Hello!  The CDMS collaboration is using e-Log as one of it's issue tracking systems.  In the last few months, I have noticed a problem when either creating or editing entries from my usual Safari browser (currently 11.1 on MacOSX 10.13.4):  The [Submit] button triggers a spinning beach ball, with no connection to our e-Log server, and after several minutes, Safari complains the the page had to be reloaded, discarding all of my edits, uploads, whatever.  This used to be occasional, but in the past month it has become routine, such that the only way I can edit or create entries is by launching a different browser entirely (Firefox), just for e-Log editing.

Now, I am also seeing the same problems with Firefox, but at the "occasional" level.  The difference is that Firefox produces some diagnostic information, which is why I'm posting here.  When the browser hangs, after a short while Firefox produces a "Warning: unresponsive script" drop-down box:

Warning: unresponsive script

A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding.  You can stop the script now, open the script in the debugger, or let the script continue.

Script: http://titus.stanford.edu/cdms…/SuperSim/681?cmd=Edit&steal=1:30

[] Don't ask me again

[Debug script]                       [Stop script]     [Continue]

If I use the [Debug script] button, the call stack shows "onclick 681:1" -> "chkform 681:30", and the line-by-line traceback shows the chkform function:

16   var in_asend = false;
17
18   function chkform()
19   {
20     if (last_key == 13) {
21       var ret = confirm('Really submit this entry?');
22       if (!ret) {
23         last_key = 0;
24         return false;
25       }
26     }
27
28     if (autoSaveTimer != null)
29       clearTimeout(autoSaveTimer);
30     while (in_asend);               <=== This is the stuck line
31     submitted = true;
32     return true;
33   }

I presume that in_asend is supposed to get changed from false to true asynchronously, by some other parallel communication with the server. But that doesn't seem to be happening.

Does this look like an issue with the e-Log distribution? Or is there a configuration issue with our e-Log server which we could improve?

We have a possible bug with elog that the ID for an elog entry at over 99,999 entires reads as 10,000... 

68792/1 Illistrates the problem, we use this ID often to cross reference from out datalog...

Is this a know bug we can find a fix for? We are using:  elogd 2.9.2 built Jul 14 2015, 18:58:06 revision

We have been using elog on Windows 10 for a long time. Today, after a Windows update, the elogd service started crashing (error 1067, unexpected termination). It ran fine just before the Windows update (which took > 1 hour, so it was a major one). Uninstalling and re-installing did not help, including replacing my elogd.cfg with the default. Installing on another PC (that also has this update) fails in the same way. I have a good backup of my logbook.

Any suggestions?

I had a problem with restarting ELOG since about a year, and finally I found the culprit. I just want to share it here, to prevent anyone else to make the same mistake,

Tried compiling on FC27 and 28, both result in binaries but with serious issues; writing data larger than then allowed.
Example output:

make 
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -c -o mxml.o mxml/mxml.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o crypt.o src/crypt.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o regex.o src/regex.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -c -o strlcpy.o mxml/strlcpy.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -o elog src/elog.c mxml.o crypt.o regex.o strlcpy.o -lssl
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o auth.o src/auth.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -o elogd src/elogd.c auth.o mxml.o crypt.o regex.o strlcpy.o -lssl
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve_attachment.part.30’:
src/elogd.c:4764:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4764:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_submit.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4894:29: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                             ^~
src/elogd.c:4894:7: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_submit’:
src/elogd.c:4894:29: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                             ^~
src/elogd.c:4894:7: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘show_download_page’:
src/elogd.c:14775:32: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
          sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                                ^~
src/elogd.c:14775:10: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
          sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘search_last_reply’:
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Anyone aware of a cure?

Hi,

We've made changes in our network and now we have to use port 587 instead of port 25, how can i edit that parameter?

Thanks

Hi,

When i set Language = French in global config it works in french until i logout, after i can't login anymore, even if i enter my user and password i always stay at the login window, the only way to login again is to edit the Elogd.cfg file in Elog directory, remove the Language = french and save then i can login in and work normally in english version.

Thanks.