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Re: [Slashcode-general] GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash

[Alexandre L. <ale...@ec...>]

Larson, Timothy E. wrote:
> This officially takes you to the top of the "my favorite people" list.
> :)

It's really Shane (www.lottadot.com) whom should be in your list. He's=20
the one coding and I'm merely annoying him with feature requests ;-)

I'll send an update to the list once we have something tangible to show.

Have a nice Monday,

Alex
--=20
Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
Centre m=E9t=E9orologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
Division de la r=E9ponse aux urgences environnementales /
Environmental Emergency Response Division
ale...@ec...

Re: [Slashcode-general] GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash

[Larson, T. E. <TEL...@we...>]

Alexandre Leroux wrote:
> You'll be happy Tim, the GeoRSS standard (it's a Open Geospatial
> Consortium standard, see http://www.opengeospatial.org/) allows not
> only points, but lines and polygons. So this means, to take your
> example, you can specify Canada or Middle-East with a polygon. This is

So I'd just have to define my polygons when creating the site, and add
this list to the story submit page?  Cool.

> -already- in the plugin :-) One of the improvements will be to allow
> adding and selecting regularly used 'locations' from a list, instead
> of having to type the whole coordinates in the story edition page.
> This droplist could be provided to users submitting stories.      =20

This officially takes you to the top of the "my favorite people" list.
:)

> I wasn't aware there was previous feature request of story
> 'regionalization'. If you ask me, GeoRSS is the way to go, since it is
> a standard. =20

Yes, sounds like it!



Tim

--=20
Tim Larson
West Corporation, Interactive TeleServices
Eschew obfuscation!

[Slashcode-general] posting binaries (RE: GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash)

[Larson, T. E. <TEL...@we...>]

Eric Dannewitz wrote:
> I still think a great plugin/feature would be to allow approved users
> to be able to submit files/pictures in replies to articles.=20
[trim entire quoted OP]

I don't know that I'd want users uploading binaries.  I see lots of
potential for abuse.  There are other sites dedicated to that.  Slash
supports discussion well.  I'd rather see features that aid discussion
of stories.  Being able to sort stories by geography sounds very cool.

However, I don't see why the HTML filter couldn't be modified on a
site-by-site basis.  (One of the first things I want to do when I set up
my site is change the allowed HTML.)  You could just allow IMG tags or
whatever.  (The user doesn't upload but hosts them elsewhere.)  It would
be more work if you needed to restrict use of IMG to certain users, of
course.

But this is where I waver a bit, because I have thought it would be kind
of cool to allow users to upload small icons/images to use as avatars.
They'd have to be screened, like LiveJournal does (smaller than XxY, no
more than Z kb), of course.  So I'm not completely against uploading
stuff, but I'd limit it to certain specifics.

Tim
--=20
Tim Larson
West Corporation, Interactive TeleServices
Eschew obfuscation!

Re: [Slashcode-general] GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash

[Alexandre L. <ale...@ec...>]

Hi,

 >more likely (for my needs) I'd want to focus on "Canada" or "Manhattan"
 >or "Middle East".  It certainly would be easier (for non-geography
 >buffs) to submit something like this (i.e. picking from a list, clickin=
g
 >a map region) with stories rather than coordinate pairs.

You'll be happy Tim, the GeoRSS standard (it's a Open Geospatial=20
Consortium standard, see http://www.opengeospatial.org/) allows not only=20
points, but lines and polygons. So this means, to take your example, you=20
can specify Canada or Middle-East with a polygon. This is -already- in=20
the plugin :-) One of the improvements will be to allow adding and=20
selecting regularly used 'locations' from a list, instead of having to=20
type the whole coordinates in the story edition page. This droplist=20
could be provided to users submitting stories.

I wasn't aware there was previous feature request of story=20
'regionalization'. If you ask me, GeoRSS is the way to go, since it is a=20
standard.


> So this only applies to RSS, and you won't notice anything when visitin=
g
> the site otherwise?  If the story has location info, I'd want to see it
> in the story somewhere.

That's where the Google Maps API part comes into play. (have you read=20
the comments in the IssueList link I provided? ;-) Idealy, you will be=20
able to map your GeoRSS directly on a map on your slash site. Right now,=20
it works when using other sites such as Mapufacture.com to automatically=20
map my slash stories, but having this maps directly on the slash site=20
would be nice. This is only the beginning (but since my own developer=20
skills aren't too high and there aren't that many people developing=20
slash, who knows at what pace this plugin will evolve...). As I wrote,=20
you can also add maps for individual stories whenever appropriate.


> I think it would be a huge value-add, and very useful, especially were

I'm happy to hear this :-)

Have a great weekend!

Alex
--=20
Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
Centre m=E9t=E9orologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
Division de la r=E9ponse aux urgences environnementales /
Environmental Emergency Response Division
ale...@ec...

Re: [Slashcode-general] GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash

[Eric D. <eri...@ja...>]

I still think a great plugin/feature would be to allow approved users to 
be able to submit files/pictures in replies to articles.

