GuildWiki:Software and technical issues/Bugs

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Articles not showing
Page: All articles in the main domain

Problem: They all give a database error when viewed.

Comments: This does not apply to articles in other domains (like talk:, guildwiki: and special:).

Submitted By: --Karlos 01:37, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * I've also been having this problem for the last several hours. The only way I can read anything is through the diff links from the articles' history. Hank 01:39, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Articles are still viewable in edit mode. Also, it has now propagated to talk pages. :( --Karlos 01:43, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * My experience seems to indicate that this affects mostly just the recently edited articles. Not very sure though, just a feeling. -PanSola 01:56, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Agred, that's how it appears to me, too. The error message is:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doinsert". MySQL returned error "1030: Got error 127 from storage engine (localhost)"
 * --Bishop (rap|con) 02:03, 14 May 2006 (CDT)
 * I've been seeing this as well a few times today. I've gotten around it by doing an &action=purge on the page.  I'm wondering if, due to the extent of this issue, a global purge is possible and/or warranted. --161.88.255.140 13:12, 15 May 2006 (CDT)

Skill Page Not Showing
Page: Monk_Skills_Quick_Reference

Problem: Can't access the skills page. I'm not getting this error on any other skill page?

Comments: Error in fetchObject: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (61).

Submitted By: 194.46.107.181 15:57 on 09 May 2006 (GMT)
 * I had the same problem at first, but I did a page purge using:
 * http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki?title=Monk_Skills_Quick_Reference&action=purge
 * and that seems to have fixed it. --161.88.255.140 10:53, 9 May 2006 (CDT)
 * Working for me also. That seems to have fixed it, thanks. --194.46.107.181 10:25 on 12 May 2006 (GMT)

Image directories are indexable
Page: N/A

Problem: http://gw.gamewikis.org/images/ is indexable

Comments: Seems like this could use a  or whatever the corresponding thing is for NOYB

Submitted By: &mdash; Stabber &#x270d; 12:37, 4 May 2006 (CDT)

False Ban Message (Spam Filter?)
Page: all

Problem: If a user not logged in makes two edits within short time he will receive a message that his IP has been banned. But that is not true. If you wait a while, then try again, you can edit just fine. This is probably caused by some kind of spam filter.

Comments: None

Submitted By: --195.33.166.40 03:35, 24 April 2006 (CDT) (Tetris L)
 * I occasionally get this error message (that I've been banned by Adam.skinner) on my first click to edit; just re-trying immediately after seems to resolve it for me. Doing two edits in a short time doesn't seem to be a requirement for this error. --161.88.255.140 14:55, 26 April 2006 (CDT)
 * FYI: Just got one when I clicked "Save Page" for the above post. Clicking "Back" then saving again worked with no error the second time.  Unable to upload screenshot due to Login error (must be logged in to upload, and I need a new password emailed to login).   Here's the text of the error below. --161.88.255.140 15:02, 26 April 2006 (CDT)

User is blocked From GuildWiki Jump to: navigation, search Your user name or IP address has been blocked by Adam.skinner. The reason given is this: Vandalism You may contact Adam.skinner or one of the other administrators to discuss the block. Note that you may not use the "e-mail this user" feature unless you have a valid e-mail address registered in your user preferences. Your IP address is 161.88.255.140. Please include this address in any queries you make.

Cannot load Image Desc page
Page: Image:Charlatan's Male.jpg Problem: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 12582912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 8192 bytes) in /usr/home/guildwiki/public_html/includes/Image.php on line 1150. Need to manually delete the image. Submitted by: PanSola 11:15, 13 April 2006 (CDT)

(Not so) Special pages
Page: Special:Specialpages

Problem: The Special pages page seems to be missing all the normal special pages. I see the Admin special pages, but none of the normal ones.

Comments: Someone else mentioned this somewhere, but I wanted to put in an official report.

