Anyone else not able to load Apterous?

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:37 pm

I can't get in.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:48 pm

Aye, same as what happened last night.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:35 pm

You need to give me more info than that. First, PM me your Java console (see above for instructions ad nauseam.) Second, where does it fail and what happens?

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:41 pm

SRC: Opening socket...
SRC: Opening socket ostream...
SRC: Opening socket istream...
AWT-EventQueue-2: [Login failure] [java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed]java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.DirectNetworkLayer.<init>(DirectNetworkLayer.java:26)
at net.client.CXInfoClient.<init>(CXInfoClient.java:81)
at applet.frontend.MainPanel$AppletInfoClient.<init>(MainPanel.java:103)
at applet.frontend.MainPanel.<init>(MainPanel.java:240)
at applet.frontend.MainApplet$1.run(MainApplet.java:99)
java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(Unknown Source)
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(Unknown Source)
java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
net.DirectNetworkLayer.<init>(DirectNetworkLayer.java:26)
net.client.CXInfoClient.<init>(CXInfoClient.java:81)
applet.frontend.MainPanel$AppletInfoClient.<init>(MainPanel.java:103)
applet.frontend.MainPanel.<init>(MainPanel.java:240)
applet.frontend.MainApplet$1.run(MainApplet.java:99)

Seems okay at the moment however.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:46 pm

Ian Volante wrote: AWT-EventQueue-2: [Login failure] [java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed]java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed

This is basically a temporary network blip, somewhere between you and the apterous server, that occurred at the moment you were trying to sign in. Not really much that can be done about it, other than to live nearer Peterborough. On balance you probably don't want to do that.

Clare Sudbery · Post by **Clare Sudbery** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:22 pm

"First, PM me your Java console (see above for instructions ad nauseam.)"

For anyone reading this who is as confused / confusable as me... you should have a Java icon in your taskbar (bar along the bottom of the screen). Right click, select "Open Console" and copy the last page or two of what's there. NB: Scroll to the end, that's the most recent stuff.

Steven Tew · Post by **Steven Tew** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:54 pm

ok, this is the first time I have tried to login to apterous, so it might be my fault, but it ain't working. Any ideas?

(I have loaded the most recent version of Java, so it's not that. It gets up to the 20th attempt to login and then just stops...and then, when I try again, it freezes on the first attempt.)

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:57 pm

It's been down since half-five, I'm sure it will get reset at some point.

Steven Tew · Post by **Steven Tew** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:01 pm

ah, not my fault then. I'll try again tomorrow. Ta.

PsychoTony · Post by **PsychoTony** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:32 pm

Unable to Connect:

SRC: Opening socket...
SRC: Opening socket ostream...
SRC: Opening socket istream...
Loaded audio clip: http://apterous.org/challenged.wav
Loaded audio clip: http://apterous.org/rosterupdated.wav
Loaded audio clip: http://apterous.org/roundstart.wav
Loaded audio clip: http://apterous.org/selectionevent.wav
Loaded audio clip: http://apterous.org/selectionfinal.wav
Loaded audio clip: http://apterous.org/roundends.wav
{Thread-11} Connect failed
java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.DirectNetworkLayer.<init>(DirectNetworkLayer.java:27)
at net.client.CXInfoClient.<init>(CXInfoClient.java:82)
at applet.frontend.MainPanel$AppletInfoClient.<init>(MainPanel.java:104)
at applet.frontend.MainPanel.<init>(MainPanel.java:247)
at applet.frontend.MainApplet$1.run(MainApplet.java:101)

Any ideas?

Joe Denniss · Post by **Joe Denniss** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:33 pm

I think it's down again. Well, I can't get past log-in attempt 1 of 50.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:51 pm

There haven't been any games played since 9 last night

Douglas Wilson · Post by **Douglas Wilson** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:48 pm

I've just signed up.

I then clicked play and it went until it got to stage 50 of 50 before saying log on failed.

Is this a problem everyone is having or am I doing something wrong?

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:57 pm

Douglas Wilson wrote:I've just signed up.

I then clicked play and it went until it got to stage 50 of 50 before saying log on failed.

Is this a problem everyone is having or am I doing something wrong?

It seems that apterous is down ATM.
Since Charlie is having a well-earned break from fixing apterous problems, I suppose we'll all have to go 'cold turkey' for a while.

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:01 pm

He did say to email him if the server went down...?

Hannah O · Post by **Hannah O** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:27 pm

I tried it at school today in the afternoon; I was just wondering if the reason it wouldn't load was because it was at school with various other computers on the same internet-thing (I'm not so good with technology!) or whether it was down. Ah well! Well-earned break indeed, apterous is super

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:31 pm

I can't believe we've survived a whole day without apterous. I would have thought by now that 3 people would have hanged themselves, 4 people would have shot themselves and 16 people would have been run over by a VW campavan or a Nissan Micra.

Dan Vanniasingham · Post by **Dan Vanniasingham** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:39 pm

I'll have you know me & my Micra have only run over one fox, one pheasant, and a dog (which ran off sharpish) to-date. A number of low-flying birds and an overly confident cat were almost added to that list on Saturday though.

