+Shilo Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I have had off and on problems the last 3 days with the website and keep getting Signal telling me "Sorry! We encountered an error when requesting that page!" At first I was using hotel internet and thought it was being on the road issues but I'm home now and still the same thing. Its alot of different pages and not a certain one. I'm using a WIN Vista laptop using the latest Firefox browser. Anyone else noticing this? Link to comment
+ace862 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I just started getting the error right now. Looks like the site is down. Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 No seems to be working fine for me - I have not seen any error the past few days. Link to comment
+Adium Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Yes! I haven't been able to get on for the last 20 minutes or so now. It sucks cause I was in the middle of posting a new hide. I am glad I typed everything in word first to spellcheck it or I would of lost it. Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Working fine here.. IE in Portland, OR Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Same here, for the past 10 mins this is what I get on any GC.com pages: Link to comment
+Shilo Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Yes! I haven't been able to get on for the last 20 minutes or so now. It sucks cause I was in the middle of posting a new hide. I am glad I typed everything in word first to spellcheck it or I would of lost it. I lost a long PM to another cacher about a cache of their's. I'll type it in Word and save it this time for later when the site is working again. Link to comment
+Shilo Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Working fine for me. What browser are you using? How about the others with the site down message? Link to comment
+Harriet the Spy Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Down for me... I am so glad Flutey already had our Geowoodstock PQ's up and running. Link to comment
+res2100 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I am having the same problem on one of my PCs...no pages on gc.com seem to work. I tried my other PC which is VPNed into work and I can access gc.com fine. Very strange. Both my PCs are beside each other and use the same internet connection. Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 We made an update moments ago but all should be in working order now. Sorry for the momentary interruption guys. Link to comment
+Adium Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Same here, for the past 10 mins this is what I get on any GC.com pages: This is the exact same thing that I am getting. I am located in Upstate New York. Link to comment
+ace862 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Ok, It's working for me in IE7 but not in Firefox. Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) It might be blocking only certain source ips as I am able to log from a different service provider! EDIT: Ok, strike that.. Just like Ace862 (below) I can from any service provider.. but, it's not working from FireFox, but it does from IE! Edited May 21, 2008 by GrosseFamille Link to comment
+Adium Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 We made an update moments ago but all should be in working order now. Sorry for the momentary interruption guys. Nope, Still down. Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I would recommend closing and restarting your browser if the site still isn't working for you.. Link to comment
+Adium Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Ok, It's working for me in IE7 but not in Firefox. Just checked and same for me. IE works, firefox doesn't Link to comment
+Shilo Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 We made an update moments ago but all should be in working order now. Sorry for the momentary interruption guys. Still not working in Firefox. Will try a reboot and check again. Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Working fine for me. What browser are you using? How about the others with the site down message? IE 7. still moving from page to page with no problems. Link to comment
+LeGodFather Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) Ok.. I closed my FireFox and restarted it and it works fine now. Is it coincidence or my FF was the problem? Edit: Typo Edited May 21, 2008 by GrosseFamille Link to comment
+Shilo Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Ok.. I closed my FireFox and restarted it and it works fine now. Is it coincidence or my FF was the problem? I rebooted which closed Firefox, and it works fine for me now. Link to comment
+ace862 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Closed and restarted Firefox. It's working. All is right with the world again. Thanks. Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 That's what you all get for using those off-brand products! Link to comment
+intolerable Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 That's what you all get for using those off-brand products! Hey, wait... *I* use Firefox! Link to comment
+russellvt Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Looks like whatever they did screwed up session cookies, which forced you to an error page (and probably refreshed your "bad" session). Clearing your sessions (in essence, restarting your browser) tends to fix it. Why they just don't tell the browser to dump invalid session cookies is a question in and of itself, though. Link to comment
+Shilo Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 That's what you all get for using those off-brand products! Hey, wait... *I* use Firefox! Me too!!! Link to comment
+intolerable Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Looks like whatever they did screwed up session cookies, which forced you to an error page (and probably refreshed your "bad" session). Clearing your sessions (in essence, restarting your browser) tends to fix it. Why they just don't tell the browser to dump invalid session cookies is a question in and of itself, though. If one is like me, ie. 8 million tabs open on launching Firefox, a few being gc pages, the easiest way to accomplish this is to just delete the geocaching.com cookie (just in case anyone is actually finding a browser restart alone doesn't do the trick) Link to comment
