• Registered: 2006-01-25
  • Posts: 36

Topic: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

Very often, when entering the forum, we see (instead of forum list):

An error was encountered
Error: Unable to fetch category/forum list.

or

An error was encountered
Error: Unable to delete from online list


The only thing, that helps in this situation is rebooting the server.
How to solve the problem ??

  • Smartys
  • Former PunBB Developer
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  • Registered: 2004-04-30
  • Posts: 7,844

Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

Enable debug mode, paste the full error

  • Registered: 2006-01-25
  • Posts: 36

Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

just spent 20 minutes searching where to Enable debug mode.
Unsuccessful.
How to do so ?

  • Connorhd
  • Connorhd
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  • From: Leeds, UK
  • Registered: 2004-06-13
  • Posts: 4,195

Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2658 its a sticky and its in the documentation with PunBB

FluxBB.
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  • Registered: 2006-01-25
  • Posts: 36

Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

THANKS.
done.
next time I see the problem Ill be able to tell you more.

  • Registered: 2006-01-25
  • Posts: 36

Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

here it is!

File: /usr/local/www/lover/htdocs/forum/index.php
Line: 68

PunBB reported: Unable to fetch category/forum list

Database reported: Got error 28 from storage engine (Errno: 1030)

please, help!
How to avoid this?
It just happens in a random moment, and even server reboot diesn't help.
I'm sure that is something within PunBB, because we just moved our forum to other server with even other OS, but the problem stays with us sad(.

  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
  • Posts: 2,653

Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

Isn't Error 28 'out of memory'? Try messing with your server's config.

  • From: Detroit, MI USA
  • Registered: 2006-08-11
  • Posts: 80

Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list. help!

i would assume you'd need root access to change the /etc/my.cnf file

here's an example of my mysql memory settings that runs my punbb with -0- problems:

set-variable    = max_heap_table_size=32M
set-variable    = key_buffer=64M
set-variable    = max_allowed_packet=1M
set-variable    = thread_stack=64K
set-variable    = sort_buffer=4M
set-variable    = thread_cache=16
set-variable    = thread_concurrency=8
set-variable    = join_buffer_size=8M
set-variable    = record_buffer=2M
set-variable    = max_connections=500
set-variable    = key_buffer=128M
set-variable    = table_cache=512
# # Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
set-variable    = thread_concurrency=8
set-variable    = myisam_sort_buffer_size=32M
~thegleek

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