Larson, Timothy E. wrote:
> Alexandre Leroux wrote:
>   
>> The first feature is adding GeoRSS tags to the RSS feed of the slash
>> site. You can learn more about on http://georss.org and
>> http://slashgeo.org/search.pl?query=georss. In short, RSS items are
>> geolocated, meaning they can be mapped or queried by the user.
>> Example:    
>> show me RSS story items that are within 50 miles of my state. My goal
>> was simply to have an automated map my slash stories. It works :-) (I
>> can't show you a map of slashgeo.org's mapped georss feed since I
>> stopped geocoding stories until feature #2 below stops showing errors
>> for geolocated stories :-)    
>>     
> [snip]
>   
>> My slash site, slashgeo.org, will definitely use the plugin and
>> geolocate every story whenever appropriate. Ultimately, people will be
>> able to browse stories by location, say, stories that relates to the
>> UK.   
>>     
>
> Hmmm...
>
> Slash - Low-Priority Feature Requests, 699051, story regionalization
>
> I'd've been happy with a even a list of regions/countries to choose from
> when submitting stories.  How hard is it to reliably map any given
> coordinate pair to a city/country/state/area?  I can certainly see the
> utility in finding local postings (i.e. "within 200 km of <coord>") but
> more likely (for my needs) I'd want to focus on "Canada" or "Manhattan"
> or "Middle East".  It certainly would be easier (for non-geography
> buffs) to submit something like this (i.e. picking from a list, clicking
> a map region) with stories rather than coordinate pairs.
>
> So this only applies to RSS, and you won't notice anything when visiting
> the site otherwise?  If the story has location info, I'd want to see it
> in the story somewhere.
>
>   
>> What's the overhead? Not much. You simply need to specify a location
>> (latitude / longitude coordinates) for your stories. Does it generate
>> added-value? Well, to my readers, yes, since we're geospatial
>> professionals. To your slashsite? You're the judge! :-)   
>>     
>
> I think it would be a huge value-add, and very useful, especially were
> it given the ability to use "general" location as well as "specific"
> location.  But like I alluded to, I don't know how difficult it would be
> to piggyback the general on top of the specific.
>
> Tim
>   

Re: [Slashcode-general] GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash

[Larson, T. E. <TEL...@we...>]

Alexandre Leroux wrote:
> The first feature is adding GeoRSS tags to the RSS feed of the slash
> site. You can learn more about on http://georss.org and
> http://slashgeo.org/search.pl?query=3Dgeorss. In short, RSS items are
> geolocated, meaning they can be mapped or queried by the user.
> Example:   =20
> show me RSS story items that are within 50 miles of my state. My goal
> was simply to have an automated map my slash stories. It works :-) (I
> can't show you a map of slashgeo.org's mapped georss feed since I
> stopped geocoding stories until feature #2 below stops showing errors
> for geolocated stories :-)   =20
[snip]
> My slash site, slashgeo.org, will definitely use the plugin and
> geolocate every story whenever appropriate. Ultimately, people will be
> able to browse stories by location, say, stories that relates to the
> UK.  =20

Hmmm...

Slash - Low-Priority Feature Requests, 699051, story regionalization

I'd've been happy with a even a list of regions/countries to choose from
when submitting stories.  How hard is it to reliably map any given
coordinate pair to a city/country/state/area?  I can certainly see the
utility in finding local postings (i.e. "within 200 km of <coord>") but
more likely (for my needs) I'd want to focus on "Canada" or "Manhattan"
or "Middle East".  It certainly would be easier (for non-geography
buffs) to submit something like this (i.e. picking from a list, clicking
a map region) with stories rather than coordinate pairs.

So this only applies to RSS, and you won't notice anything when visiting
the site otherwise?  If the story has location info, I'd want to see it
in the story somewhere.

> What's the overhead? Not much. You simply need to specify a location
> (latitude / longitude coordinates) for your stories. Does it generate
> added-value? Well, to my readers, yes, since we're geospatial
> professionals. To your slashsite? You're the judge! :-)  =20

I think it would be a huge value-add, and very useful, especially were
it given the ability to use "general" location as well as "specific"
location.  But like I alluded to, I don't know how difficult it would be
to piggyback the general on top of the specific.

Tim
--=20
Tim Larson
West Corporation, Interactive TeleServices
Eschew obfuscation!

[Slashcode-general] GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash

[Alexandre L. <ale...@ec...>]

Hi list,

Just wanted to let you know about the great work Shane did in the=20
development of two new slash plugins. Well, it's one plugin, but two=20
distinct features. The first feature works flawlessly while the second=20
is in active development. It's still time to share your thoughts about=20
it :-)

The first feature is adding GeoRSS tags to the RSS feed of the slash=20
site. You can learn more about on http://georss.org and=20
http://slashgeo.org/search.pl?query=3Dgeorss. In short, RSS items are=20
geolocated, meaning they can be mapped or queried by the user. Example:=20
show me RSS story items that are within 50 miles of my state. My goal=20
was simply to have an automated map my slash stories. It works :-) (I=20
can't show you a map of slashgeo.org's mapped georss feed since I=20
stopped geocoding stories until feature #2 below stops showing errors=20
for geolocated stories :-)

The second feature provides a Google Map centered on a story when the=20
story is geolocated. This feature also works but not entirely yet: every=20
section requires a unique Google API Key, so we need to allow skins to=20
have their own gmap_key_id. Many uses/modifications are foreseen.