Submitted By: Rainith 16:56, 12 February 2006 (CST)

Notes:


 * I get this problem too - I cannot see ANY of the Special pages (not an admin). This just seems to be since we moved to the new server... Kidburla 22:52, 13 February 2006 (CST)
 * it was me and I can't remember where. still all blankety -_- 00:06, 20 February 2006 (CST)
 * They're back 04:44, 23 February 2006 (CST)
 * Still having a problem with them. Seems I can get them to show up by refreshing the page a few times.  --Rainith 04:50, 23 February 2006 (CST)
 * I get the same problem. For me it seems to depend on which page I am on when I click the link. Doesnt seem to make sense. --Xeeron 20:24, 23 February 2006 (CST)
 * For me the Special pages page is ALWAYS blank, ever since the problem started. -PanSola 11:21, 1 March 2006 (CST)

In the meantime I figured out what some of them are called, and put them under Specialpages. -PanSola 17:28, 2 March 2006 (CST)


 * This seems to work for me now. It's been working every time since I upgraded to 1.6.1. Can anyone clear their cache, test it, and confirm? Gravewit 08:54, 9 April 2006 (CDT)


 * I'm still having issues with it. Even after clearing my cache.  In fact I can clear my cache and have it change, irregardless of what it was before.  i.e. If I have all the special pages, I clear cache and refresh and they're gone.  If I repeat that, they come back.  --Rainith 19:58, 9 April 2006 (CDT)
 * This is still an issue for me. Fortuneately, I had added most of the ones I needed to my user page; but that doesn't help everyone else. --Barek 20:26, 9 April 2006 (CDT)

Mis-floating Categories
Page: Previewing some pages.

Problem: Sometimes in preview, the bar showing the categories will float on top of the edit box for the article. Adjacent is an example.

Comments: This is reminicent of the old problem we had with the About Disclaimr bar. I am sorry, it does not appear consistently so I cannot pin one article where it always happens.

Submitted by: --Karlos 17:12, 1 November 2005 (EST)


 * Is this still happening occasionally? Gravewit 08:56, 9 April 2006 (CDT)

Missing email reply
Problem: Created a new user account, entered an email address and followed link to confirm email address. Clicked on button which appeared and message claimed a confirmatory email had been sent. None actually received.

Submitted By: Rhess 07:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Problem Continues: Same as above. Checked my profile, my email address is correct there. Is there a problem with the mail-bot?

Submitted By: Purple Recluse 17:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Comments: Anyone else have this happen recently (since the server move)? Gravewit 02:40, 23 February 2006 (CST)


 * I changed my mail address a while ago but no confirm ever came through, that could be because I don't have access to skuld@@@simsational,,,co,,uk, my old address, =( 18:36, 20 March 2006 (CST)

Comments: Yes, the page will not send emails to any of my email accounts upon request. (By changing or activation.) --Nilles 01:52, 2 April 2006 (CST)
 * Has this been fixed or looked upon? I hate to "bump" this, but it actually seems like an issue. --Nilles 06:09, 18 April 2006 (CDT)
 * It has still not been fixed as far as I can see. No confirmation e-mail for me yet... --Fenris 19:46, 21 April 2006 (CDT)


 * Gravewit commented on User talk:161.88.x.x that this issue is "next on [his] hit list". &mdash; Stabber 19:49, 21 April 2006 (CDT)

Resolved yet? &mdash;Tanaric 23:31, 13 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Not resolved yet. I tried yesterday and this morning to confirm my email address and did not receive a confirmation email. I turned off all spam filtering at my ISP and tried it many times. By the way, is there someone to talk to to get my email confirmed manually? I wonder if people are still receiving notifications on watched pages? --Wee Tommy 09:29, 14 May 2006 (CDT)

Browser issue?
Is anyone else having a problem with displaying the wiki? Currently, neither I nor my wife can get anything but a blank page in either Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers. However, Opera, my browser of choice, works without a glitch (so I only noticed because the wife couldn't get anything in Firefox). --Bishop (rap|con) 06:30, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

More information: fecthing the Main_Page using wget gives the following:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function readgzfile in /usr/home/guildwiki/public_html/includes/CacheManager.php on line 109

May or may not be relevant. --Bishop (rap|con) 06:34, 6 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Yes, adding ?action=purge seems to fix single pages, as they get redirected to /wiki?title=foobar instead of /wiki/foobar. The "short" syntax seems broken.  --Delia Rashesh (talk) 06:46, 6 May 2006 (CDT)


 * I haven't seen this problem myself; I'm using IE 6, and the site is displaying with no glitches (well, no worse than what IE displays any other site at least). However, a guild-mate of mine was asking on Teamspeak last night if guildwiki was down, as he couldn't connect to the site via neither Firefox nor IE.  If he's on today, I'll ask if he has Opera installed so he can check with it. --- Barek (talk &bull; contribs) - 09:38, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

