I just did a fresh install of SBBS and am having several issues. I can't get the backbone.na file to import the message areas. I can't get trmb.na to import it's message areas. but most importantly, I am unable to get SCFG or ECHOCFG to run. They open up with 2 lines of text and just sit there. They opened up originally, but haven't since the 1st time. BTW, it is version 3.20a

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Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to All on Sun May 07 2023 01:51 pm

I just did a fresh install of SBBS and am having several issues. I can't get the backbone.na file to import the message areas.

What's the error message?

I can't get trmb.na to import it's message areas.

What's the error message?

but most importantly, I am unable to get SCFG or
ECHOCFG to run. They open up with 2 lines of text and just sit there.

Can you elaborate or paste the example output? There have been recent changes to the console library used by those utils. Maybe try updating to the latest? Or run with the "-id" option to run in stdio/door mode?

They
opened up originally, but haven't since the 1st time. BTW, it is version 3.20a

v3.20a is not a release. That is the current development build, which changes daily. Have you updated/rebuilt today?

You didn't say - what OS is his built/running on?
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On Sun, 7 May 2023 13:51:05 -0700
"Greg Meck" (VERT) <VERT!Greg.Meck@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I just did a fresh install of SBBS and am having several issues. I
can't get the backbone.na file to import the message areas. I can't
get trmb.na to import it's message areas. but most importantly, I am
unable to get SCFG or ECHOCFG to run. They open up with 2 lines of
text and just sit there. They opened up originally, but haven't since
the 1st time. BTW, it is version 3.20a

Greg

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All of this works for me when I use the latest pull from git on Linux.
Are you running through xwindows or console or...? You really didn't
give any details to go on. Not even which OS you're using, where you
got your backbone.na, the steps you took.
There's been a lot of development over the last couple of days so you
could have grabbed your copy at a bad time, try updating, recompile and
give it another go.
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Re: Re: problem
By: Nelgin to Greg Meck on Sun May 07 2023 05:18 pm
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Re: Re: problem
By: Nelgin to Greg Meck on Sun May 07 2023 05:18 pm

On Sun, 7 May 2023 13:51:05 -0700
"Greg Meck" (VERT) <VERT!Greg.Meck@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I just did a fresh install of SBBS and am having several issues. I
can't get the backbone.na file to import the message areas. I can't
get trmb.na to import it's message areas. but most importantly, I am unable to get SCFG or ECHOCFG to run. They open up with 2 lines of
text and just sit there. They opened up originally, but haven't since
the 1st time. BTW, it is version 3.20a

Greg

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All of this works for me when I use the latest pull from git on Linux.
Are you running through xwindows or console or...? You really didn't
give any details to go on. Not even which OS you're using, where you
got your backbone.na, the steps you took.
There's been a lot of development over the last couple of days so you
could have grabbed your copy at a bad time, try updating, recompile and
give it another go.

I downloaded and installed it around 9am (AK time). I sent backbone.na and trmb.na from my main computer. I did forget areas.bbs, but I wouldn't think that shoud make a difference with inporting the message areas. I am running on an Ubuntu virtualbox VM under Ubuntu server host.

The lines I see when I try to run SCFG are:

Synchronet Configuration Utility (Linux) v3.20a Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Compiled master/8b1031d8d May 7 2023 09:21:11 with GCC 11.3.0

The line I see when I try to run ECHOCFG:

Synchronet Fidonet Configuration Version 3.20 Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Any help is appreciated
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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Nelgin on Sun May 07 2023 09:04 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Nelgin to Greg Meck on Sun May 07 2023 05:18 pm

On Sun, 7 May 2023 13:51:05 -0700
"Greg Meck" (VERT) <VERT!Greg.Meck@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I just did a fresh install of SBBS and am having several issues. I can't get the backbone.na file to import the message areas. I can't
get trmb.na to import it's message areas. but most importantly, I am unable to get SCFG or ECHOCFG to run. They open up with 2 lines of
text and just sit there. They opened up originally, but haven't since the 1st time. BTW, it is version 3.20a

Greg

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All of this works for me when I use the latest pull from git on Linux. Are you running through xwindows or console or...? You really didn't
give any details to go on. Not even which OS you're using, where you
got your backbone.na, the steps you took.
There's been a lot of development over the last couple of days so you could have grabbed your copy at a bad time, try updating, recompile and give it another go.

