Tech: fRoots message board down?

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 09:10 AM

I don't speak much French Vic but when I posted earlier the 503 error wasn't there, just an, ' unavailable ' message.

Dave H

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Will Fly
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 09:17 AM

Ah but, Dave, you have to pay attention to Victorix when he describes how Mondomix affects fRootsixtisix...

(with apologies to Goscinny and Uderzo)

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Vic Smith
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 09:22 AM

Ah but, Dave, you have to pay attention to Victorix when he describes how Mondomix affects fRootsixtisix...

Gaul Almighty!

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 09:27 AM

Honi Soi Qui ? ah fuck it.

Dave H

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 11:52 AM

Honi soit qui mal y pense.

Old French

It means (loosely) 'fu#k them wot thinks bad of it'.

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Western Suze
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 03:53 PM

What is Mondomix?

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: BTNG
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 03:58 PM

well Mondomix could be:

http://www.mondomix.com/
an essential online resource for worldwide music and culture. Music, cinema, literature, society, travel, events, reports, artists.

but in this case I think it's just a piss take of Asterix The Gaul

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Vic Smith
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 02:17 PM

Mondomix host the fRoots Forum from Paris and presumably are still working on the maintenance that I mentioned in an earlier post (though there is a much less helpful notice on the site at the moment).

Mondomix host a number of folk/world/roots music forum including the Charlie Gillette:Roots Around the World forum, a really useful forum for world music fans though since the death of Charlie and the demise of the BBC Radio London programme that was only continued for a few months after his death, it has less vitality than previously.

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 20 Nov 11 - 03:18 PM

Mondomix host the fRoots Forum from Paris and presumably are still working on the maintenance that I mentioned in an earlier post (though there is a much less helpful notice on the site at the moment).

That notice is coming from the froots phpbb software and is complaining about a database table being broken. There is a chance Mondomix are not aware of this one.

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: GUEST,Ken
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 04:35 AM

It was working again when I looked at it just now.

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: GUEST,Ken again
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 05:54 AM

I spoke too soon, now it says

"Froots is down for maintenance.
Please excuse our dust...
Please check back shortly!"

So that's it then. Froots just needed a bit of dusting. Not unreasonable after 30 odd years I suppose, though a bit of a redecorate wouldn't do them any harm either, some new carpets and curtains and a lick of paint, clean the windows, fix the roof, stuff like that.

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Vic Smith
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 06:33 AM

It looks like the dusting is now complete - for the moment.

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: BTNG
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 02:32 PM

It all looks nice and clean, sparkly infact

Mr Anderson says:

"Apologies. The fRoots Forum has been AWOL for a couple of days, presumably as a result of server glitches over in the Eurozone. Normal service hopefully now resumed. *touches wooden stake and consumes garlic . . . "

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: GUEST,Ken
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 02:50 PM

I think you will find that was last week's message - you need to use the scroll bar through a swamp of Mudcat-related stuff and a supportive message from Max. Today's one says

"This board went AWOL again over the weekend. Mondomix who host it have today moved it to a new server and IP address, which took a little while to propogate around the net (which would sound jolly authoritative if I knew what it meant, I'm just being parrot-esque). Hopefully recent flakiness now sorted."

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: BTNG
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 03:16 PM

Yeah Ken, sorry about that, I probably wasn't prepared to wade through all the mudcat-related nonsense

Subject: RE: Tech: fRoots message board down?
From: Vic Smith
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 03:38 PM

I wrote some way above this:-
"Whatever is wrong with both these forums, they are pretty much 100% spam free. Long may it remain so. "

... and wouldn't you know, I have just spotted my first ever Mudcat spam posting in this thread....bet it is not there for many minutes!