Subj : All nodes with (E) status
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jun 15 2022 10:03:52

  Re: All nodes with (E) status
  By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Tue Jun 14 2022 12:15 pm

 >> I've been running GTKMonitor since I moved my BBS to Linux, and this
 >> morning I noticed GTKMonitor was showing (E) next to all my nodes. 
 >> The wiki says that means the node will run its daily event (if one is
 >> specified) before waiting for another call:
 >> http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:node_status


 DM> That's correct, the 'E' status is set without regard to whether or not any
 DM> daily events are actually configured for a specific node. 

 >> I'm wondering what might cause all the nodes to go into the E
 >> status?

 DM> It happens ever night. But the flag is auto-cleared too by sbbs.

 >> I closed and re-started sbbs and then none of my nodes were showing
 >> (E) status anymore.

 DM> Normally, they'll get cleared automatically when the node is connected to
 DM> by a client (or when an already connected client disconnects). I think
 DM> what you're describing is normal behavior.

This morning I noticed the E status was on all my nodes again.  I also noticed my BBS had not downloaded any new messages from the message networks.  It also had not run its nightly events.  I shut down and re-started sbbs, and it then ran the nightly events that were supposed to run hours ago, and it also ran the binkpoll and fidoin events and got new messages for the message networks.

So it seems something about my BBS is getting stuck somewhere.  Do you know of anything I can check for to determine what might be getting stuck?  Recently I had checked to see if Synchronet is writing an event log somewhere, but I didn't see an event log - maybe I just didn't know where to look.  I'm wondering what log I might be able to check, if any.  Or perhaps there's a DOS command I have in an event that's getting stuck and the window isn't showing?

Nightfox

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