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  1147   Wed May 11 21:39:12 2005 Reply Kevin Robinderkrobinder@visa.comBug reportWindows2.5.8Re: elogd crashes on log out
> > Since updating to version 2.5.8 we have been having problems with the elogd 
> > service crashing whenever anyone attempts to log out. We are using stunnel 
> > 4.09 on a Win 2k system.
> 
> This problem has finally been identified and fixed. Please download the newest
> version 2.5.9-2 which contains this fix.

I will get right on this. Thank you for your efforts!
  65787   Mon Mar 24 19:40:03 2008 Question Kevin O'Sullivankosok@stanford.eduQuestionLinux2.7.3-2058FCKeditor not active

I'm using ELOG version 2.7.3-2058 and have been trying to get FCKeditor to work. This, to my understanding from the documentation, is supposed to be a part of elog by default after version 2.7.0 and from looking at the configuration syntax manual, it looks as though FCKeditor should be on with the default settings. I done nothing to turn it off and none of the obvious fixes seem to do anything. I've posted the text of my configuration file below, what did I do wrong?

[global]
Welcome title = <img src="Title.gif"><p><font size=5 color=white>Welcome to the EXO elog</font>
logbook tabs = 1
main tab = Home
port = 8082
SMTP host = smtp.stanford.edu
Usr = elog
Grp = users
Logbook dir = /usr/local/elog/logbooks_exo
Self register = 0
Password file = /usr/local/elog/passwd_exo
Email Format = 15
URL = http://grattalab3.stanford.edu/exo_elog/
Admin user = Administrator
Title image = <img border=0 src="EXOlogo.gif" alt="ELOG logo">
Title image URL = http://www-project.slac.stanford.edu/exo/
Max content length = 200000000000
All display limit = 100000

[Collaboration]
Theme = default
Subdir = Collaboration
Comment = EXO Collaboration elog
Attributes = Author, Category, Subject
MOptions Category = 100 kg Prototype, Materials, Papers & Internal Notes, Data, Results, Talks, Schematics, Correspondence, Gas TPC, Isotopes, Grabber Cell, Purity Monitor, Other
Required Attributes = Author, Category, Subject
Page Title = EXO Collaboration ELOG
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
 Email Subject = EXO (Collaboration) log: $subject
Suppress default = 0
Login user = xenon, Administrator
Deny Delete = xenon
Admin user = Administrator

[CAD]
Theme=default
Subdir = CAD
Comment = EXO CAD Repository
Attributes = Author, Category, Subject, Approval Status
MOptions Category = Background measurements, Refrigeration, Cryostat and Sheilding, Xe purification and handling, Counting rooms, Electronics and DAQ, Simulation and Software, Light readout, Chamber, Other
MOptions Approval Status = Approved, Working
Required Attributes = Author, Category, Subject
Page Title = EXO CAD Repository
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Suppress default = 1
Login user = xenon, vance
Admin user = Administrator
Deny Edit = xenon
Deny Reply = xenon
Deny Move to = xenon
Deny Copy to = xenon
Deny Config = xenon
Deny Delete = xenon

[Lasers]
Theme = default
Subdir = Lasers
Comment = Barium tagging laser elog
Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
MOptions Category = Data, Papers, Notes
Required Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
Page Title = Barium tagging laser log
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Login user = xenon
Admin user = Administrator
Suppress default = 0

[LinearTrap]
Theme = default
Subdir = LinearTrap
Comment = Linear trap elog
Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
MOptions Category = Data, Papers, Notes, Thesis, Photos
Required Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
Page Title = Linear trap elog
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Login user = xenon
Admin user = Administrator
Suppress default = 1

[Materials_Database]
Theme = default
Subdir = Materials_Database
Comment = Materials Database elog
Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
MOptions Category = Data, Papers, Notes, Results
Required Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
Page Title = Materials Database elog
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Login user = xenon
Admin user = Administrator
Suppress default = 0
Use Email Subject = EXO Materials Database elog: $subject
Deny Delete = xenon

