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Jeremy Reimer

Thu Mar 14 01:15:27 2002

Just when I thought pegasus3d.com was being pretty stable, I find out it's been down all day. :( I had to stop the omnihttpd service and restart it again. Why this happens is beyond me. Maybe the script kiddies are after me again?

Evil Merlin

Thu Mar 14 01:39:49 2002

That's why I run IIS 6.0.

Jeremy Reimer

Thu Mar 14 01:51:55 2002

I'd run IIS, but there's a 10-user limit on Win2k. Not that OSY often gets that much traffic, but I'd rather not have that limitation.

DuffMan

Thu Mar 14 09:18:41 2002

NOT ACCEPTABLE!

hehe, j/k

Evil Merlin

Thu Mar 14 10:24:46 2002

Have you tried Apache under Windows?

Riso

Thu Mar 14 10:58:48 2002

I recommend Apache 2.

It's pretty stable and the performance is much better than apache 1's.

DrPizza

Thu Mar 14 11:46:11 2002

Not half as sorry as I was.

HitScan

Thu Mar 14 13:50:37 2002

Indeed. I was in the same situation as Pizza: I actually had to... to... work yesterday. :eek:
pegasus3d.com needs a server farm. :biggrin:

Jeremy Reimer

Thu Mar 14 17:31:24 2002

Well, I can look into switching over to Apache, but if it doesn't solve these outage problems then I'm going to shoot Eric Raymond in the head.

PaoloM

Thu Mar 14 17:48:53 2002

from Jeremy Reimer posted at 9:31 am on Mar. 14, 2002

Well, I can look into switching over to Apache, but if it doesn't solve these outage problems then I'm going to shoot Eric Raymond in the head.

Silly guy, why do you need an excuse? :)

Jeremy Reimer

Thu Mar 14 17:53:14 2002

Heh, well I just checked into the Windows versions of Apache, and the only stable release is 1.2.23, the 2.0.32 release is beta and contains serious bugs. Lame! Until a good release of 2.0.x is available, I don't think I'll switch.

Riso

Thu Mar 14 18:06:47 2002

What serious bugs?

Jeremy Reimer

Thu Mar 14 18:10:06 2002

Apache 2.0.32 was released as a BETA. That means it is NOT yet production-stable code. After one week, we pulled the .msi installer on 26 Feb, after a user reported a significant problem that the installer may delete the HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run key upon uninstall. Until that behavior is verified or corrected, and until the service installs properly for all users, we are holding off further binary distribution.
The 2.0.32 port also contained a significant bug in parsing or transmission of larger files in some cases. This is an extremely obvious bug when it's triggered, the side effect is usually a GP fault. The server also could not start on any NT installation running Terminal Services. Both bugs are fixed for the next, 2.0.33 release. Knowing all that, if you still insist on trying the beta while waiting for .32, you can find it in the .old URI hiding below this location, with the other Win32 packages we do not recommend.

So, I'm holding off on it. I tried installing the stable release on my work PC just for kicks, it's easy to install, but I think getting all the Perl stuff (cgi scripts) working for the OSY forum would be a nightmare...

Riso

Thu Mar 14 18:14:55 2002

Funny that, last one I used was 2.0.28 and it gave me no problems.

Evil Merlin

Thu Mar 14 19:26:13 2002

Typical slashdot/OSS hippies. They can spend all the time on the *nix version but tell the Windows users to pound sand, not realizing they can increase their market share by releasing a STABLE Win32 version.

Apache is a GREAT lightweight HTTP server. It's not IIS, or to the level of IIS, but then again it was never meant to be.

Riso

Thu Mar 14 19:28:45 2002

You know what's really funny?

XP Pro has IIS5.1 which msft packed into a nice little cab file called IIS6.CAB.

What a deception!

Btw JR, you can install the Server version of IIS on 2k Pro. IF you have a Server cd somewhere that is.

Evil Merlin

Thu Mar 14 19:29:36 2002

Actually my Xbox is a nice little web server right now...

Lets see that piece of shit PS2 do the same...

Riso

Thu Mar 14 19:54:31 2002

NetBSD or shitty l00nix?

HitScan

Thu Mar 14 19:55:48 2002

Actually my Xbox is a nice little web server right now...
Lets see that piece of shit PS2 do the same...

Well, the Linux pack comes out around May, so I imagine it'll be capable of running Apache before too long. :) Incedentally, how is your Xbox serving anything? I apparently don't know much about the software available. I still need to get my ass in gear and get my Dreamcast running NetBSD. I got ahold of Soul Calibur and well... Heh. ;)

Riso

Thu Mar 14 19:59:45 2002

The Soulcast box, eh? ;)

Evil Merlin

Thu Mar 14 20:22:26 2002

Hitscan:

Incedentally, how is your Xbox serving anything?

I would love to tell ya... =)

Harbinger

Fri Mar 15 01:32:41 2002

from Evil Merlin posted at 2:29 pm on Mar. 14, 2002

Actually my Xbox is a nice little web server right now...

:bugeye:

Interesting.

Magus

Fri Mar 15 04:55:57 2002

from Evil Merlin posted at 2:22 pm on Mar. 14, 2002

I would love to tell ya... =)

Then why don't you? :)

HitScan

Fri Mar 15 14:02:31 2002

The Soulcast box, eh? ;)

That's about it, ayup. :biggrin: I do have some other stuff, Railroad Tycoon 2, Quake 3 (needed it to setup my NIC when I get NetBSD running...) and my brother grabbed MDK2, but basically, it's "Soul" ;) purpose is to play that game. :)

Riso

Fri Mar 15 20:22:55 2002

If you could tell me how to serve websites off a xbox I will buy one.

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