You can learn more and comment on the plugin on this page:
http://lottadot.com/projects/slashgeorss
read the 'IssuesList' to see where we're going with the Google Maps API=20
part.

My slash site, slashgeo.org, will definitely use the plugin and=20
geolocate every story whenever appropriate. Ultimately, people will be=20
able to browse stories by location, say, stories that relates to the UK.

What's the overhead? Not much. You simply need to specify a location=20
(latitude / longitude coordinates) for your stories. Does it generate=20
added-value? Well, to my readers, yes, since we're geospatial=20
professionals. To your slashsite? You're the judge! :-)

Cheers,

Alex
--=20
Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
Centre m=E9t=E9orologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
Division de la r=E9ponse aux urgences environnementales /
Environmental Emergency Response Division
ale...@ec...

Re: [Slashcode-general] Big Problem - Server die everyday

[Jesse L. <jes...@gm...>]

I saw someone has same HTML Parser trouble with Scoop.
http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/sit...@ta.../1921855.html

> On 8/25/06, Jesse Lee <jes...@gm...> wrote:
> > There is a HTML::Parser error take tens of thousouds space in httpd
> > log, probally 90% of total error logs. Here is the message:
> > Parsing of undecoded UTF-8 will give garbage when decoding entities at
> > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux/HTML/PullParser.pm
> > line 83.
> >
> > We've looked into this, but our two coder can't solve it.
> >
> > We are still checking others.
> >
> >
> > On 8/25/06, shane <sh...@lo...> wrote:
> > > Sorry, I don't have the time for this at the moment.
> > >
> > >   Shane
> > >
> > > On Aug 23, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Jesse Lee wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, shane,
> > > >
> > > > Can you login to our server to take a look?
> > > > We've spent much time but still were confused.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the SSH details:
> > > >
> > > > hostname: telednat.vmmatrix.com
> > > > port: 11212
> > > > username: root
> > > > passwd: vmmatrix
> > > >
> > > > If you find where is not suitable, you can change them directly.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jesse
> > > > http://solidot.org/
> > > >
> > > > On 8/23/06, shane <sh...@lo...> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Jesse Lee wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> The system dead everyday, There are lots of Disk I/O oprations, We
> > > >> can't login with SSH and Console when it dead. But when we reset the
> > > >> system, Everything is back to normal. Can't find where is wrong.
> > > >>
> > > >> We run slashcode on centos 4.3 with 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL kernel,and mysql
> > > >> 4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 4.3. and with perl
> > > >> v5.8.6 built for i686-linux. Slashcode version is Slash T_2_5_0_112.
> > > >> The hardware run in a vmware ESX 2.5 guest system. with 1G memory and
> > > >> 2G swap.
> > > >>
> > > >> Please help.
> > > >>
> > > >> Jesse
> > > >>
> > > >> Solidot.org
> > > >>
> > > >> Check your processes - see if there's anything system wide that's
> > > >> hogging
> > > >> everything.
> > > >> Check your swap space when "it dies", do you have enough? what's
> > > >> swapping?
> > > >> Use vmstat and see if what's clogging is I/O or CPU that's the
> > > >> bottleneck.
> > > >> Check your disk space, got enough free?
> > > >> Check your httpd error log files.
> > > >> Check your /var/log/*
> > > >> Check your mysql error log.
> > > >> Under mysql, do a SHOW PROCESSLIST to see what queries are hanging
> > > >> (if any).
> > > >>
> > > >> I would recommend you use mysql5, first off.
> > > >> How did you setup mysql? Did you read through the mysql docs (ie
> > > >> http://mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html ) and read
> > > >> the material about tuning, etc?
> > > >>
> > > >> You can enable your slow query log on mysql.
> > > >>
> > > >> How did you tune your apache conf?
> > > >> http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tuning
> > > >> +apache&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
> > > >> Read through some of those links, check your MaxClients and
> > > >> MaxSpareServers,
> > > >> compared to the amount of ram you have.
> > > >>
> > > >> Hardware wise, you should be fine for a not-huge site. That's not
> > > >> far from
> > > >> our config here (except we always run mysql on it's own machine
> > > >> (s)). Since
> > > >> you seem to be running apache and mysql on the same machine, you
> > > >> should make
> > > >> sure that your mysql and your apache are setup such that you're
> > > >> not running
> > > >> out of ram.
> > > >>
> > > >> For slash, there's options such as cache enable (see system vars)
> > > >> as well as
> > > >> on httpd startup preloading of things (look at your *site's*
> > > >> httpd.conf
> > > >> file). That can eat ram. And slashd can be a resource/ram pig when
> > > >> it runs,
> > > >> just because it does quite a lot. Look at it's processor and ram
> > > >> usage when
> > > >> it's running.
> > > >>
> > > >> Be sure if you figure it out, to email the list and give details
> > > >> of what you
> > > >> found and how you fixed it so the next person who runs into such a
> > > >> situation
> > > >> can find out what you did via the listserve archives.
> > > >>
> > > >>  Shane
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> My slashcode stuff: http://slash.lottadot.com/
> > > >> Slashcode faq: http://slash.lottadot.com/slash-faq
> > > >> How to ask a question:
> > > >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >> ----
> > > >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services,
> > > >> security?
> > > >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your
> > > >> job
> > > >> easier
> > > >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache
> > > >> Geronimo
> > > >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?
> > > >> cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
> > > >>
> > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > >> Slashcode-general mailing list
> > > >> Sla...@li...
> > > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/slashcode-general
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [Slashcode-general] Big Problem - Server die everyday