[Pictures]
Theme = default
Subdir = Pictures
Comment = Pictures elog
Attributes = Author, Subject
Required Attributes = Author, Subject
Page Title = Pictures elog
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Login user = xenon
Admin user = Administrator
Suppress default = 0
Deny Delete = xenon

[BaTagging]
Theme = default
Subdir = BaTagging
Comment = Barium tagging elog
Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
MOptions Category = Data, Papers, Notes, Results
Required Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
Page Title = Barium Tagging elog
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Data, Category
Login user = xenon
Admin user = Administrator
Suppress default = 0
Deny Delete = xenon

[EXO 200 Installation]
Theme = default
Subdir = EXO200Installation
Comment = EXO-200 Installation elog
Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
MOptions Category = Daily log entry, Pictures, Schematics, MSDS, Documentation, Data, Other
Required Attributes = Author, Subject, Category
Page Title = EXO-200 Installation ELOG
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Use Email Subject = EXO-200 Installation elog: $subject
Suppress default = 0
Login user = xenon, Administrator
Deny Delete = xenon
Admin user = Administrator

[Veto]
Theme = default
Subdir = Veto
Comment = Veto system elog
Attributes = Author, Subject
Required Attributes = Author, Subject
Page Title = Veto system ELOG
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Use Email Subject = Veto system elog: $subject
Suppress default = 0
Login user = xenon, Administrator
Deny Delete = xenon
Admin user = Administrator

[Monte Carlo]
Theme = default
Subdir = MonteCarlo
Comment = Monte Carlo elog
Attributes = Author, Subject
Required Attributes = Author, Subject
Page Title = Monte Carlo ELOG
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Use Email Subject = Monte Carlo elog: $subject
Suppress default = 0
Login user = xenon, Administrator
Deny Delete = xenon
Admin user = Administrator

[Electronics]
Theme = default
Subdir = Electronics
Comment = Electronics elog
Attributes = Author, Subject
Required Attributes = Author, Subject
Page Title = Electronics ELOG
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Category
Use Email Subject = Electronics elog: $subject
Suppress default = 0
Login user = xenon, Administrator
Deny Delete = xenon
Admin user = Administrator

  65806   Wed Apr 2 03:34:43 2008 Reply Kevin O'Sullivankosok@stanford.eduQuestionLinux2.7.3-2058Re: FCKeditor not active

Alain Hugentobler wrote:

Kevin O'Sullivan wrote:

I'm using ELOG version 2.7.3-2058 and have been trying to get FCKeditor to work. This, to my understanding from the documentation, is supposed to be a part of elog by default after version 2.7.0 and from looking at the configuration syntax manual, it looks as though FCKeditor should be on with the default settings. I done nothing to turn it off and none of the obvious fixes seem to do anything. I've posted the text of my configuration file below, what did I do wrong?

Got the same problem, solved by manually unzipping "scripts/fckeditor.zip" from the sources to the installation directory (/usr/local/elog/scripts)

A better solution is to modify the Makefile :

@unzip -q -f scripts/fckeditor.zip -d $(ELOGDIR)/scripts/

which doesn't work on my Ubuntu 8.04; however changing to:

@unzip -q scripts/fckeditor.zip -d $(ELOGDIR)/scripts/

does...

That fixed it!

Thanks Alain.

  65929   Tue Jul 22 23:23:17 2008 Question Kevin O'Sullivankosok@stanford.eduBug report 2.7.4Thumbnails not working

I get the following error where thumbnails should go: Cannot create thumbnail, please check ImageMagick installation.

I restarted elog and check the log, it does in fact detect ImageMagick and it does have the most recent version. I'm running ubuntu 2.6.24-19-server.  Is there something else I should be checking?

  66001   Mon Oct 13 17:02:17 2008 Disagree Kevin O'Sullivankosok@stanford.eduQuestionLinux2.7.4-2111Error Message During Uploads

We've been having toruble with uploads not working and I notice that every time someone uploads to our elog the same error message appears in /var/log/syslog:

Cannot restore original GID/UID.

How can I fix thsi error? Or, perhaps more importantly, could it cause elog to "lock up" (note, it doesn't crash)?