It turns out this problem was not browser-related, but login-related. People who were not logged in, got the blank page. Seems that has been fixed now, though, although it may also be the reason why the site seems slow at the moment (cachec disabled, perhaps?). --Bishop (rap|con) 12:15, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

Spam-prevention is wonky
Argh, what a pain in the hinie. The spam-prevention thingy that stops edits from going through also clears the Summary, so I had a nice round of he-said-she-said with the system because I'd fill out the summary, submit, get the spam-protection challenge instead, fill that out, submit, get the "you forgot the summary"-reminder, fill out the summary again, get a new spam-protection challenge... etc, etc. ad nauseum. --Bishop (rap|con) 12:19, 6 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Looking into this! Thanks. Gravewit 17:07, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

Image Memory Problem
Noticed trying to get into a few articles this lil' error message Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 12582912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 7680 bytes) in /usr/home/guildwiki/public_html/includes/Image.php on line 1150. Passing the buck :P --Gares Redstorm 17:28, 6 May 2006 (CDT)

：Those images are too big. Please report exactly which images are causing the trouble. -PanSola 10:04, 9 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Thats what I figured, but I can't get into the article to remove them or even find which ones are causing the trouble. Try opening the article, The Falls. The only think I can think of is that someone placed image(s) of the Balthazar shrine and such on one page. --Gares Redstorm 11:02, 9 May 2006 (CDT)


 * The Falls page has been fixed by Tanaric. --Rainith 21:20, 14 May 2006 (CDT)
 * In the particular case of The Falls, the offending image is image:The_Falls.JPG, but I think it's associated with the other problems the server is having, which reduces the available memory used to display images. -PanSola 00:58, 15 May 2006 (CDT)

Return of the database errors!
Anyone else start getting intermittent database errors right about now? Am I behind the times, or is this creeping up right now? And, is it a bug, or a sign that Gravewit's doing late-night maintenence? &mdash;Tanaric 23:29, 13 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Uh, along the same lines, the Main Page seems to be reverted to about August 15, 2005. &mdash;Tanaric 23:35, 13 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Just tried to add some new content, went to Locations (Factions), got database errors for 7 out of the 15 links I tried. --Gares Redstorm 00:10, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Not seeing any of that here. I did get sent back to the main page a couple of times today as I was editing, I just refreshed and it was fixed tho.  (And it was the current main page, not an old one.)  --Rainith 00:14, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Lucky you, its ""MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doquery". MySQL returned error "1030: Got error 127 from storage engine (localhost)". Guess the bag broke for me :( --Gares Redstorm 00:20, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Right now, I can't even load the main page. Tacking a "purge" onto it shows that it's been deleted, and the most recent undeleteable edit is from August 15, 2005. Tanaric 00:27, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * After some testing:  (or any other subdomain) works fine for me, but  gives me the error. &mdash;Tanaric 00:28, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Neither causes any kind of problems here, in neither IE or Opera. --Bishop (rap|con) 00:33, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Must have been something you did then Tanaric, as 2 works fine for me. :P  Even checked to make sure it wasn't still in my cache and it works fine.  --Rainith 00:34, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * I'd absolutely love to know what kind of client modifications can cause mySQL errors. :P Oh well, I'll deal with it. &mdash:Tanaric 01:13, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Actually, no, I won't. I've switched machines and headed to the lab. Now I'm working on Windows + Internet Explorer, instead of Linux + Firefox, and I'm getting the same database errors! Something's likely messed up in my user account.  Gravewit, mind fixing me? :) &mdash;Tanaric 03:40, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * More testing. When viewing the main page, mySQL returns this error: "1030: Got error 134 from storage engine (localhost)."  When submitting an edit, mySQL returns this error: "1062: Duplicate entry 'zeroliv_db5:pcache:idhash:9653-0!0!0!0!!en!2' for key 1 (localhost)". As I know little about mySQL and your setup, I hope posting that second one isn't a security risk. &mdash;Tanaric 03:44, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * According to my talk page, this is not a local issue; the server admins have been notified via email, and I've altered the site notice on the Main Page to indicate that we're having trouble. That, of course, assumes anyone can still access the main page. &mdash;Tanaric 06:59, 14 May 2006 (CDT)