version of AJAX Chat, MYSQL 5, php5 etc.

    I finally got this thing sorta working and now my last troubleshooting step is this... Whenever I log in, or anyone logs in for that matter, ChatBot spams this...

    For this Ex, Furinex is the user name

    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).
    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).
    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).
    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).
    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).
    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).
    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).
    ChatBot: Furinex logs into chat.
    Chatbot: Furinex has been logged out (Timeout).

    And I mean like CONSTANT repeats of this with 2 second intervals.  Its ridiculous.  All my configs are set to 60min for inactive log logout.  How do I fix this,  I am so completely lost...

     
    • easygo

      easygo - 2009-01-15

      One of you devs :? whatever that means, dude...you're welcome!

       
    • Philip Nicolcev

      Philip Nicolcev - 2008-04-25

      Try turning off the IP check in the config, although this does sound more like a cookie or session handling issue. Usually IP related timeouts happen much less frequently.

      I recall this happening in an older version when we had to set the session name manually if it was done wrong, however I haven't heard of anyone having trouble with it since. Can I have a link to your chat?

       
    • Chris

      Chris - 2008-04-25

      Unfortunately I cannot give you a link to the chat, Im on a Naval vessil in the middle of the freakin ocean :(  Anyways This chat thing is on the LAN that I set up for the ship, so I cant link it.  Now, Im gonna try what ya said, But I got 1 question.  How do you set the session name manually?  Anyways, I'll try the IP check config setting first, and let you know how it goes.

       
    • Chris

      Chris - 2008-04-25

      Ok.  That didn't work.  Any other suggestions?

       
    • Blackhand101

      Blackhand101 - 2009-01-15

      turning off ipcheck does not work...
      any other suggestions?
      thanks

       
    • Blackhand101

      Blackhand101 - 2009-01-15

      turned off the announcing of leaving channels in config but that is just a temp fix plz help!

       
    • Philip Nicolcev

      Philip Nicolcev - 2009-01-15

      It works when you suppress the timeout messages? Well, that's new.

      You sure your browser is handling cookies correctly? I would expect a naval vessel to have some security to deal with cookies.

       
    • Blackhand101

      Blackhand101 - 2009-01-15

      im not the one on a navel base.... he is... i am having the same exact problem... last night i had to tell the host this which one of you devs told me to do:

      PHP requires that you set a path where session data can be saved. If you have access
      to the php.ini on this server, please check the session.save_path setting. It should be
      equal to your cgi-bin/tmp directory. Otherwise, contact your webhost provider.

      could this be a session save problem?
      thanks

       
    • Blackhand101

      Blackhand101 - 2009-01-15

      this appears to be a session save problem.. i asked my hoster to fix it and it works!

       
  • DigiOz Multimedia

    I have a phpbb3 and ajax chat installation that is doing the same exact thing. In my php.ini I see my session.save_path to be "/temp", but I don't see a "cgi-bin/tmp" directory (or entry for it in php.ini). Any help?

    Thanks,

     
  • DigiOz Multimedia

    This only seems to happen when the user logs in without the "Remember Me" login option. When they do check the remember me option it seems to help.

     

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