From: Wolfgang Jung (wong@cs.tu-berlin.de)
Date: 05/07/93


From: wong@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Jung)
Subject: Re: uucico times out during transfers
Date: 7 May 1993 09:52:14 GMT

Larne Pekowsky (larne@krfiny.uucp) wrote:
: Hi all. I've got uucico _almost_ working - it calls out, connects and
: downloads a number of files - but after downloading a few it times out
: waiting for a packet. This could possibly be connected to sending a
: reject control message, every session I've examined in audit.local ends
: something like:

: news uunet (4/28-22:52:47,924,0) DEBUG: fploop: Main protocol loop
: news uunet (4/28-22:52:47,924,0) DEBUG: fgwait_for_packet: Need 6 bytes
: news uunet (4/28-22:52:52,924,0) DEBUG: fgprocess_data: Got control RR 1
: news uunet (4/28-22:52:52,924,0) DEBUG: fgwait_for_packet: Need 6 bytes
: news uunet (4/28-22:52:59,924,0) DEBUG: fgprocess_data: Got control RR 1
: news uunet (4/28-22:52:59,924,0) DEBUG: fgwait_for_packet: Need 6 bytes
: news uunet (4/28-22:53:09,924,0) DEBUG: fgsend_control: Sending control RJ 1
: news uunet (4/28-22:53:09,924,0) DEBUG: fgwait_for_packet: Need 6 bytes
: news uunet (4/28-22:53:09,924,0) DEBUG: fgprocess_data: Got control RR 1
: news uunet (4/28-22:53:09,924,0) DEBUG: fgwait_for_packet: Need 6 bytes
: news uunet (4/28-22:53:19,924,0) DEBUG: fgsend_control: Sending control RJ 1
: news uunet (4/28-22:53:19,924,0) DEBUG: fgwait_for_packet: Need 6 bytes
: [... last two lines repeat a few times, then it times out]

: I've had this problem with both the uucp104 from the latest SLS, and
: an older version from a few months back. I'm running kernel 99pl4, on
: a Zeos 66Mhz 486, with a Qblazer modem at 9600 baud. Anyone have any
: idea what the problem could be, and more importantly what I can do
: about it? Thanks.

Have you checked if the line still was up at that time ?
It might be if the line is broken, it waits unsucessfully for a resent.
Also the Problem might lie on the Other end.
(Look at tteh Logfile on the Otherside too.

Gruss
        Wolfgang