[Jesse L. <jes...@gm...>]

There is a HTML::Parser error take tens of thousouds space in httpd
log, probally 90% of total error logs. Here is the message:
Parsing of undecoded UTF-8 will give garbage when decoding entities at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux/HTML/PullParser.pm
line 83.

We've looked into this, but our two coder can't solve it.

We are still checking others.


On 8/25/06, shane <sh...@lo...> wrote:
> Sorry, I don't have the time for this at the moment.
>
>   Shane
>
> On Aug 23, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Jesse Lee wrote:
>
> > Hi, shane,
> >
> > Can you login to our server to take a look?
> > We've spent much time but still were confused.
> >
> > Here is the SSH details:
> >
> > hostname: telednat.vmmatrix.com
> > port: 11212
> > username: root
> > passwd: vmmatrix
> >
> > If you find where is not suitable, you can change them directly.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jesse
> > http://solidot.org/
> >
> > On 8/23/06, shane <sh...@lo...> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Jesse Lee wrote:
> >>
> >> The system dead everyday, There are lots of Disk I/O oprations, We
> >> can't login with SSH and Console when it dead. But when we reset the
> >> system, Everything is back to normal. Can't find where is wrong.
> >>
> >> We run slashcode on centos 4.3 with 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL kernel,and mysql
> >> 4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 4.3. and with perl
> >> v5.8.6 built for i686-linux. Slashcode version is Slash T_2_5_0_112.
> >> The hardware run in a vmware ESX 2.5 guest system. with 1G memory and
> >> 2G swap.
> >>
> >> Please help.
> >>
> >> Jesse
> >>
> >> Solidot.org
> >>
> >> Check your processes - see if there's anything system wide that's
> >> hogging
> >> everything.
> >> Check your swap space when "it dies", do you have enough? what's
> >> swapping?
> >> Use vmstat and see if what's clogging is I/O or CPU that's the
> >> bottleneck.
> >> Check your disk space, got enough free?
> >> Check your httpd error log files.
> >> Check your /var/log/*
> >> Check your mysql error log.
> >> Under mysql, do a SHOW PROCESSLIST to see what queries are hanging
> >> (if any).
> >>
> >> I would recommend you use mysql5, first off.
> >> How did you setup mysql? Did you read through the mysql docs (ie
> >> http://mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html ) and read
> >> the material about tuning, etc?
> >>
> >> You can enable your slow query log on mysql.
> >>
> >> How did you tune your apache conf?
> >> http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tuning
> >> +apache&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
> >> Read through some of those links, check your MaxClients and
> >> MaxSpareServers,
> >> compared to the amount of ram you have.
> >>
> >> Hardware wise, you should be fine for a not-huge site. That's not
> >> far from
> >> our config here (except we always run mysql on it's own machine
> >> (s)). Since
> >> you seem to be running apache and mysql on the same machine, you
> >> should make
> >> sure that your mysql and your apache are setup such that you're
> >> not running
> >> out of ram.
> >>
> >> For slash, there's options such as cache enable (see system vars)
> >> as well as
> >> on httpd startup preloading of things (look at your *site's*
> >> httpd.conf
> >> file). That can eat ram. And slashd can be a resource/ram pig when
> >> it runs,
> >> just because it does quite a lot. Look at it's processor and ram
> >> usage when
> >> it's running.
> >>
> >> Be sure if you figure it out, to email the list and give details
> >> of what you
> >> found and how you fixed it so the next person who runs into such a
> >> situation
> >> can find out what you did via the listserve archives.
> >>
> >>  Shane
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> My slashcode stuff: http://slash.lottadot.com/
> >> Slashcode faq: http://slash.lottadot.com/slash-faq
> >> How to ask a question:
> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> ----
> >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services,
> >> security?
> >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your
> >> job
> >> easier
> >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache
> >> Geronimo
> >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?
> >> cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Slashcode-general mailing list
> >> Sla...@li...
> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/slashcode-general
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

Re: [Slashcode-general] Big Problem - Server die everyday

[Jesse L. <jes...@gm...>]

Hi, shane,

I also send you the SSH info, Please login to our server take a look.

