Cron

[scoop]

I had cron running every hour, worked like a charm , and then stopped checking. Is there a way to reset cron, or just disable, and enable to reset. Is it possible that a thread is locking the checker up.
How would you check if this was the case. I assume it checks in order of forum that was selected.

We have the full version, I like the new features.

Also the checker seems to be just returning this, mostly rapidshare links: Criteria doesn't met any matches for this post.

Scoop

[scoop]

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

UPDATE post
SET phpkd_vblvb_lastcheck = 1266887330
WHERE postid = 116188;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Monday, February 22nd 2010 08:08:50 PM
Error Date : Monday, February 22nd 2010 08:11:27 PM
Script : http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/admincp/cronadmin.php?do=runcron&cronid=27
Referrer : http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/admincp/cronadmin.php?do=modify
IP Address : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Username : scoop

[scoop]

PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 702110 bytes) in /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/includes/phpkd/vblvb/cron.php on line 0

[8:02:45 PM] xxxxxxxxx Solutions: Basically, that process is taking up 256mb of of ram, which is huge.

This is what our host has found

[PHPKD]

Hello Scoop,


You've to limit posts checked per batch, it's recommended to do so with the current release as if you didn't & you've big board with large number of posts containing huge number of links to be checked then the bot may face some problems.
The current release originally can't handle large scale scanning & checking at once, that's why it may fail by having "Allowed memory exhausted" or "MySQL gone away" errors if forced to go over it's limits.
The current release also do punishment actions, and other updates on checked posts after finishing the whole batch it has in hands, so that if it fails in the middle, it will not recognize that those specific posts has been checked previously & also will not apply any actions upon.

All of these issues are to be fixed by upcoming featured release as we're working on changing the whole checking process & routines used by the bot, so it can be able to handle large scale scanning & checking at once without any problems.

At the mean time, please make sure to limit posts checked per batch as low as the bot can handle, this depends on your host & your server's specifications. Try various limits till you reach the best for it.

As I said, this is just a temporary solution, but should be active.
The real solution will be introduced in upcoming featured release which will solve these issues from roots.

Regarding rapidshare links it should work fine without any problems, please make sure you're using latest stable release 4.0.131 & make sure that your product's settings setup correctly specially checked hosts/checked bbcodes/excluded thread & post modes.

Please if you've any other questions or need any help, don't hesitate to ask.


Best Regards
Abdelrahman - PHP KingDom

[scoop]

Well im down to 30 post, i will try smaller, and see if cron will start again, we where as high as 500 post at one time.

Cron will no longer run, the host could not get it going either, i will try manual for a bit.

Thank you for your help

[PHPKD]

Hello Scoop,

You are welcome.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Best Regards
Abdelrahman - PHP KingDom

[scoop]

We seem to be having trouble getting cron to run. Hasn't in a while, we are now running manual. Is there a bug in cron, or what would you check.

Thanks

[PHPKD]

Hello Scoop,

Sorry for the delay.
There was some issues with early versions of the cronjob, but latest release 4.0.131 supposed to have the solve & has been confirmed to work fine automatically without any problems.
Please let me know if you've any issues with it ...

Best Regards
Abdelrahman - PHP KingDom

[PHPKD]

Hello scoop,

Sorry, but I don't understand your problem.
There isn't a clear description of the problem or how to evaluate or analyze it ..
By the way, if you were using the 'Lite' edition before upgrading to the 'Ultimate' edition, then please uninstall the 'Lite' edition completely first then cleanly install the 'Ultimate' edition & configure your settings carefully (take care to limit checked posts per batch) & see what happens.
If you still have issues, please post it in a new thread & try to describe it in details so we can help.
.. Moved to closed issues ..

Best Regards
Abdelrahman - PHP KingDom