I downloaded and installed it around 9am (AK time). I sent backbone.na and trmb.na from my main computer.

Sent where?

I did forget areas.bbs, but I wouldn't think
that shoud make a difference with inporting the message areas. I am running on an Ubuntu virtualbox VM under Ubuntu server host.

The lines I see when I try to run SCFG are:

Synchronet Configuration Utility (Linux) v3.20a Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Compiled master/8b1031d8d May 7 2023 09:21:11 with GCC 11.3.0

The line I see when I try to run ECHOCFG:

Synchronet Fidonet Configuration Version 3.20 Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Any help is appreciated

Did you try running scfg or echocfg with the '-id' option like I suggested?
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Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meck on Sun May 07 2023 09:38 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Nelgin on Sun May 07 2023 09:04 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Nelgin to Greg Meck on Sun May 07 2023 05:18 pm

On Sun, 7 May 2023 13:51:05 -0700
"Greg Meck" (VERT) <VERT!Greg.Meck@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I just did a fresh install of SBBS and am having several issues. I can't get the backbone.na file to import the message areas. I can't get trmb.na to import it's message areas. but most importantly, I am unable to get SCFG or ECHOCFG to run. They open up with 2 lines of text and just sit there. They opened up originally, but haven't since the 1st time. BTW, it is version 3.20a

Greg

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All of this works for me when I use the latest pull from git on Linux. Are you running through xwindows or console or...? You really didn't give any details to go on. Not even which OS you're using, where you got your backbone.na, the steps you took.
There's been a lot of development over the last couple of days so you could have grabbed your copy at a bad time, try updating, recompile and give it another go.

I downloaded and installed it around 9am (AK time). I sent backbone.na and trmb.na from my main computer.

Sent where?

I did forget areas.bbs, but I wouldn't think
that shoud make a difference with inporting the message areas. I am running on an Ubuntu virtualbox VM under Ubuntu server host.

The lines I see when I try to run SCFG are:

Synchronet Configuration Utility (Linux) v3.20a Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Compiled master/8b1031d8d May 7 2023 09:21:11 with GCC 11.3.0

The line I see when I try to run ECHOCFG:

Synchronet Fidonet Configuration Version 3.20 Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Any help is appreciated

Did you try running scfg or echocfg with the '-id' option like I suggested?

No, I haven't. I just saw the message. I haven't even been able to get the BBS to run again since yesterday. I will try that when I get home. As far as where I sent the files to, I was able to send them to the BBS from my main computer through SynchTerm.
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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Digital Man on Mon May 08 2023 09:14 am

Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meck on Sun May 07 2023 09:38 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Nelgin on Sun May 07 2023 09:04 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Nelgin to Greg Meck on Sun May 07 2023 05:18 pm

On Sun, 7 May 2023 13:51:05 -0700
"Greg Meck" (VERT) <VERT!Greg.Meck@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I just did a fresh install of SBBS and am having several issues. I can't get the backbone.na file to import the message areas. I can't get trmb.na to import it's message areas. but most importantly, I am unable to get SCFG or ECHOCFG to run. They open up with 2 lines of text and just sit there. They opened up originally, but haven't since the 1st time. BTW, it is version 3.20a

Greg

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All of this works for me when I use the latest pull from git on Linux. Are you running through xwindows or console or...? You really didn't give any details to go on. Not even which OS you're using, where you got your backbone.na, the steps you took.
There's been a lot of development over the last couple of days so you could have grabbed your copy at a bad time, try updating, recompile and give it another go.

I downloaded and installed it around 9am (AK time). I sent backbone.na and trmb.na from my main computer.

Sent where?

I did forget areas.bbs, but I wouldn't think
that shoud make a difference with inporting the message areas. I am running on an Ubuntu virtualbox VM under Ubuntu server host.