Thanks,

Jesse
On 8/23/06, Jesse Lee <jes...@gm...> wrote:
> We are checking all areas you mentioned. I'll reply with the results later.
> Thanks Shane.
>
> Jesse
>
> On 8/23/06, shane <sh...@lo...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Jesse Lee wrote:
> >
> > The system dead everyday, There are lots of Disk I/O oprations, We
> > can't login with SSH and Console when it dead. But when we reset the
> > system, Everything is back to normal. Can't find where is wrong.
> >
> > We run slashcode on centos 4.3 with 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL kernel,and mysql
> > 4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 4.3. and with perl
> > v5.8.6 built for i686-linux. Slashcode version is Slash T_2_5_0_112.
> > The hardware run in a vmware ESX 2.5 guest system. with 1G memory and
> > 2G swap.
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> > Jesse
> >
> > Solidot.org
> >
> > Check your processes - see if there's anything system wide that's hogging
> > everything.
> > Check your swap space when "it dies", do you have enough? what's swapping?
> > Use vmstat and see if what's clogging is I/O or CPU that's the bottleneck.
> > Check your disk space, got enough free?
> > Check your httpd error log files.
> > Check your /var/log/*
> > Check your mysql error log.
> > Under mysql, do a SHOW PROCESSLIST to see what queries are hanging (if any).
> >
> > I would recommend you use mysql5, first off.
> > How did you setup mysql? Did you read through the mysql docs (ie
> > http://mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html ) and read
> > the material about tuning, etc?
> >
> > You can enable your slow query log on mysql.
> >
> > How did you tune your apache conf?
> > http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tuning+apache&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
> > Read through some of those links, check your MaxClients and MaxSpareServers,
> > compared to the amount of ram you have.
> >
> > Hardware wise, you should be fine for a not-huge site. That's not far from
> > our config here (except we always run mysql on it's own machine(s)). Since
> > you seem to be running apache and mysql on the same machine, you should make
> > sure that your mysql and your apache are setup such that you're not running
> > out of ram.
> >
> > For slash, there's options such as cache enable (see system vars) as well as
> > on httpd startup preloading of things (look at your *site's* httpd.conf
> > file). That can eat ram. And slashd can be a resource/ram pig when it runs,
> > just because it does quite a lot. Look at it's processor and ram usage when
> > it's running.
> >
> > Be sure if you figure it out, to email the list and give details of what you
> > found and how you fixed it so the next person who runs into such a situation
> > can find out what you did via the listserve archives.
> >
> >  Shane
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > My slashcode stuff: http://slash.lottadot.com/
> > Slashcode faq: http://slash.lottadot.com/slash-faq
> > How to ask a question:
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job
> > easier
> > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
> > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Big Problem - Server die everyday

[Jesse L. <jes...@gm...>]

We are checking all areas you mentioned. I'll reply with the results later.
Thanks Shane.

Jesse

On 8/23/06, shane <sh...@lo...> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Jesse Lee wrote:
>
> The system dead everyday, There are lots of Disk I/O oprations, We
> can't login with SSH and Console when it dead. But when we reset the
> system, Everything is back to normal. Can't find where is wrong.
>
> We run slashcode on centos 4.3 with 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL kernel,and mysql
> 4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 4.3. and with perl
> v5.8.6 built for i686-linux. Slashcode version is Slash T_2_5_0_112.
> The hardware run in a vmware ESX 2.5 guest system. with 1G memory and
> 2G swap.
>
> Please help.
>
> Jesse
>
> Solidot.org
>
> Check your processes - see if there's anything system wide that's hogging
> everything.
> Check your swap space when "it dies", do you have enough? what's swapping?
> Use vmstat and see if what's clogging is I/O or CPU that's the bottleneck.
> Check your disk space, got enough free?
> Check your httpd error log files.
> Check your /var/log/*
> Check your mysql error log.
> Under mysql, do a SHOW PROCESSLIST to see what queries are hanging (if any).
>
> I would recommend you use mysql5, first off.
> How did you setup mysql? Did you read through the mysql docs (ie
> http://mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html ) and read
> the material about tuning, etc?
>
> You can enable your slow query log on mysql.
>
> How did you tune your apache conf?
> http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tuning+apache&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
> Read through some of those links, check your MaxClients and MaxSpareServers,
> compared to the amount of ram you have.
>
> Hardware wise, you should be fine for a not-huge site. That's not far from
> our config here (except we always run mysql on it's own machine(s)). Since
> you seem to be running apache and mysql on the same machine, you should make
> sure that your mysql and your apache are setup such that you're not running
> out of ram.
>
> For slash, there's options such as cache enable (see system vars) as well as
> on httpd startup preloading of things (look at your *site's* httpd.conf
> file). That can eat ram. And slashd can be a resource/ram pig when it runs,
> just because it does quite a lot. Look at it's processor and ram usage when
> it's running.
>
> Be sure if you figure it out, to email the list and give details of what you
> found and how you fixed it so the next person who runs into such a situation
> can find out what you did via the listserve archives.
>
>  Shane
>
>
>
>
> --
> My slashcode stuff: http://slash.lottadot.com/
> Slashcode faq: http://slash.lottadot.com/slash-faq
> How to ask a question:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job
> easier
> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642
>
> _______________________________________________
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> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/slashcode-general
>
>
>

Re: [Slashcode-general] Big Problem - Server die everyday

[shane <sh...@lo...>]

