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debka_notion) wrote2005-01-24 02:26 pm
debka_notion) wrote2005-01-24 02:26 pm
Oh Readerware, Why Must You Hate Me So?
Dear Readerware,
I know it is hard work to catalog books, especially after a protracted break. Therefore I was patient when you first refused to open for me. This was several days ago. First your client would not open, and then your server could not open, because the client was in the process of opening. So I turned off your client, and tried again, except that your server would not open. I closed you and gave you a breather. THen I tried to open your server, and it opened, but would not find the database. And so![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jakal88 sent me a new database, but this was not enough for you: you persisted in not listening to me, or helping me at all. So I gave up, and waited for belu to come and help with you, at which point you started running rather nicely, and certainly satisfactorily. I let you running, so I would not have the same problems again.
ANd then today, I came to the big green monster to set you up remotely, complete with my instructions in hand, and managed to get you set up quite easily, I thought. But I have followed my instructions to the letter, and you insist on giving me error messages about timed out connections and broken connections. Dear, Sweet Readerware- why will you not work for me? Must I wait and coordinate times withbelu again, when I have this perfect time slot right now?
Frustratedly Yours,
Maya
BORG Chief Cook and Librarian
belu- I may very well need your help again... Sorry.
I know it is hard work to catalog books, especially after a protracted break. Therefore I was patient when you first refused to open for me. This was several days ago. First your client would not open, and then your server could not open, because the client was in the process of opening. So I turned off your client, and tried again, except that your server would not open. I closed you and gave you a breather. THen I tried to open your server, and it opened, but would not find the database. And so
jakal88 sent me a new database, but this was not enough for you: you persisted in not listening to me, or helping me at all. So I gave up, and waited for belu to come and help with you, at which point you started running rather nicely, and certainly satisfactorily. I let you running, so I would not have the same problems again. ANd then today, I came to the big green monster to set you up remotely, complete with my instructions in hand, and managed to get you set up quite easily, I thought. But I have followed my instructions to the letter, and you insist on giving me error messages about timed out connections and broken connections. Dear, Sweet Readerware- why will you not work for me? Must I wait and coordinate times with
belu again, when I have this perfect time slot right now? Frustratedly Yours,
Maya
BORG Chief Cook and Librarian
belu- I may very well need your help again... Sorry.
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If so, then I suspect you have a firewall problem. It looks like Readerware server needs ports 9001 and 9010 open; ask someone who knows more about Windows security to tell you whether that's a Bad Idea or not.
If you don't have a firewall already, then getting one would be a Good Idea; if those ports are already open, then I'm not sure what the problem would be (perhaps the cluster machines blocking outgoing connections on those ports).