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Re: [Phpwiki-talk] sudden, strange wiki slowdown

[Lawrence A. <la...@us...>]

Welcome to the WonderfulWorldOfWiki

At 10:36 22/01/2002, Geoffrey L. Wright wrote:
>Ack!
>
>Apologies for that last message.  Inadvertently hit the send key before the
>proper time.  Not a particularly eloquent first post to the list...

At least it was short!



>Now on to my little issue:
>
>I'm a recent convert to PhpWiki.  We just set up 1.2.2 at work, and in a few
>short weeks it's become indispensable.
>
>I'm now in process of setting up PhpWiki on my personal domain using 1.3.2.
>  I installed it several nights ago and it went w/out a hitch.  Install
>process was nice, easy and well-documented.
>
>But mid-today I started noticing a bit 'o strange lag every time I accessed
>the wiki.  Basicly, page loads now take 3 or 4 seconds, whereas before they
>we quite quick.  If you're interested, you can witness the effect first
>hand at:
>http://www.northernwastes.org

Hmmm .. looks OK to me - nice and fast



>Here are several useful things to know.
>
>1 - I host several other domains on this machine.  Everything else seems
>healthy.
>
>2 - I run SquirrelMail (http://squirrelmail.sourceforge.net), and it too
>seems to be functioning properly.  So nothing seems _grossly_ wrong w/my PHP
>setup.
>
>3 - I'm using MySQL as the back-end.
>
>4 - Neither MySQL, Apache nor PhpWiki are reporting any errors.
>
>5 - Upgrading to the most recent nightly snap doesn't change the problem for
>better or worse.  (Although I really dig the OS X theme...)
>
>6 - Backing up the wiki, then nuking the database, then rebuilding it
>doesn't change anything.  A brand-spankin' new wiki has the same problem.
>
>7 - I'm running Debian/Woody.  apache-ssl, php4, php4-mysql, php4-pear and
>mysql-server are all apt-installed.
>
>8 - I've reinstalled the PhpWiki code and reconfigured the index.php file
>several times to make sure I haven't kludged anything there.
>
>9 - I can't think of a damned thing that I've changed on the box before the
>problem started to occur.  I don't _think_ I upgraded any related packages.
>  (or any packages at all, for that matter...)
>
>Any thoughts or constructive advice?
>


Is it *always* slow?  Or just sometimes?  Do the other domains involve 
MySQL access?

Is PHP running as a cgi or as an Apache module?

Im a bit stumped really - just trying to think of some things to 
explore.  Others may have a better idea (when they wake up)!


>Many thanks,
>
>
>//glw

Lawrence Akka

Re: [Phpwiki-talk] sudden, strange wiki slowdown

[Geoffrey L. W. <ge...@no...>]

<quote who="Lawrence Akka">

> Welcome to the WonderfulWorldOfWiki

Well, thanks.  Nice to be here.

[...]
>>But mid-today I started noticing a bit 'o strange lag every time I
>>accessed the wiki.  Basicly, page loads now take 3 or 4 seconds,
>>whereas before they we quite quick.  If you're interested, you can
>>witness the effect first hand at:
>>http://www.northernwastes.org
>
> Hmmm .. looks OK to me - nice and fast

<confusion-sets-in>

  Hmmmm... It seems OK from here, too.  Now I'm even more perplexed.  Last
  night it was SLOW, this AM it's perfectly OK.  Haven't touched the box
  between now and then.  In troubleshooting yesterday I even when so far as
  to ruin my uptime w/a reboot and still no change.

</confusion-sets-in>

> Is it *always* slow?  Or just sometimes?  Do the other domains involve
> MySQL access?

Last night it was perfectly consistant.  Today it's consistantly perfect.

> Is PHP running as a cgi or as an Apache module?

as an Apache module.

> Im a bit stumped really - just trying to think of some things to
> explore.  Others may have a better idea (when they wake up)!

Well, at this point I'm going to write it off to gremlins.  I have nary a log
entry to indicate a problem.  Or perhaps some mysterious yet well-meaning
PhpWikiPerson owned my box last night and set things right w/out saying
anything.  If it happens again I'll just try harder to gather useful data...

At any rate, thanks for taking time to consider the problem!

> Lawrence Akka

//gl

Re: [Phpwiki-talk] sudden, strange wiki slowdown

[Geoffrey L. W. <ge...@no...>]

<quote who="Lawrence Akka">

> Welcome to the WonderfulWorldOfWiki

Well, thanks.  Nice to be here.

[...]
>>But mid-today I started noticing a bit 'o strange lag every time I
>>accessed the wiki.  Basicly, page loads now take 3 or 4 seconds,
>>whereas before they we quite quick.  If you're interested, you can
>>witness the effect first hand at:
>>http://www.northernwastes.org
>
> Hmmm .. looks OK to me - nice and fast

<confusion-sets-in>

  Hmmmm... It seems OK from here, too.  Now I'm even more perplexed.  Last
  night it was SLOW, this AM it's perfectly OK.  Haven't touched the box
  between now and then.  In troubleshooting yesterday I even when so far as
  to ruin my uptime w/a reboot and still no change.

</confusion-sets-in>

> Is it *always* slow?  Or just sometimes?  Do the other domains involve
> MySQL access?

Last night it was perfectly consistant.  Today it's consistantly perfect.

> Is PHP running as a cgi or as an Apache module?

as an Apache module.

> Im a bit stumped really - just trying to think of some things to
> explore.  Others may have a better idea (when they wake up)!

Well, at this point I'm going to write it off to gremlins.  I have nary a log
entry to indicate a problem.  Or perhaps some mysterious yet well-meaning
PhpWikiPerson owned my box last night and set things right w/out saying
anything.  If it happens again I'll just try harder to gather useful data...

At any rate, thanks for taking time to consider the problem!

> Lawrence Akka

//gl

Re: [Phpwiki-talk] sudden, strange wiki slowdown

[Geoffrey L. W. <ge...@no...>]

<quote who="Lawrence Akka">

> Welcome to the WonderfulWorldOfWiki

Well, thanks.  Nice to be here.

[...]
>>But mid-today I started noticing a bit 'o strange lag every time I
>>accessed the wiki.  Basicly, page loads now take 3 or 4 seconds,
>>whereas before they we quite quick.  If you're interested, you can
>>witness the effect first hand at:
>>http://www.northernwastes.org
>
> Hmmm .. looks OK to me - nice and fast

<confusion-sets-in>

  Hmmmm... It seems OK from here, too.  Now I'm even more perplexed.  Last
  night it was SLOW, this AM it's perfectly OK.  Haven't touched the box
  between now and then.  In troubleshooting yesterday I even when so far as
  to ruin my uptime w/a reboot and still no change.

</confusion-sets-in>

> Is it *always* slow?  Or just sometimes?  Do the other domains involve
> MySQL access?

Last night it was perfectly consistant.  Today it's consistantly perfect.

> Is PHP running as a cgi or as an Apache module?

as an Apache module.

> Im a bit stumped really - just trying to think of some things to
> explore.  Others may have a better idea (when they wake up)!

Well, at this point I'm going to write it off to gremlins.  I have nary a
log entry to indicate a problem.  Or perhaps some mysterious yet
well-meaning PhpWikiPerson owned my box last night and set things right
w/out saying anything.  If it happens again I'll just try harder to gather
useful data...

At any rate, thanks for taking time to consider the problem!

> Lawrence Akka

//glw