home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

Cooperative anarchy at its finest, still active today. Darkrealms is the Zone 1 Hub.

   SYNC_SYSOPS      Synchronet Multinode BBS Software Suppor      33,243 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 32,547 of 33,243   
   Nigel Reed to GitLab note in main/sbbs   
   event thread chucked up a core dump   
   04 Oct 25 23:09:11   
   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   MSGID: 58672.sync_sys@1:103/705 2d4826b7   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/88b423313 Sep 29 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.30-Linux master/88b423313 Sep 29 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: VERT   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   FORMAT: flowed   
   https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/981#note_7705   
      
   Not sure if this would explain it:   
      
   Corefile was created Oct  3 16:04   
      
      
   ```   
   Oct  3 16:03:13 bbs synchronet: term Recycle semaphore file (/sb   
   s/ctrl/recycle) detected   
   Oct  3 16:03:13 bbs synchronet: term Waiting for events thread to terminate...   
   Oct  3 16:03:13 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server output thread terminated   
   (sent 184611 bytes in 2455 blocks, 75 average, 0 short)   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Done waiting for events thread to   
   terminate   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server destructor begin   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server destructor end   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server thread terminating   
   [snip]   
   Oct  3 16:03:16 bbs synchronet: term Recycling server...   
   Oct  3 16:03:18 bbs synchronet: term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a   
   Debug   
   [snip]   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Terminal Server thread started for nodes   
   1 through 10   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Recycle semaphore signaled   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Waiting for system output thread to   
   terminate...   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Done waiting for system output thread to   
   terminate   
   [snip]   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: term Recycling server...   
   Oct  3 16:05:07 bbs synchronet: term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.21a   
   Debug   
   ```   
      
   There was a lot of recycling and a big gap between 16:03:36 and 16:05:07   
   which, I assume, is when it was doing a core dump.   
      
   event thread just has   
      
   ```   
   Oct  3 16:02:53 bbs synchronet: evnt FIDOIN Running native background timed   
   event: /sbbs/exec/sbbsecho -ce   
   Oct  3 16:02:53 bbs synchronet: evnt FIDOIN Executing external:    
   sbbs/exec/sbbsecho -ce   
   Oct  3 16:02:54 bbs synchronet: evnt FIDOIN Background timed event spawned:   
   /sbbs/exec/sbbsecho -ce   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Destroying context   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Destroying runtime   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events BBS Events thread terminated   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor begin   
   Oct  3 16:03:14 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor end   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events constructor using socket -1   
   (settings=8212)   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events temporary file directory:   
   /sbbs/tmp/event/   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events BBS Events thread started   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Creating event   
   runtime: 536870912 bytes   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor begin   
   Oct  3 16:03:36 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events destructor end   
   Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events constructor using socket -1   
   (settings=8212)   
   Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events temporary file directory:   
   /sbbs/tmp/event/   
   Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events BBS Events thread started   
   Oct  3 16:05:09 bbs synchronet: evnt BBS Events JavaScript: Creating event   
   runtime: 536870912 bytes   
   ```   
      
   Surprised nothing actually reported a seg fault   
   --- SBBSecho 3.30-Linux   
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)   
   SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 102/401 103/1 13 17 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187   
   SEEN-BY: 129/14 153/7715 154/110 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 610 700 840   
   SEEN-BY: 218/860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 317 400 426 428 470   
   SEEN-BY: 229/700 705 266/512 280/464 291/111 301/1 320/219 322/757   
   SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 5075/35   
   PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426   
      

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca