eho@bogey.Princeton.EDU (Eric Y.W. Ho) (08/07/89)
Does anyone out there have experienced getting "Connection Lost" while compiling Koto Loops code ? I've this 60 lines or so Koto Loops code that breaks when doing CLEANUP. Strangely, if the target file (DCOM) file is to the local disk instead of going over to the fileserver then it'll be ok. Also, if I blotch out several lines of message sending code then it'll compile ok too even going over to the fileserver. This is really weird. I've checked the fileserver (which is just a 8000 fileserver) and it is fine both in terms of hardware & software -- I've tried this several times by going over to my 2nd & 3rd fileservers instead and got the same responses. Then I tried doing this on other nodes (mostly 1108) and got the same responses. Compiling other files of ordinary Interlisp & Loops code remain fine otherwise. Any pointers will be much appreciated. -- Eric Ho Cognitive Science Lab., Princeton University voice = 609-987-2987 email = eho@confidence.princeton.edu eho@bogey.princeton.edu regards. -eric-
welch@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Arun Welch) (08/07/89)
This isn't a compiler bug, but rather a "network bug" (in quotes 'cause it's not really a bug). What's happening is that the compiler is compiling a particularly large hunk of code, and isn't blocking long enough for the packets to get through to the file server. The file server sees that there aren't any packets for a while, and decides that the dlion went off the net, so it closes the connection. Meanwhile the dlion finishes compiling, wants to write those bytes out to the server and finds that it's connection is closed, thus producing the error. As far as I know, there's no fix for it but to compile on the local disk and copy the file over to the file server. ...arun
Michael_Vines@artificial-intelligence.co.uk (08/09/89)
Have you got the Lisp Patch Option installed on your servers? I believe this has something to do with extending the timeout parameter on servers. Michael Vines Systems Manager Artificial Intelligence Ltd Watford, England