The lines I see when I try to run SCFG are:

Synchronet Configuration Utility (Linux) v3.20a Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Compiled master/8b1031d8d May 7 2023 09:21:11 with GCC 11.3.0

The line I see when I try to run ECHOCFG:

Synchronet Fidonet Configuration Version 3.20 Copyright 2022 Rob Swindell

Any help is appreciated

Did you try running scfg or echocfg with the '-id' option like I suggested?

No, I haven't. I just saw the message. I haven't even been able to get the BBS to run again since yesterday. I will try that when I get home. As far as where I sent the files to, I was able to send them to the BBS from my main computer through SynchTerm.
Greg

I was able to get SCFG and ECHOCFG running using -id. And it will also run (sometimes) if I run it from the external programs menu after logging in.

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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Digital Man on Thu May 11 2023 05:48 pm

I was able to get SCFG and ECHOCFG running using -id. And it will also run (sometimes) if I run it from the external programs menu after logging in.

Have you experimented with the other '-i' values to see which ones work and which do not? Have you updated and recompiled the latest code from git?
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Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meck on Thu May 11 2023 06:27 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Digital Man on Thu May 11 2023 05:48 pm

I was able to get SCFG and ECHOCFG running using -id. And it will also run (sometimes) if I run it from the external programs menu after logging in.

Have you experimented with the other '-i' values to see which ones work and which do not? Have you updated and recompiled the latest code from git?

I did not know there were other -i values. Where can I find that information? Yes, I did recompile from the latest code on Wednesday.
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Greg Meckel wrote to Digital Man <=-

I was able to get SCFG and ECHOCFG running using -id. And it will also run (sometimes) if I run it from the external programs menu after logging in.

Have you experimented with the other '-i' values to see which ones work and which do not? Have you updated and recompiled the latest code from git?

I did not know there were other -i values. Where can I find that information?

Same place as most everything else. The Wiki.

Here: https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg



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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Fri May 12 2023 06:21 am

Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meck on Thu May 11 2023 06:27 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Digital Man on Thu May 11 2023 05:48 pm

I was able to get SCFG and ECHOCFG running using -id. And it will also run (sometimes) if I run it from the external programs menu after logging in.

Have you experimented with the other '-i' values to see which ones work and which do not? Have you updated and recompiled the latest code from git?

I did not know there were other -i values. Where can I find that information?

You can type 'scfg -?' or 'echocfg -h' or see the corresponding pages on the wiki: http://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg

Yes, I did recompile from the latest code on Wednesday.

And are you still having issues?
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Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Fri May 12 2023 05:46 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Fri May 12 2023 06:21 am

Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meck on Thu May 11 2023 06:27 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meck to Digital Man on Thu May 11 2023 05:48 pm

I was able to get SCFG and ECHOCFG running using -id. And it will also run (sometimes) if I run it from the external programs menu after logging in.

Have you experimented with the other '-i' values to see which ones work and which do not? Have you updated and recompiled the latest code from git?

I did not know there were other -i values. Where can I find that information?

You can type 'scfg -?' or 'echocfg -h' or see the corresponding pages on the wiki: http://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg

Yes, I did recompile from the latest code on Wednesday.

And are you still having issues?

The only issues I have nbow is that I still need to use -id (or -iA) and the nodelist hasn't been processed, but that should happen the next time tickit runs. Thanks for the help.

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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Fri May 12 2023 07:07 pm

And are you still having issues?

The only issues I have nbow is that I still need to use -id (or -iA) and the nodelist hasn't been processed, but that should happen the next time tickit runs. Thanks for the help.

I asked before without answer - what OS is his built/running on?

If it's running on *nix, which I suspect, under what environment? A GUI desktop, a (ssh) terminal (if so, which one)? More information is needed.
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Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Sat May 13 2023 12:44 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Fri May 12 2023 07:07 pm

And are you still having issues?

The only issues I have nbow is that I still need to use -id (or -iA) and the nodelist hasn't been processed, but that should happen the next time tickit runs. Thanks for the help.

I asked before without answer - what OS is his built/running on?

If it's running on *nix, which I suspect, under what environment? A GUI desktop, a (ssh) terminal (if so, which one)? More information is needed.