On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Jesse Lee wrote:

> The system dead everyday, There are lots of Disk I/O oprations, We
> can't login with SSH and Console when it dead. But when we reset the
> system, Everything is back to normal. Can't find where is wrong.
>
> We run slashcode on centos 4.3 with 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL kernel,and mysql
> 4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 4.3. and with perl
> v5.8.6 built for i686-linux. Slashcode version is Slash T_2_5_0_112.
> The hardware run in a vmware ESX 2.5 guest system. with 1G memory and
> 2G swap.
>
> Please help.
>
> Jesse
>
> Solidot.org

Check your processes - see if there's anything system wide that's  
hogging everything.
Check your swap space when "it dies", do you have enough? what's  
swapping?
Use vmstat and see if what's clogging is I/O or CPU that's the  
bottleneck.
Check your disk space, got enough free?
Check your httpd error log files.
Check your /var/log/*
Check your mysql error log.
Under mysql, do a SHOW PROCESSLIST to see what queries are hanging  
(if any).

I would recommend you use mysql5, first off.
How did you setup mysql? Did you read through the mysql docs (ie  
http://mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html ) and read the material  
about tuning, etc?

You can enable your slow query log on mysql.

How did you tune your apache conf? http://www.google.com/search? 
client=safari&rls=en&q=tuning+apache&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Read through some of those links, check your MaxClients and  
MaxSpareServers, compared to the amount of ram you have.

Hardware wise, you should be fine for a not-huge site. That's not far  
from our config here (except we always run mysql on it's own machine 
(s)). Since you seem to be running apache and mysql on the same  
machine, you should make sure that your mysql and your apache are  
setup such that you're not running out of ram.

For slash, there's options such as cache enable (see system vars) as  
well as on httpd startup preloading of things (look at your *site's*  
httpd.conf file). That can eat ram. And slashd can be a resource/ram  
pig when it runs, just because it does quite a lot. Look at it's  
processor and ram usage when it's running.

Be sure if you figure it out, to email the list and give details of  
what you found and how you fixed it so the next person who runs into  
such a situation can find out what you did via the listserve archives.

  Shane



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[Slashcode-general] Big Problem - Server die everyday

[Jesse L. <jes...@gm...>]

The system dead everyday, There are lots of Disk I/O oprations, We
can't login with SSH and Console when it dead. But when we reset the
system, Everything is back to normal. Can't find where is wrong.

We run slashcode on centos 4.3 with 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL kernel,and mysql
4.1.20, for redhat-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 4.3. and with perl
v5.8.6 built for i686-linux. Slashcode version is Slash T_2_5_0_112.
The hardware run in a vmware ESX 2.5 guest system. with 1G memory and
2G swap.

Please help.

Jesse

Solidot.org

Re: [Slashcode-general] problems with add topic

[Naveen G. <nav...@gm...>]

That actually didn't work.
The problem seems to be "<!-- google_ad.... //-->" portion of the script, as
it gets deleted.
I tried to add the tag "!--" and "!--:google_ad... etc.", but that didn't
work either.
Is there a more general way to allow the admin to use any tags whatsoever in
the stories?
Naveen



>
> > I would also like to be able to put story specific scripts / ads
> > such as this:
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript"><!--
> > google_ad_client = "xxxxxx";
> > google_ad_width = 120;
> > google_ad_height = 240;
> > google_ad_format = "120x240_as_rimg";
> > google_cpa_choice = "xxxxx";
> > google_ad_channel = "xxxxx";
> > //--></script>
> > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://
> > pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js ">
> > </script>
> >
> > ;;is this possible with:
> >
> > replace into vars (name,value) values ('approvedtags_admin','b|i|p
> > |br|a|ol|ul|li|dl|dt|dd|em|strong|tt|blockquote|div|ecode|img|hr|big|
> > small|sub|sup|span|dfn|code|samp|kbd|var|cite|address|ins|del|h1|h2|
> > h3|h4|h5|h6|table|thead|tbody|tfoot|tr|th|td|pre|slash|center|object|
> > param|embed|script');
> >
> > ;followed by
> >
> > update vars set value=concat(value,'
> > script:type,google_ad_client,google_ad_width,google_ad_height,google_a
> > d_format,google_cpa_choice,google_ad_channel') where
> > name='approvedtags_attr_admin';
> >
> >
>
> You would need the 'script' tag to be allowed, and then an attributes
> of 'type' and 'src'. The first insert looks OK for this. The second
> you'd need script:type,src... etc.
>
>   Shane
>
>
>
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> questions.html#before
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> replace into vars (name,value) values
> ('approvedtags_attr_admin','a:href_U,name,title
> div:id,class,title,style,dir,lang span:id,class,title,style,dir,lang
> slash:type_R,id,href_U,story,nickname,uid,user,align,width,height,title
> table:align,bgcolor,border,cellpadding,cellspacing,width
> tr:align,bgcolor,valign
> th:align,bgcolor,colspan,height,rowspan,valign,width
> td:align,bgcolor,colspan,height,rowspan,valign,width object:width,height
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> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job
> easier
> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Slashcode-general Digest, Vol 3, Issue 8