I'm runing elog on Ubuntu kernel version 2.6.24-server.

  66153   Fri Jan 16 23:54:46 2009 Reply Kevin O'Sullivankosok@stanford.eduQuestionLinux2.6.1+r164Re: elog (2.6.1+r1642 ubuntu/debian) regularly becomes non-responsive (w/o crashing)
I'm actually still having this issue in Ubuntu and I'm running elog version 2.7.5. In fact, now it's worse in 2.7.5 than in previous version because sometimes I have to restart the machine to get elog working again.

Is there anything I can do to help you find potential bugs with Ubuntu?




Stefan Ritt wrote:

Peter Kovac wrote:
First, the problem. Fairly regularly (at least once a week, perhaps more), our elog daemon seems to quietly die. The process is still running but anyone attempting to access the server gets "connection refused." The elog log doesn't show anything and the apache logs just show "proxy: Error reading from remote server returned by [path]". Calling a daemon restart doesn't seem to kill the daemon -- I get a "could not bind to port" error. Using kill and then starting the daemon again fixes the problem for a few days and then we start over.

The particulars:
We are running elog on an Ubuntu (6.06 Dapper Drake LTS) web server.
It's currently version 2.6.1+r1642 pulled via apt-get from the Debian repositories.
elog is hiding behind an apache2+SSL proxy.

Any thoughts? Has anyone else seen this behavior? My next step is probably to compile 2.6.2 and remove the packaged flavor but I wanted to see if this was a known bug...


There are three reasons why an elog server can go into an infinite loop:

  • A bug which has been fixed in meantime. If you can give a try to 2.6.2-1750 or so that could help. I'm not sure if this version is already in the Debian distribution since I'm not the maintainer there.
  • A corrupted log file. If one of the YYMMDDa.log file get some garbage (maybe due to hard disk problems etc.) the elogd server can run into an infinite loop. In that case examine all log files to see if there is anything wrong. If so, edit it manually and restart elogd.
  • Some not yet found bug. One never can exclude this of course, but at this forum I have elogd running under similar conditions like you, and it runs for months without problems.
  1825   Wed May 10 16:14:00 2006 Question Kevin McCartykmccarty@princeton.eduQuestionLinux2.6.1Email notification question
Hello,

I've just set up an ELog server for my research group. (Running on Debian, package version 2.6.1+r1642-1)

I have a question about the email notifications. I read through the config file documentation, but couldn't find the answer (maybe I am just unobservant\?) Is it possible to have the email notifications contain only the title of the log entry (as well as the usual attributes), but not the full text or any attachments? I have users who are worried about their email going over quota from ELog's emails, but who nevertheless would like some kind of notification when new log entries are posted.

Thanks in advance!
  1827   Wed May 10 16:30:45 2006 Idea Kevin McCartykmccarty@princeton.eduRequestAll2.6.1Feature request - site-specific ELCode markup definitions
Hi,

Here's a suggestion that you may or may not want to apply. It would be nice if there existed a config file (or a syntax in the existing elog.cfg file) that permitted sites to define their own ELCode patterns.

Let me give you a usage case. I thought it would be nice to have LaTeX expressions show up automatically on my group's ELog installation if they entered them like this: [math]x^2 + y^2 = r_0^2[/math] So in the source code file elogd.c, I hacked in the following additions to the definition of pattern_list[]:
   {"[math]", "<img src = \"http://borex.princeton.edu/mimetex?"},
   {"[/math]", "\" border = \"0\" align = \"absmiddle\" />"},
and recompiled ELog.

What this does is convert the LaTeX expression into a URL that uses the "mimetex" CGI program installed on my server to output a GIF file of the equation. So my users can have inline math expressions in their log entries, like this: . Obviously this is far too site-specific to be added to the official ELog code (unless you want to embed mimetex code into the server, which I kind of doubt Smile ). But it would be nice if I could specify these patterns in a config file without having to edit the source code and recompile each time I want to install a new ELog version!

Presumably others could find a use for site-specific ELCode markup too (logos, custom smilies, etc.)

Thanks for your time.
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