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#1 2007-02-09 07:24:03
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Forum Down 8 Feb 07
The forum was down for a few hours today. Restarting MySQL solved the problem. Nothing lost that I know of.
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#2 2007-02-09 15:25:37
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Re: Forum Down 8 Feb 07
Didn't notice that. I was in the forum same time yesterday, Feb 8, 2007 (GMT 0400-0500) and I am here now Feb 9, 2007 (GMT 0400-0500). Good thing, nothing is lost.
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#3 2007-02-09 17:50:32
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Thanks, Ganesh ... hopefully most members missed it!
It was simply that MySQL (the software that accesses the database) stopped working. After restarting it took off as if nothing had happened.
I have no idea what caused it. I have looked through the logs for a clue, but nothing. No special thing happened except it stopped. The message was "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)"
MySQL normally just runs (for weeks on end) without a hiccup. So I will just have to watch it. I will check every few hours for the next few days.
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#4 2007-02-10 07:47:53
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That sort of stuff tend to happen. But you know that.
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#5 2007-03-15 09:21:15
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Anyone experience difficulties with the forum in the last few hours?
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#6 2007-03-15 10:57:30
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I happened to have gone out to do my shopping. 
When I came home and tried to log in, I got the SQL-error message. I kept refreshing the page; then, about 20 minutes later, the forum was finally back up.
I don’t know how long it had been down for; for me, I was only unable to access it for about 20 minutes.
#7 2007-03-15 17:45:22
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I got the same error message, except I couldn't access the MathsIsFun forum for the entire day. But, of course, I succeeded in doing so the next day (today).
#8 2007-03-15 17:58:59
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i got the same on punb so spent my time on getting pics
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#9 2007-03-21 06:11:04
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When I tried going on that night I was kind of wondering why there was an error with the page. I thought something was wrong with my computer so I spent 5 hours scanning for spyware and viruses lol!
All well
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#10 2007-03-25 10:01:26
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ahahahaha! espeon you make me laugh! well most of the time lol!!!
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