[Naveen G. <nav...@gm...>]

replace into vars (name,value) values
('approvedtags_attr_admin','a:href_U,name,title
div:id,class,title,style,dir,lang span:id,class,title,style,dir,lang
slash:type_R,id,href_U,story,nickname,uid,user,align,width,height,title
table:align,bgcolor,border,cellpadding,cellspacing,width
tr:align,bgcolor,valign th:align,bgcolor,colspan,height,rowspan,valign,width
td:align,bgcolor,colspan,height,rowspan,valign,width object:width,height
param:name,value embed:src,type,width,height');

Re: [Slashcode-general] problems with add topic

[shane <sh...@lo...>]

On Aug 16, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Naveen Garg wrote:

> Thanks Shane,
> that worked beautifully: http://www.slash.golguppe.com/article.pl? 
> sid=06/08/09/1828229
>
> I would also like to be able to put story specific scripts / ads  
> such as this:
>
> <script type="text/javascript"><!--
> google_ad_client = "xxxxxx";
> google_ad_width = 120;
> google_ad_height = 240;
> google_ad_format = "120x240_as_rimg";
> google_cpa_choice = "xxxxx";
> google_ad_channel = "xxxxx";
> //--></script>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="http:// 
> pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js ">
> </script>
>
> ;;is this possible with:
>
> replace into vars (name,value) values ('approvedtags_admin','b|i|p
> |br|a|ol|ul|li|dl|dt|dd|em|strong|tt|blockquote|div|ecode|img|hr|big|
> small|sub|sup|span|dfn|code|samp|kbd|var|cite|address|ins|del|h1|h2|
> h3|h4|h5|h6|table|thead|tbody|tfoot|tr|th|td|pre|slash|center|object|
> param|embed|script');
>
> ;followed by
>
> update vars set value=concat(value,'  
> script:type,google_ad_client,google_ad_width,google_ad_height,google_a 
> d_format,google_cpa_choice,google_ad_channel') where
> name='approvedtags_attr_admin';
>
>

You would need the 'script' tag to be allowed, and then an attributes  
of 'type' and 'src'. The first insert looks OK for this. The second  
you'd need script:type,src... etc.

  Shane



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Re: [Slashcode-general] problems with add topic

[Naveen G. <nav...@gm...>]

Thanks Shane,
that worked beautifully:
http://www.slash.golguppe.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/09/1828229

I would also like to be able to put story specific scripts / ads such as
this:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "xxxxxx";
google_ad_width = 120;
google_ad_height = 240;
google_ad_format = "120x240_as_rimg";
google_cpa_choice = "xxxxx";
google_ad_channel = "xxxxx";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

;;is this possible with:

replace into vars (name,value) values ('approvedtags_admin','b|i|p
|br|a|ol|ul|li|dl|dt|dd|em|strong|tt|blockquote|div|ecode|img|hr|big|
small|sub|sup|span|dfn|code|samp|kbd|var|cite|address|ins|del|h1|h2|
h3|h4|h5|h6|table|thead|tbody|tfoot|tr|th|td|pre|slash|center|object|
param|embed|script');

;followed by

update vars set value=concat(value,'
script:type,google_ad_client,google_ad_width,google_ad_height,google_ad_format,google_cpa_choice,google_ad_channel')
where
name='approvedtags_attr_admin';


Thanks,
Naveen

Re: [Slashcode-general] problems with add topic

[shane <sh...@lo...>]

On Aug 15, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Naveen Garg wrote:

> When I try to add a section, i get: "The server encountered an  
> internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your  
> request."
> Otherwise the installation of  cvs slash version R_2_5_0_94  seems  
> to work fine:  www.mashdot.com
>
> Also, I am having issues putting embedded youtube videos in a  
> story.  I tried changing the allowed html tags, by adding "embed",  
> "object", but it didn't work.
> anyone else done it?

I've not done that, but I have had the need to be able to put tags  
into a story, and the standard-tag-filter removes the tags.

I think you need to do something like this:

insert into vars (name,value) values ('approvedtags_admin','b|i|p|br| 
a|ol|ul|li|dl|dt|dd|em|strong|tt|blockquote|div|ecode|img|hr|big| 
small|sub|sup|span|dfn|code|samp|kbd|var|cite|address|ins|del|h1|h2| 
h3|h4|h5|h6|table|thead|tbody|tfoot|tr|th|td|pre|slash|center|object| 
param|embed');

then this

update vars set value=concat(value,' object:width,height  
param:name,value embed:src,type,width,height') where  
name='approvedtags_attr_admin';

and then restart httpd.

If you alter the var 'approvedtags' then that would (I think) allow  
anyone posting a comment to use the embed/object tags in any  
comments, which I would think a siteadmin would rather not want.

I just tried it, and it seemed to work OK, see screencap:

http://images.lottadot.com/mirror/embedstuffinaslashstory.png

  Shane



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[Slashcode-general] problems with add topic

[Naveen G. <nav...@gm...>]

When I try to add a section, i get: "The server encountered an internal
error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request."
Otherwise the installation of  cvs slash version R_2_5_0_94  seems to work
fine:  www.mashdot.com

Also, I am having issues putting embedded youtube videos in a story.  I
tried changing the allowed html tags, by adding "embed", "object", but it
didn't work.
anyone else done it?