I'm looking to add a short, blonde-haired Chelsea fan to my list though.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:58 am

Dan Vanniasingham wrote:I'm looking to add a short, blonde-haired Chelsea fan to my list though.

Where are you gonna get one of them?

Rob Thomas · Post by **Rob Thomas** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:10 pm

Hi everyone, i'm new. First post. When launching Apterous I get "attempt x of 50" and x plods from 1 to 11 (so far) and nothing. My Java is up-to-date (Version 6 update 10).

Can someone reassure me it's not something i'm doing wrong and tell me what we do when this happens? Wait? Do we email Charlie to get a reboot or does that annoy him?

Thanks everyone,

Rob.

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:56 pm

Rob Thomas wrote:Hi everyone, i'm new. First post. When launching Apterous I get "attempt x of 50" and x plods from 1 to 11 (so far) and nothing. My Java is up-to-date (Version 6 update 10).

Can someone reassure me it's not something i'm doing wrong and tell me what we do when this happens? Wait? Do we email Charlie to get a reboot or does that annoy him?

Thanks everyone,

Rob.

Read the forum?

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:57 pm

Rob Thomas wrote:Hi everyone, i'm new. First post. When launching Apterous I get "attempt x of 50" and x plods from 1 to 11 (so far) and nothing. My Java is up-to-date (Version 6 update 10).

Can someone reassure me it's not something i'm doing wrong and tell me what we do when this happens? Wait? Do we email Charlie to get a reboot or does that annoy him?

Thanks everyone,

Rob.

Hullo Rob. The site's down for everyone right now. Just waiting for Charlie to kick it, I'm assuming he knows by now!

Steven Tew · Post by **Steven Tew** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:08 pm

I had some problems using Java version 6 update 11 which seem to have been resolved by installing version 6 update 7 instead - not sure how you will get on with update 10.

Clare Sudbery · Post by **Clare Sudbery** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:06 am

Top tip: If you can't get in, go back to Apterous home page and click on Today's Games (on the left hand side: http://www.apterous.org/browsegames.php). If no games have been played lately, the site is down and it's not your computer.

Rob Thomas · Post by **Rob Thomas** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:43 am

Thanks for the responses Clare, Steven and Ian. Hey Jimmy - why the sarcastic "Read the forum"? Is it "put off new people" week?

I am trying to prepare for my appearance on the show around having a busy work / family life. So, I read the FAQ, searched the forum for "Attempt of 50", read the thread, I get that Charlie is on a break, I get that he also said "email me if it's down", I get that you have been a member since May 2008 so know all the nuances, I get that it doesn't work all the time and I get that it's an enthusiast website. My question was to the point, but friendly too right?

Stay the trigger finger Jimmy, if I really am an annoying newbie who has missed some great thread post that already explains everything I was asking, then just ignore me!

Cheers,

Rob.

Clare Sudbery · Post by **Clare Sudbery** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:00 pm

Rob Thomas wrote:My question was to the point, but friendly too right?

I reckon. When you follow everything on the forum, it's easy to forget that for a newbie, it's hard to guess exactly which thread you need to read to find the info you're looking for. Doesn't hurt to step outside your own skin once in a while, imagine how easy it'd be for someone else to find out the stuff you know and take for granted.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:14 pm

Rob Thomas wrote:My question was to the point, but friendly too right?

There was nothing wrong with your question mate, Jimmy was just being a dick.

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:27 pm

OK, sorry, I was just trying to say it has been mentioned loads of times already. I didn't mean to upset you. Yeah, I suppose I do come across as a bit of a dick. You'll be pleased to know this'll be my last post. Number 1, I don't think people like me posting and number 2, I feel I have to "walk on eggshells" or whatever, like I have to really scrutinise what I say to make sure it won't offend and so there are no spelling/grammatical errors. I'm a bit of a penis and social aptness isn't a plus point for me. I'll still be on apterous, etc (if it's ok). Please don't be too cruel when I'm on the show though

Clare Sudbery · Post by **Clare Sudbery** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:33 pm

Jimmy Gough wrote:I'm a bit of a penis and social aptness isn't a plus point for me. I'll still be on apterous, etc (if it's ok). Please don't be too cruel when I'm on the show though

Aw mate, come back! It was hardly crime of the century.

Jimmy Gough wrote:I don't think people like me posting

Can't speak for anyone else, but I don't have a problem with you at all, was just pulling you up on one small thing. Fwiw I don't think people like me posting either, but (a) I know how stupidly easy it is to get paranoid on places like this when there's no body language to help communicate, and (b) I don't care, I'll keep posting anyway.

{{HUGS FOR EVERYONE}}

Ha, this really isn't a huggy kind of place, is it? Ah well. I can be the Resident Hugger, I'm happy with that. ;o)

Ian Dent · Post by **Ian Dent** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:42 pm

This is a very serious forum.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:09 pm

I think the only time I've ever noticed Jimmy before was when he was insulting Lesley Jeavons (similarly for no reason) which I also took exception to. And he (or at least his IP address) was somehow involved in some apterous shenanigans (cheating under a duplicate account), although I think he claimed it was his brother or something.

