Anyone else having errors connecting to or locking the bbs list? I noticed I cannot run it from bulletin section either. Suddenly started 24 hours ago. I restarted computer and the error persists. No change has been made to my system for 2 weeks now. Any ideas? Thanks and have a great day.
Rixter

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Re: Suddenly smb2sbl and sbl2smb failing to read bbs list
By: Rixter to All on Tue Jan 28 2025 12:32 pm

Anyone else having errors connecting to or locking the bbs list? I noticed I cannot run it from bulletin section either.
Suddenly
started 24 hours ago. I restarted computer and the error persists. No change has been made to my system for 2 weeks now. Any
ideas?

Are you referring to the timed events by those names (smb2sbl and sbl2smb) or the programs by the names (defunct now for many years)?

What's the exact error message(s)?
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Re: Suddenly smb2sbl and sbl2smb failing to read bbs list
By: Digital Man to Rixter on Tue Jan 28 2025 10:59 am

Re: Suddenly smb2sbl and sbl2smb failing to read bbs list
By: Rixter to All on Tue Jan 28 2025 12:32 pm

Anyone else having errors connecting to or locking the bbs list? I notice cannot run it from bulletin section either. Suddenly
started 24 hours ago. I restarted computer and the error persists. No cha has been made to my system for 2 weeks now. Any ideas?

Are you referring to the timed events by those names (smb2sbl and sbl2smb) o the programs by the names (defunct now for many years)?

What's the exact error message(s)?

1/28 08:44:12a SMB2SBL SBBSLIST: Timeout locking C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json for read
1/28 08:44:12a SMB2SBL Failed to read BBS list
1/28 08:44:12a SMB2SBL Timed event: SMB2SBL returned -1
1/28 08:44:15a SBL2SMB Running timed event: SBL2SMB
1/28 08:44:15a SBL2SMB Synchronet BBS List v4(1.67)
1/28 08:45:15a SBL2SMB SBBSLIST: Timeout locking C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json for read
1/28 08:45:15a SBL2SMB Failed to read BBS list
1/28 08:45:15a SBL2SMB Timed event: SBL2SMB returned -1
this is what I am seeing sir. It just started yesterday. No one can see the synchronet bbs list here. I did reboot the pc. I had one of my callers try to view the sbbs list and this is the message he got
1/28 11:25:54a Node 1 <Elmer Quinn> SBBSLIST: Timeout locking C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json for read
1/28 11:26:16a Node 1 <Elmer Quinn> running external program: Planets:The Exploration of Space
1/28 11:31:29a 5024 Telnet connection accepted from: 220.134.247.66 port 46486
Let me know if I need to change anything or if you need more information. Have a great day,
Rixter
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http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC

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Re: Suddenly smb2sbl and sbl2smb failing to read bbs list
By: Rixter to Digital Man on Tue Jan 28 2025 03:23 pm

Re: Suddenly smb2sbl and sbl2smb failing to read bbs list
By: Digital Man to Rixter on Tue Jan 28 2025 10:59 am

Re: Suddenly smb2sbl and sbl2smb failing to read bbs list
By: Rixter to All on Tue Jan 28 2025 12:32 pm

Anyone else having errors connecting to or locking the bbs list? I notice cannot run it from bulletin section either. Suddenly
started 24 hours ago. I restarted computer and the error persists. No cha has been made to my system for 2 weeks now. Any ideas?

Are you referring to the timed events by those names (smb2sbl and sbl2smb) o the programs by the names (defunct now for many years)?

What's the exact error message(s)?

1/28 08:44:12a SMB2SBL SBBSLIST: Timeout locking C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json for read
1/28 08:44:12a SMB2SBL Failed to read BBS list
1/28 08:44:12a SMB2SBL Timed event: SMB2SBL returned -1
1/28 08:44:15a SBL2SMB Running timed event: SBL2SMB
1/28 08:44:15a SBL2SMB Synchronet BBS List v4(1.67)
1/28 08:45:15a SBL2SMB SBBSLIST: Timeout locking C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json for read
1/28 08:45:15a SBL2SMB Failed to read BBS list
1/28 08:45:15a SBL2SMB Timed event: SBL2SMB returned -1
this is what I am seeing sir. It just started yesterday. No one can see the synchronet bbs list here. I did reboot the pc. I had one of my callers try to view the sbbs list and this is the message he got
1/28 11:25:54a Node 1 <Elmer Quinn> SBBSLIST: Timeout locking C:\sbbs\data\sbbslist.json for read
1/28 11:26:16a Node 1 <Elmer Quinn> running external program: Planets:The Exploration of Space
1/28 11:31:29a 5024 Telnet connection accepted from: 220.134.247.66 port 46486
Let me know if I need to change anything or if you need more information.

It looks to be something local to your file system. Try copying the file to another location, deleting the file (in c:\sbbs\data) and then copying it back.
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Re: Suddenly smb2sbl and sbl2smb failing to read bbs list
By: Rixter to Digital Man on Tue Jan 28 2025 03:23 pm

It looks to be something local to your file system. Try copying the file to another location, deleting the file (in c:\sbbs\data) and then copying it back.
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Thank you Digital Man! That worked great. Everything is working like it should now. I do not understand what happened but now I know what to do to fix it. I appreciate all the education you have given me. Have a great day.
Rixter

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