I did reply actually. It is running on ubuntu 22.04 GUI desktop VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu 22.04 Server.
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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 09:17 am

I asked before without answer - what OS is his built/running on?

If it's running on *nix, which I suspect, under what environment? A GUI desktop, a (ssh) terminal (if so, which one)? More information is needed.

I did reply actually.

I never saw it (a reply to that question) on Vertrauen.

It is running on ubuntu 22.04 GUI desktop VirtualBox
VM on Ubuntu 22.04 Server.

And the none of the other '-i' option flags work (for scfg and echocfg)? They all exhibit the same behavior?

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Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Sun May 14 2023 01:20 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 09:17 am

It is running on ubuntu 22.04 GUI desktop VirtualBox
VM on Ubuntu 22.04 Server.

And the none of the other '-i' option flags work (for scfg and echocfg)? They all exhibit the same behavior?

Are you running them from a command prompt in terminal, and if so, which one?

Actually, the -id and -iA options both worked. -iA gave me the Ansi screen I was looking for. However, the nodelist is still sitting in inbound not processed.
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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 08:27 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Sun May 14 2023 01:20 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 09:17 am

It is running on ubuntu 22.04 GUI desktop VirtualBox
VM on Ubuntu 22.04 Server.

And the none of the other '-i' option flags work (for scfg and echocfg)? They all exhibit the same behavior?

Are you running them from a command prompt in terminal, and if so, which one?

Actually, the -id and -iA options both worked. -iA gave me the Ansi screen I was looking for.

The '-ic' (curses mode) option doesn't work? I've asked a couple of times now and you haven't answered: what terminal you're using to run scfg and echocfg?

However, the nodelist is still sitting in inbound not processed.

What are "processing" are you expecting to happen with a nodelist?
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Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Mon May 15 2023 10:23 am

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 08:27 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Sun May 14 2023 01:20 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 09:17 am

It is running on ubuntu 22.04 GUI desktop VirtualBox
VM on Ubuntu 22.04 Server.

And the none of the other '-i' option flags work (for scfg and echocfg)? They all exhibit the same behavior?

Are you running them from a command prompt in terminal, and if so, which one?

Actually, the -id and -iA options both worked. -iA gave me the Ansi screen I was looking for.

The '-ic' (curses mode) option doesn't work? I've asked a couple of times now and you haven't answered: what terminal you're using to run scfg and echocfg?

However, the nodelist is still sitting in inbound not processed.

What are "processing" are you expecting to happen with a nodelist?

I haven't tried any other -i options since I found the one I wanted to use. The processing I am expecting is for the nodelist to be moved out of the inbound directory and into a file area as other incoming files are doing. I just don't see it happening. Also, I set up "Handler" and "HandlerArg", but they aren't doing anything and I get the error message "Unable to parse....". I'm sure I will figure it out, but not yet.
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Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Tue May 16 2023 08:00 am

Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Mon May 15 2023 10:23 am

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 08:27 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Sun May 14 2023 01:20 pm

Re: Re: problem
By: Greg Meckel to Digital Man on Sun May 14 2023 09:17 am

It is running on ubuntu 22.04 GUI desktop VirtualBox
VM on Ubuntu 22.04 Server.

And the none of the other '-i' option flags work (for scfg and echocfg)? They all exhibit the same behavior?

Are you running them from a command prompt in terminal, and if so, which one?

Actually, the -id and -iA options both worked. -iA gave me the Ansi screen I was looking for.

The '-ic' (curses mode) option doesn't work? I've asked a couple of times now and you haven't answered: what terminal you're using to run scfg and echocfg?

However, the nodelist is still sitting in inbound not processed.

What are "processing" are you expecting to happen with a nodelist?

I haven't tried any other -i options since I found the one I wanted to use. The processing I am expecting is for the nodelist to be moved out of the inbound directory and into a file area as other incoming files are doing. I just don't see it happening.

That won't happen unless there's a .tic file received associated with the nodelist and you have TickIT configured to do that (move files to file areas/filebases received via FTN).

Also, I set up "Handler" and "HandlerArg", but
they aren't doing anything and I get the error message "Unable to parse....". I'm sure I will figure it out, but not yet.

That's for a different purpose.
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