Chris Davies · Post by **Chris Davies** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:39 pm

Apterous is back up.

Joe Denniss · Post by **Joe Denniss** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:23 am

I still can't get in though. It just gradually cycles through Login Attempt X of 60 without doing anything, and I've tried using both Java v.6 Update 7 and Update 11. What's most frustrating is that I paid the £15 a few days ago and haven't yet got anything out of it.

Howard Somerset · Post by **Howard Somerset** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:47 am

I'm getting the same as you, Joe. Possibly it's gone down again, as the list of today's games has nothing later than 12:24, and a twenty minute gap at this time of day/night is most unusual.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:05 pm

Jon Corby wrote:I think the only time I've ever noticed Jimmy before was when he was insulting Lesley Jeavons (similarly for no reason) which I also took exception to. And he (or at least his IP address) was somehow involved in some apterous shenanigans (cheating under a duplicate account), although I think he claimed it was his brother or something.

I'm not sure using CountMax to put in 3- and 4-lettered words should constitute cheating, if the little brother story was a ruse, which would be almost even more retarded than just general Bolasing.

Come back Jimmy, I, for one, like you.

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:14 pm

I got in, did a game against Prune, then 2 duels.
Unfortunately it fecked up while I was doing the LCLC duel. Got 3 of the Cs too.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:44 pm

Is it just me or is it down atm?

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:06 pm

Apterous is down for me at the mo

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:52 pm

Good news though, I managed to catch the offending bug red-handed this time and can now do something to fix it. This might take minutes or days depending on the full extent of it, which I haven't figured out yet. In the mean time I've restarted the server, so enjoy.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:29 pm

Et's stell doon fud me. Maybe it's cos I told all my friends about Apterous and they're all trying to log on at the same time.

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:56 pm

apterous is down again for me, and since it says that the last game was at 1:01pm, for others too, I suppose.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:06 pm

Julie T wrote:apterous is down again for me, and since it says that the last game was at 1:01pm, for others too, I suppose.

Yeah it is. I had the last game on it so I blame myself.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:22 pm

We'll probably have some power cuts because of the snow, so please make like a hospital and have patience.

Rufus Frog · Post by **Rufus Frog** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:50 pm

I was patient yesterday. Today I can get in (in Firefox at least, I eventually realised that IE was one cause of my access problems, another was trying to connect via my work's VPN - D'oh) and play real people but no daily duels (either yesterday's or today's). Other people say they are missing too but I thought I saw someone playing one earlier so it's neither universal nor peculiar to me. (I have looked through other topics to find out if this is explicable to no avail, so please don't all kick the newbie.)

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:30 pm

Rufus Frog wrote:I was patient yesterday. Today I can get in (in Firefox at least, I eventually realised that IE was one cause of my access problems, another was trying to connect via my work's VPN - D'oh) and play real people but no daily duels (either yesterday's or today's). Other people say they are missing too but I thought I saw someone playing one earlier so it's neither universal nor peculiar to me. (I have looked through other topics to find out if this is explicable to no avail, so please don't all kick the newbie.)

You only get the Duel through the week when you've donated to Shaggy.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:39 am

oh god why, please why are you not working, i need to play apterous so much right now, everything needs to be apterous

Jack Morgan · Post by **Jack Morgan** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:28 am

I need practice!!

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:35 pm

Am I the only one with problems atm?

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:38 pm

Jimmy Gough wrote:Am I the only one with problems atm?

No, it's spazzing for me too (which is annoying as I was on another hot HNA run).

tomrowell · Post by **tomrowell** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:04 pm

i cant even get on the front page tonight

Steven Tew · Post by **Steven Tew** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:22 am

tomrowell wrote:i cant even get on the front page tonight

still not working this morning...

Lisa Thomson · Post by **Lisa Thomson** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:35 pm

I havn't been able to get into Apterous at all, yesterday or today. Serious withdrawal now, how much longer?

Douglas Wilson · Post by **Douglas Wilson** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:57 pm

When I try to get onto the site I get the 'this page can not be displayed message'.

Ah well I can go out and see real people now.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:01 pm

I think if we all hold hands, get some positivity going, start chanting "Soo! Soo! Soo!" and lean slightly to one side, then we'll look like idiots.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:14 pm

I think the server is down at the mo

Edit: No it isn't

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:18 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:I think if we all hold hands, get some positivity going, start chanting "Soo! Soo! Soo!" and lean slightly to one side, then we'll look like idiots.

That's what they do on DOND

Stuart Arnot · Post by **Stuart Arnot** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:22 pm

i think you might be right

Edit: i posted before reading the edit or that. Now I look weird

Edit#2: And it is down anyway. Can't get onto homepage.

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:26 pm

I think I broke it by being on the virge of a massive speedgoat score

It was working a few minutes ago, but painfully slowly. Can't get on at all now.

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:18 pm

Good.

Martin_May · Post by **Martin_May** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:12 pm

Anyone else not able to load Apterous, or is it just me