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  • SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues

    From Elf@VERT/REALITY to All on Mon Apr 19 09:05:00 2021
    Is anyone out there using SyncTerm for Linux? I'm using version 1.2a
    and seem to have nothing but troubles uploading files to ANY BBS I try.
    I am getting seemingly random successes with 99% failures.

    If I use my DOS Virtual Machine with Windows 3.1 and Procomm Plus I can
    upload REP packets without issue to any BBS all day long and fast, 100%
    of the time.

    With SyncTerm uploading of REP packets fails 99% of the time. I have
    tried using Zmodem, YModem, Xmodem, all to no avail. :-( Downloading
    with SyncTerm for Linux works all the time. It's just the uploading
    that fails nearly all the time.

    Running SyncTerm 1.2a
    Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

    Thanks!
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Elf on Mon Apr 19 19:55:20 2021
    Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
    By: Elf to All on Mon Apr 19 2021 09:05 am

    Subject: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
    @MSGID: <607D9C9D.4630.dove.hardware@realitycheckbbs.org>
    @TZ: c1e0
    Is anyone out there using SyncTerm for Linux? I'm using version 1.2a
    and seem to have nothing but troubles uploading files to ANY BBS I try.
    I am getting seemingly random successes with 99% failures.

    If I use my DOS Virtual Machine with Windows 3.1 and Procomm Plus I can upload REP packets without issue to any BBS all day long and fast, 100%
    of the time.

    With SyncTerm uploading of REP packets fails 99% of the time. I have
    tried using Zmodem, YModem, Xmodem, all to no avail. :-( Downloading
    with SyncTerm for Linux works all the time. It's just the uploading
    that fails nearly all the time.

    Running SyncTerm 1.2a
    Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

    1.2a is not a released version of SyncTERM, so it's a moving target. Were those tests from a recent build (from gitlab)?

    Do you have the same problems using SyncTERM v1.1 (the latest release)?
    --
    digital man

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  • From Elf@VERT/REALITY to Digital Man on Tue Apr 20 14:53:00 2021
    Digital Man wrote to Elf <=-

    1.2a is not a released version of SyncTERM, so it's a moving target.
    Were those tests from a recent build (from gitlab)?

    Do you have the same problems using SyncTERM v1.1 (the latest release)?

    Yeah, I was wondering about that. I'll try v1.1. Silly me.

    Thanks!

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  • From Elf@VERT/REALITY to Digital Man on Tue Apr 20 15:39:00 2021
    Digital Man wrote to Elf <=-

    1.2a is not a released version of SyncTERM, so it's a moving target.
    Were those tests from a recent build (from gitlab)?

    Do you have the same problems using SyncTERM v1.1 (the latest release)?

    Thanks for the tip. I downloaded 1.1 and it works fine now. I was
    pulling the latest down. Ooops.

    :-)

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Elf on Tue Apr 20 21:34:16 2021
    Re: Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
    By: Elf to Digital Man on Tue Apr 20 2021 03:39 pm

    Subject: Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
    @MSGID: <607F53B7.4637.dove.hardware@realitycheckbbs.org>
    @REPLY: <607E4298.17274.dove-hlp@vert.synchro.net>
    @TZ: c1e0
    Digital Man wrote to Elf <=-

    1.2a is not a released version of SyncTERM, so it's a moving target. Were those tests from a recent build (from gitlab)?

    Do you have the same problems using SyncTERM v1.1 (the latest release)?

    Thanks for the tip. I downloaded 1.1 and it works fine now. I was
    pulling the latest down. Ooops.

    "The latest" from where? For what OS? I know Deuce was working on SyncTERM file transfer support recently, so I would expect the current code in git to be working.
    --
    digital man

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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Digital Man on Wed Apr 21 03:14:00 2021
    On 20 Apr 2021, Digital Man said the following...

    "The latest" from where? For what OS? I know Deuce was working on
    SyncTERM file transfer support recently, so I would expect the current code in git to be worki ng.

    probably the one at the bottom of the syncterm page that clearly states "you probably don't want this" .. heh

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  • From Elf@VERT/REALITY to Digital Man on Wed Apr 21 00:24:00 2021
    Digital Man wrote to Elf <=-

    "The latest" from where? For what OS? I know Deuce was working on
    SyncTERM file transfer support recently, so I would expect the current code in git to be working. --
    digital man

    I was pulling it from here:
    http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/syncterm-src.tgz

    I was compiling for Linux (Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS)

    I got the instructions from here: https://www.erb.pw/how-to-install-syncterm-for-linux-from-source/

    Thanks!


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  • From Elf@VERT/REALITY to fusion on Wed Apr 21 08:31:00 2021
    fusion wrote to Digital Man <=-

    "The latest" from where? For what OS? I know Deuce was working on
    SyncTERM file transfer support recently, so I would expect the current code in git to be worki ng.

    probably the one at the bottom of the syncterm page that clearly states "you probably don't want this" .. heh

    No, that's the one I did yesterday when trying to get a copy running under Windows XP. :-P

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Elf on Wed Apr 21 10:47:35 2021
    Re: Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
    By: Elf to Digital Man on Wed Apr 21 2021 12:24 am

    Subject: Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
    @MSGID: <607FC589.4640.dove.hardware@realitycheckbbs.org>
    @REPLY: <607FAB48.17280.dove-hlp@vert.synchro.net>
    @TZ: c1e0
    Digital Man wrote to Elf <=-

    "The latest" from where? For what OS? I know Deuce was working on SyncTERM file transfer support recently, so I would expect the current code in git to be working. --
    digital man

    I was pulling it from here:
    http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/syncterm-src.tgz

    I was compiling for Linux (Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS)

    I got the instructions from here: https://www.erb.pw/how-to-install-syncterm-for-linux-from-source/

    I'm pretty sure Deuce would appreciate a bug report here: https://sourceforge.net/p/syncterm/tickets/
    --
    digital man

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