X-Git-Url: http://gb7djk.dxcluster.net/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=txt%2FspiderFAQ_en.txt;h=0d64d5ad51a8b1e40940231a4ebb5b6b3af78bf0;hb=3d66b51182cb1939154d96def02efb45784958c0;hp=315f73cbe57812fed9b6f7712d75aba95f16c91c;hpb=bccf827cfc80f9871efc8a25f9bb69f99c771d77;p=spider.git diff --git a/txt/spiderFAQ_en.txt b/txt/spiderFAQ_en.txt index 315f73cb..0d64d5ad 100644 --- a/txt/spiderFAQ_en.txt +++ b/txt/spiderFAQ_en.txt @@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ - 11.. IInnssttaallllaattiioonn + 1. Installation - 11..11.. WWhheerree ddoo II ggeett DDXXSSppiiddeerr?? + 1.1. Where do I get DXSpider? All things Spider can be found at www.dxcluster.org and the actual program and patches can be found in the download area. - 11..22.. HHooww ddoo II uussee tthhee ppaattcchheess?? + 1.2. How do I use the patches? Patching is done in the standard linux way ... @@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ first need to apply patch-1.39 and then patch-1.40. - 11..33.. IIff II uussee aa ttaarrbbaallll ttoo oovveerrwwrriittee mmyy iinnssttaallllaattiioonn,, wwhhaatt hhaappppeennss ttoo - mmyy ccoonnffiigguurraattiioonn?? + 1.3. If I use a tarball to overwrite my installation, what happens to + my configuration? The tarballs are designed to not overwrite your existing configuration and can be used at any time to update your Spider software. All the key files have the suffix .issue (eg. DXVars.pm.issue) at default. - 11..44.. II aamm rruunnnniinngg RReeddHHaatt 55..22 aanndd II aamm ggeettttiinngg ssttrraannggee eerrrroorrss,, wwhhaatt iiss - wwrroonngg?? + 1.4. I am running RedHat 5.2 and I am getting strange errors, what is + wrong? The version of Perl that comes with 5.2 seems to be some kind of pre- release and is broken. You can get a new version of perl from @@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ it with the CPAN modules. - 22.. AAddmmiinniissttrraattiioonn + 2. Administration - 22..11.. HHooww ccaann II ggeett SSppiiddeerr ttoo rreessttaarrtt aauuttoommaattiiccaallllyy iiff iitt ccrraasshheess?? + 2.1. How can I get Spider to restart automatically if it crashes? Put this line into /etc/inittab .. @@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ - Run _t_e_l_i_n_i_t _q as root. Spider will restart so be aware. However, any + Run telinit q as root. Spider will restart so be aware. However, any time you reboot, cluster.pl will start in tty7 and if it crashes, it should restart ok. - 22..22.. HHooww ccaann II mmoonniittoorr ttrraaffffiicc ttoo aanndd ffrroomm aa nnooddee oorr uusseerr?? + 2.2. How can I monitor traffic to and from a node or user? - There are 2 ways to achieve this. You can use the _t_a_i_l command like + There are 2 ways to achieve this. You can use the tail command like this .. @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ - or in later versions of Spider, there is a command called _w_a_t_c_h_d_b_g in + or in later versions of Spider, there is a command called watchdbg in which case you simply type .. @@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ - 22..33.. MMyy nneeiigghhbboouurriinngg nnooddee ccaannnnoott uussee tthhee RRCCMMDD ccoommmmaanndd ttoo mmee,, hhee jjuusstt - kkeeeeppss ggeettttiinngg tthhee ""ttuutt ttuutt"" mmeessssaaggee.. + 2.3. My neighbouring node cannot use the RCMD command to me, he just + keeps getting the "tut tut" message. Assuming that the permissions are set correctly (perm level 5 required), it could be that the home_node is set incorrectly. You can - reset the home_node using the _s_p_o_o_f command like this .. + reset the home_node using the spoof command like this .. @@ -127,17 +127,17 @@ Assuming that the node_call you are changing is gb7adx. - 22..44.. II ddoo nnoott sseeeemm ttoo bbee sseennddiinngg aannyy bbuulllleettiinn mmaaiill ttoo mmyy lliinnkk ppaarrtt-- - nneerrss,, wwhhaatt iiss wwrroonngg?? + 2.4. I do not seem to be sending any bulletin mail to my link part- + ners, what is wrong? There is a file in /spider/msg called forward.pl.issue. Rename this to forward.pl and edit it to meet your requirements. You will need to - issue the command _l_o_a_d_/_f_o_r_w_a_r_d or restart Spider for the changes to + issue the command load/forward or restart Spider for the changes to take effect. - 22..55.. HHooww ccaann II aauuttoommaattiiccaallllyy lliimmiitt tthhee aammoouunntt ooff ddeebbuugg llooggffiilleess tthhaatt - aarree ssttoorreedd?? + 2.5. How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that + are stored? Use the tmpwatch command. Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/ containing the line ... @@ -153,26 +153,26 @@ This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days - 22..66.. II uuppddaatteedd mmyy LLiinnuuxx ddiissttrriibbuuttiioonn aanndd nnooww SSppiiddeerr ccaannnnoott rreeaadd tthhee - uusseerrss ffiillee oorr tthhee dduuppeeffiillee,, wwhhaatt iiss tthhee pprroobblleemm?? + 2.6. I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the + users file or the dupefile, what is the problem? Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl. Follow these few steps to correct the problem. - +o stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab) + o stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab) - +o cd /spider/data + o cd /spider/data - +o issue the command perl user_asc + o issue the command perl user_asc - +o restart the cluster + o restart the cluster That should solve the problem. - 22..77.. SSiinnccee II llaasstt uuppddaatteedd II sseeeemm ttoo bbee ggeettttiinngg dduupplliiccaattee ssppoottss - aappppeeaarriinngg.. + 2.7. Since I last updated I seem to be getting duplicate spots + appearing. What has probably happened is that the dupefile has got corrupted in some way. Simply delete the /spider/data/dupefile and restart the @@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ should solve your problem. - 22..88.. II hhaavvee ddeelleetteedd aa mmeessssaaggee bbuutt iitt iiss ssttiillll tthheerree,, wwhhyy?? + 2.8. I have deleted a message but it is still there, why? This is now the way messages are handled for deletion in Spider. If you look closely you will see a 'D' following the message number. This message is marked for deletion and will be deleted in 2 days if nothing further is done. Optionally you can use the command - _d_e_l_e_t_e_/_e_x_p_u_n_g_e to delete it immediately. + delete/expunge to delete it immediately.