dlloyd Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I've seen this instead of the homepage a few times over the last couple of days. What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Me too! I have told Ben - maybe something needs updating. Cheers for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassicinstinct Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Weird. I kept getting an "IPS [b]database[/b]" error message rather than a driver error message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Same here, on 3 different PC's at differnet locations / networks etc. Now also having a problem with pictures in posts. Some I just can't see, some open up to gargantuan proportions. Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 More picture gremlins reported here - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=10985&view=findpost&p=115539"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=115539[/url] Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaniac Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I been having same prob over mac, linux and doze and over safari and firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) [quote name='phatmonkey' post='117108' date='Jan 9 2008, 04:19 PM']What's wrong with the pics? Are they just not showing up?[/quote] With some of the pics I just get the little box with a red X in it. Some pics show up at full size within the post (bigger than screen size) and some pics appear in the reduced % size but when clicked on go to full size (bigger than screen size) However, it's all been ok for the last 24hrs Other PHP websites I've viewed at the same time have been ok? Hamster Edited January 11, 2008 by Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Hamster' post='118278' date='Jan 11 2008, 12:17 AM']However, it's all been ok for the last 24hrs [/quote] Ha ha ha As soon as I posted this and clicked on "view new posts" the page only displayed posts made after midnight. My default is set to "get active topic's for today." Usually that default setting displays a list reflecting recent posting activity. Seconds before I posted the last post I could view posts back to 6:53pm (last) night and there were 4 pages of them. This doesn't usually happen at midnight. Hamster Edited January 11, 2008 by Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: Ok. After my last post I clicked on "view new posts" - and I'm back to all posts made after midnight (today) So I experiment and change my default to "get active topics for this year" I click on "view new posts" and I get 373 pages of posts. I then select "get active topics for today", click on "view new posts" and get all the posts from about 7.00pm (4 pages) I then come to this forum to read my last post - read it, click on "view new posts" and I'm back viewing posts from midnight??? I don't know if it's all related but it's a little broken. I deleted my cache and cookies, logged in again and it's still doing the same thing. Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Just had this for about 5 mins. IPS Driver Error There appears to be an error with the database. You can try to refresh the page by clicking here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 [quote name='Danny' post='118808' date='Jan 11 2008, 07:47 PM']Just had this for about 5 mins. IPS Driver Error There appears to be an error with the database. You can try to refresh the page by clicking here[/quote] Me too, at the same time as Danny Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 [quote name='Hamster' post='118810' date='Jan 11 2008, 07:49 PM']Me too, at the same time as Danny Hamster[/quote] Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 All sorted now - I emailed the server people and they sent me this: "Someone was running a denial of service attack against your VPS. I have blocked the attack and this should all be back to normal" ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickThomas Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ouch ! Nothing worse than having your vp's attacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 What does that mean then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickThomas Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Not a clue lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ah ok but it does sound painful!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 VPS = Virtual Private Server. Bascially, you make a machine run multiple servers, and a Denial of Service attack (known as DDOS'ing) is someone being horrible and basically prodding it very quickly to see if it would keel over and to stop others using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Thanks Buzz. So does that mean someone is doing it on purpose with site downage in mind? What would be the point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 [quote name='ped' post='118932' date='Jan 12 2008, 12:23 AM']Thanks Buzz. So does that mean someone is doing it on purpose with site downage in mind? What would be the point?[/quote] It means someone is doing it on purpose to take a site down that is hosted on that particular server. It doesn't mean they're targetting basschat as such, as the server will only physically be able to handle a fixed number of connections. Without having the details, you won't know if it's 100% directed at BC. Also, DDOS can happen for a number of reasons: 1) It'll be a guitarist jealous of the attention the ERB's are getting recently 2) Some script kiddy randomly choosing this IP because they're bored 3) Someone with a bone to pick against BC/other site/hosting company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 still getting that ips driver error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The site wouldn't load for me a minute ago but I did not see the IPS error screen, just a blank screen as it tried to load. It looks like the problem might still be there. I will look into it further. Cheers - any more reports please let me know! ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I had the error here - it comes after about 10 seconds so may be a timeout screen. A google search didn't help much, it seems to be a generic error when something is wrong with the board software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I got it at around 12.30 too. Where's the forum actually hosted? I was just wondering whether it might be being briefly locked when a backup was being run, and if it was hosted in some foreign place, that could be ridiculous o'clock when there could be expected to be few users on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The company is called 'Layershift' if that is any help. They are really great with answering questions etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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