+russellvt Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) If one is like me, ie. 8 million tabs open on launching Firefox, a few being gc pages, the easiest way to accomplish this is to just delete the geocaching.com cookie (just in case anyone is actually finding a browser restart alone doesn't do the trick) Yep... that's me, too! Luckily I also use the Web Developer plug-in, so it's just as easy as clicking "Cookies | Clear Session Cookies" and then all is well, again. Of course, it took until the time I read this thread and noticed people complaining about IE versus Firefox issues. Gah... gotta love it, eh? Of course, doing that clears all your sessions. So anything else you "log in to" is likely also going to boot you out to a login prompt. Still a much better alternative to restarting the entire browser, IMO. Edited May 21, 2008 by russellvt Link to comment
+intolerable Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Of course, doing that clears all your sessions. So anything else you "log in to" is likely also going to boot you out to a login prompt. Still a much better alternative to restarting the entire browser, IMO. That's why I deleted just the geocaching.com cookie In case anyone comes looking and isn't sure how to, its Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Show Cookies Then just find the geocaching.com cookie and you should be good to go. The trials we must suffer for a superior browser I suppose... Link to comment
+russellvt Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 The trials we must suffer for a superior browser I suppose... Or at least, refusing to use the sign-me-up-for-the-virus-of-the-day browser... Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I think you are all just jealous since you don't ever get to learn how to reload your software and learn commands like "format c:\". Link to comment
+intolerable Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I think you are all just jealous since you don't ever get to learn how to reload your software and learn commands like "format c:\". Well, it's not like I don't have a Windows partition... (he says as he longs for a Linux port of GSAK) Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I think you are all just jealous since you don't ever get to learn how to reload your software and learn commands like "format c:\". Well, it's not like I don't have a Windows partition... (he says as he longs for a Linux port of GSAK) All I can say is that my Windows ME system has been completely stable since the day I turned it off. OT, it seems the issue for folks today was simply doing whatever was needed to properly reload the pages so they updated and didn't present the cached pages. Yes? Link to comment
+intolerable Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 OT, it seems the issue for folks today was simply doing whatever was needed to properly reload the pages so they updated and didn't present the cached pages. Yes? There were some code changes introduced today (icons are back in Google Earth!) so it looks like a new session/cookie needed to be started. Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 OT, it seems the issue for folks today was simply doing whatever was needed to properly reload the pages so they updated and didn't present the cached pages. Yes? There were some code changes introduced today (icons are back in Google Earth!) so it looks like a new session/cookie needed to be started. Help me out here. I close close my browser during the day when I am not using it and at the end of the day. Are you saying you don't? I guess I am a bit old fashioned since my brain gets overloaded if I have too many "things" open at once. Link to comment
+intolerable Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 OT, it seems the issue for folks today was simply doing whatever was needed to properly reload the pages so they updated and didn't present the cached pages. Yes? There were some code changes introduced today (icons are back in Google Earth!) so it looks like a new session/cookie needed to be started. Help me out here. I close close my browser during the day when I am not using it and at the end of the day. Are you saying you don't? I guess I am a bit old fashioned since my brain gets overloaded if I have too many "things" open at once. Even restarting the browser, I had the old cookie. My cookie may not have been removed when restarting the browser because I use a FF extension 'SessionSaver', but I really don't know. It appears that most other FF users simply had to restart the browser to start a new session/create a new cookie. But, to answer your question regarding closing my browser, no, I typically leave Firefox open unless something catastrophic occurs simply because most of what I use the computer for happens in the browser. Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 The last few months, it seems like there's always been about a 1% chance of getting that page at any unpredictable moment. (It's sort of like walking through a dog park without looking down.) In my experience, a retry usually works. What's a bit annoying is that you can't just hit Reload. That only reloads the error page. Instead, you have to go Back, find the link you clicked, and click it again. Or close the error tab, find the original tab, and re-click the link. Just takes a few more moments. The 1% tax. Link to comment
+Shilo Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 It's not working for me again. Been this way for 10 minutes now. Anyone else? Link to comment
+Miragee Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Oh boy, does My Account page look weird right now . . . Link to comment
+AndrewRJ Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) As I type it started working again Edited June 11, 2008 by AndrewRJ Link to comment
+Shilo Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 It was a hiccup I guess. Its all better and looks right now Link to comment
+russellvt Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 It's been being very slow for me lately, and I've seen a lot of database timeouts, particularly on the forums. Link to comment
+Michael Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 It's been being very slow for me lately, and I've seen a lot of database timeouts, particularly on the forums. The forums are on a totally different set of boxes. What time are you seeing the timeouts. Let me know the time zone you are in also please. Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 It's been being very slow for me lately, and I've seen a lot of database timeouts, particularly on the forums. The forums are on a totally different set of boxes. What time are you seeing the timeouts. Let me know the time zone you are in also please. I got the forum errors last night at 2:30-ish am eastern time, 11:30 pm seattle time. (It was the "too many connections" error.) I do get the occasional signal-the-frog error page on geocaching.com pages, but an immediate retry will almost always work. Link to comment
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