www.slackware.com down?
 

Is slackware.com down? did I miss anything? Distrowatch says a rc1 is out, but there aren't to many topics (any) on a rc1 for sw13 to be found @LQ (yet). And a rc1 of Sw13,. isn't that just a nice way of saying the -current won't be changing alot until sw13 is released?

Anyways: slackware.com is down. anyone knows wot's wrong>

The server is down indeed and it will take some time for "hands" to fix that, with the 4th of July coming right up.
Just hang in there, and use alphageek's Slackware mirror page to find places where you can download the first release candidate for Slackware 13.0.

Eric

You must have missed the sticky at the top of the page !

Ah, thanx,. as I'm not into _64,... and I presume sw13 will be released as a 32 an 64 bit version 'at the same time' I didn't bother with the sticky..

If you don't know how to tell if your system is 64bit capable,... you probably won't be capable installing the 64bit version of anykind of OS. And as I'm among those who can't tell..

Your CPU is 64bit if you find the lm (for "long mode") flag in your cpuinfo. See my own computer as an example (the same box that compiled slackware64-current until it went public):

Eric

It's up again :)

Yes but it's not actually fixed :)

There are some hardware issues so it would be nice if the load was kept to a minimum.

We are monitoring it and While we do appreciate the "heads-up" opening the box too many times might just make the cat disappear ;)

It's traditional to use a hamster wheel to power backup servers. While having a cat in there also, will, no doubt, motivate the hamster to run that little bit faster, you need to ensure continued separation to avoid a catastrophic failure.

I believe he may have been referring to Mister Schrödinger's box, not the server's.

slackware.com still down?
 

Looks like it is down again. It was up yesterday @ some time. Still not ping able

Hi,

As others have stated it may not be back solid/stable until Monday. There will be a need to make physical contact/maintenance.

Oh no.. I feel sorry for the hamster already :)

Indeed, but I couldn't make a joke out of that. ;)

Has anyone connected to slackware.com yet? The Slackware site still seems to be down as of this writing.

it's a conspiracy! They are unveiling a new webpage for the ominous 13... nah probably just server problems.

The Slackware server in China is, suspiciously, up. And ...

I guess the main server has suffered some kind of fatal hardware failure. Time for a server change then.

Hi,

I guess, the reliability of Slackware suffers from this several days lasting webserver failure :(

if it comes to hardware problem, then i think it's not fair to judge the reliability of the system

No the mirrors are all still fine, people are testing the RC and It's just the webserver.

It is being worked on and I'll post in this thread when it's back online.

P.S yes it is a hardware issue.

And if you need any official source or packages, ftp.slackware.com is not down.

Or if you need to check the changelog ;).

Hi,
Everyone experiences hardware issues. You can have redundancy but at what cost? The reliability of Slackware has nothing to do with the home site 'slackware.com' being down due to hardware problems. There are mirrors for everything so don't get your pants bunched up. :)

'AlphaGeek's Unofficial Mirror List' is a place to start.

The above link and others are available from 'Slackware-Links'. More than just Slackware® links!

Or as we say over here: "Don't get your knickers in a twist". :)

Hi,
If I had really said what I thought then the mods would have jumped me. But you got my meaning. :)

Ha-ha, yes, true enough, onebuck. :D
Don't sweat it, people. This is nothing to be concerned about.

Is this the same PIII 600 that has ran the site for years?

All better now...
 

It's back!

Hi,

Cool! :cool:

It is back only to recover the data from the drives. Please do not hammer it.

In the meantime, http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/ is being redirected to my mirror at http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/slackbuilds/ because my repository causes most of the load on that server. The rest of http://slackware.com/~alien/ is readily available (it is also mirrored at the same slackware.org.uk server)

Eric

I (among many) are waiting "anxiously" for the next release, and for the return of the website. The back part of my mind (the one that seems to enjoy wearing the straitjacket) muses, "Well, if the previous server was a PIII 600 MHz machine, and it needs replacing, what will the next one be? An old AMD K6/2 at 550 MHz?"

Possible, I'm very sure ;) The PIII question was asked previously, but not answered. I wouldn't be surprised, though.

It brings up the question - I wonder what the other distributions use as their main webservers? That is a question for another thread, though.

@Alien - thanks for the alternative sites. Will check out.

Ok the website is back up and should be stable now.

We now return you to your scheduled RC testing :)

Thanks mRgOBLIN, I'll close this one as http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...enance-738767/ is now up and stickied.

...and I unstickied that one as the problem was alleviated. All good.