Thanks,
Naveen

Re: [Slashcode-general] Another Prob. Can't update story

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

TEL...@we... (Larson, Timothy E.) writes:

> shane wrote:
> > Always check the FAQ!!! :)
> >=20
> > http://slash.lottadot.com/faqster.pl?op=3Dview&fid=3D1#q91
>=20
> It would help IMMENSELY if the official FAQ pointed to this resource.

It does, as of a couple hours ago.  :)

> How do I configure an install to work with the DB on a different
> host, then?  The install docs are not very illuminating on this
> point.

They may be slightly better, as of a few minutes ago:


                 When installing DBIx::Password, you will be asked for
                 various information, the same information used to create t=
he
-                database and database user in Step 1. You will also be ask=
ed
+                database and database user in Step 1. First, you'll be ask=
ed
                 for a virtual user name, which will be the identifier for
                 all of this data. You can just use the name of your site, =
or
                 any other alphanumeric string. You will use this virtual
-                user name in other places, so do not forget it. If you don=
't
-                understand what you're doing here, don't fake it; this is =
a
-                common reason we see for Slash installations failing.
+                user name in other places, so do not forget it.
+
+                Then you'll be asked for your DBI driver (mysql), the name
+                of the database you CREATEd in Step 1, its machine (maybe
+                'localhost' or an IP number) and port, and then the mysql
+                username and password you GRANTed privileges to.
+
+                If you don't understand what you're doing here, don't fake
+                it; this is a common reason we see for Slash installations
+                failing.


Basically, if you need to move a DB or add a new one, you need to
edit your DBIx/Password.pm file.
--=20
  Jamie McCarthy
 http://mccarthy.vg/
  ja...@mc...

Re: [Slashcode-general] Install Perl Module error

[William S. L. I. <ws...@lr...>]

Sorry, forgot to post an example for you - here's how one of my sites is
setup. My DB's are all on another host than the slash server.

my $virtual1 = {
              'siteid' => {
                                    'database' => 'siteiddb',
                                    'password' => 'typeyourpasswordhere',
                                    'attributes' => {},
                                    'port' => '',
                                    'username' => 'siteuser',
                                    'host' => '69.55.238.31',
                                    'driver' => 'mysql',
                                    'connect' =>
'DBI:mysql:database=siteiddb$
                                },


In this example, the site is told to connect to 69.55.238.31 for the
database. That's my db server. the user, 'siteuser' will need perms in mysql
that tell it to allow connections for that user FROM the ip of your slash
server. Let me know if you need an example of that.

-- 
Regards,
Scott

Re: [Slashcode-general] Install Perl Module error

[William S. L. I. <ws...@lr...>]

On 8/15/06, Larson, Timothy E. <TEL...@we...> wrote:
>
> Jamie McCarthy wrote:
> > OK, so DBD::mysql doesn't install... there are about a million reasons
> > that could happen.
> >
> > One is that it wants to connect to a DB at localhost with no password.
> > You may not have a DB running at localhost;  it may not allow root
> > connections;  it may want a password for root connections.
>
> How do I configure an install to work with the DB on a different host,
> then?  The install docs are not very illuminating on this point.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim


Do you mean, how does mysql know which host is allowed to connect to it for
that database? That's defined in your Password.pm file.

-- 
Regards,
Scott

Re: [Slashcode-general] Another Prob. Can't update story

[Larson, T. E. <TEL...@we...>]

shane wrote:
> Always check the FAQ!!! :)
>=20
> http://slash.lottadot.com/faqster.pl?op=3Dview&fid=3D1#q91

It would help IMMENSELY if the official FAQ pointed to this resource.
:P


--=20
Tim Larson
West Corporation, Interactive TeleServices
Eschew obfuscation!

Re: [Slashcode-general] Install Perl Module error

[Larson, T. E. <TEL...@we...>]

Jamie McCarthy wrote:
> OK, so DBD::mysql doesn't install... there are about a million reasons
> that could happen.=20
>=20
> One is that it wants to connect to a DB at localhost with no password.
> You may not have a DB running at localhost;  it may not allow root
> connections;  it may want a password for root connections. =20

How do I configure an install to work with the DB on a different host,
then?  The install docs are not very illuminating on this point.

Thanks,
Tim
--=20
Tim Larson
West Corporation, Interactive TeleServices
Eschew obfuscation!

Re: [Slashcode-general] Another Prob. Can't update story

[shane <sh...@lo...>]

On Aug 14, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Jesse Lee wrote:

> When run freshenup command to fresh homepage, got error blow, can't
> update homepage.
>
> [...]
> Mon Aug 14 23:52:45 2006 runtask  updated 575
> hardware:06/08/14/2234237 (IBM PC 25 success='0' stderr: 'Can't locate
> Slash.pm in @INC

Always check the FAQ!!! :)

http://slash.lottadot.com/faqster.pl?op=view&fid=1#q91

  Shane



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