Thanks for that new version.

My first tests on my own computer (which never got the problem) went almost perfect...

It was working, until I removed the new "address_resolution_method" argument. Then the home page appeared ok, but it was impossible to load any other page (there was an error message: "[...] cannot connect to [MyComputerName]")

After a server restart everything came back to normal.

I will try it on some other computers tomorow.

Thanks again,

Jonathan Tremblay

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Dewsnip" <mdewsnip@cs.waikato.ac.nz>
To: "Jonathan Tremblay" <jonathan@piccolo.net>, paul.yachnes@naa.org, daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca
Subject: Re: [greenstone-users] Windows XP and local address problem
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:06:04 +1200

>
> Hi Jonathan, Paul, Daniel,
>
> OK, I've added a new option to the Local Library's gsdlsite.cfg file
> that will hopefully help with the problems you've been experiencing. The
> option is called "address_resolution_method", and valid values are:
>
> 0 -- The existing method: work out the IP address, then resolve this
> to a name.
> 1 -- As above, but leave it as an IP address -- don't resolve it to
> a name. This should avoid any DNS problems.
> 2 -- Always use "127.0.0.1".
>
> The modified version of server.exe can be downloaded from
> http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~mdewsnip/greenstone/temp/server.exe.zip.
> You'll need to replace both existing copies: one in the top-level
> Greenstone directory, and one in binwindows. (And don't forget to
> re-export the collections).
>
> The first thing that needs checking is whether the two new options
> really work. We don't have any machines here that cause this problem so
> I'm hoping that you'll be able to try both new options on your
> problematic machines -- do they work not at all/some of the time/all of
> the time? If we can prove that one of the new options is consistently
> better than the existing method then we can make it the default for the
> future.
>
> As Daniel pointed out, things get a little tricky with the gsdlsite.cfg
> file when exporting collections to CD. To include a customised
> gsdlsite.cfg file on exported CD-ROMs, you need to do 2 things:
>
> 1. Include the customised gsdlsite.cfg file in the
> exported_collectionsgsdl folder.
> 2. Add "gsdlsite.cfg" into the exported_collectionsmanifest.cfg
> file, after "server.exe".
>
> Don't worry that the gsdlsite.cfg file may contain paths that will be
> invalid when installed on another machine -- the exported collection
> installer is smart enough to override these (and only these) when it
> installs.
>
> Things have been a bit of a shambles here so I haven't been able to test
> these as much as I would like. I trust you'll let me know if something
> doesn't work!
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> Michael Dewsnip wrote:
>
> > Hi Jonathan, Paul,
> >
> > Both your questions deal with the same issue so I'll answer them
> > together here.
> >
> > You're right that there is a problem here, although we've never
> > experienced it very frequently (it sounds like your mileage has varied).
> > I think the best way to deal with it is to have an option to the Local
> > Library server to use "localhost" or "127.0.0.1", instead of trying to
> > work out the computer's network address "intelligently".
> >
> > The disadvantage of this is that it is harder for someone else on your
> > network to access your Greenstone server, since they can't just use the
> > same URL as you. However I imagine that this feature isn't often used,
> > especially not for exported collections.
> >
> > Hopefully I'll have time to do implement this option soon, and I'll let
> > you know once I have done so.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> > Jonathan Tremblay wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Some of my users/testers are not able to load the first page when they
> >> start the local server.
> >>
> >> There's an entry in the FAQ about proxy and localhost problems:
> >> http://www.greenstone.org/cgi-bin/library?e=p-en-faq-utfZz-8&a=p&p=faqrun#18 They don't use any proxy server. They are using laptops under Windows XP SP2. The firewall is not the
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> The local address resolution doesn't seam to work. The default address
> >> which appears in the browser is the machine name WITH the domain name (ex.
> >> p225545464.aidslaw.ca) and that cannot be resolved. Either of those
> >> solutions will work: a) type http://127.0.0.1/gsdl (or
> >> http://localhost/gsdl) manually in the web browser
> >> b) edit the hosts file in c:windowssystem32driversetchosts to convert
> >> the address to 127.0.0.1
> >>
> >> I got that situation on the computers of two of my ten testers. And I feel
> >> like it's not only a "bad network config" that can be treated as a minor
> >> problem. I'm afraid that 2000 of my 10000 final users will get the same
> >> one! I cannot ask those people to type an address manually and I cannot ask
> >> them to edit the hosts file (which is not always present... and cannot be
> >> edited unless the user is an admin).
> >>
> >> By the way I also tried the Netscape "Restricted version"... but discovered
> >> that it doesn't work on (almost all) Windows XP computers...
> >>
> >> I would like to specify to the server to use 127.0.0.1 as the address...
> >> But it doesn't look possible. I did try to edit the url in gsdlsite... but
> >> that parameter is not used by the server (then, why is it there?)
> >>
> >> What else can I do? Would I be able to change the address by recompiling
> >> the source code? I was not planning on that...
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jonathan Tremblay
> >>
> >> Another link about the same problem:
> >> http://puka.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/library?e=q-000-00---0gsarch--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----dtx--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-127+local--00031-001-0-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=gsarch&cl=search&d=20040210190638.GB1397-wesson.cs.waikato.ac.nz
> >>
> >>
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