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

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Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
By: Elf to All on Mon Apr 19 2021 09:05 am

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.

What are you uploading to? A BBS? Which BBS software? I upload with Syncterm 1.2a to my Synchronet BBS all the time without issue. The BBS OS and my Laptop are both Ubuntu 18. If it's a BBS you're uploading to make sure your permissions are correct.

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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
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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)?
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HusTler wrote to Elf <=-

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.

What are you uploading to? A BBS? Which BBS software? I upload with Syncterm 1.2a to my Synchronet BBS all the time without issue. The BBS
OS and my Laptop are both Ubuntu 18. If it's a BBS you're uploading to make sure your permissions are correct.

I'm uploading to the following BBS systems:
1) My own test Mystic BBS - works sometimes, usually once but then not
again until maybe the next day - kind of random. Using Zmodem. I
successfully did a couple uploads yesterday to my test BBS and to a
couple other live BBSs on the internet and it worked using Xmodem. So I
thought I found the issue. But, nope. Could not upload to any of them
today with Xmodem or anything else (usually try Zmodem).

2) I am trying to upload to other systems like Synchronet . . . well, I
guess that is it. Just synchronet and mystic BBSs.

As a work-around in Linux I'm using FQTERM, a Chinese BBS terminal app,
to upload my REP packets to Synchronet and Mystic BBSs using Zmodem.
You're reading this because FQTERM uploaded it via Zmodem.
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Re: Re: SyncTerm for Linux and Upload Issues
By: Elf to HusTler on Mon Apr 19 2021 08:50 pm

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.

What are you uploading to? A BBS? Which BBS software? I upload with

I'm uploading to the following BBS systems:
1) My own test Mystic BBS - works sometimes, usually once but then not again until maybe the next day - kind of random. Using Zmodem. I

I would just stick with Zmodem and see how that works out.

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I'm uploading to the following BBS systems:
1) My own test Mystic BBS - works sometimes, usually once but then not
again until maybe the next day - kind of random. Using Zmodem. I
successfully did a couple uploads yesterday to my test BBS and to a
couple other live BBSs on the internet and it worked using Xmodem. So I thought I found the issue. But, nope. Could not upload to any of them
today with Xmodem or anything else (usually try Zmodem).

Do the logs on your bbs system show any error messages that might be
helpful for Digital Man to look at?


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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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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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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
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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.
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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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Dumas Walker wrote to ELF <=-

Do the logs on your bbs system show any error messages that might be helpful for Digital Man to look at?

So the issue was that I was using 1.2a which is not released yet - beta
code apparently. I dropped back to the official 1.1 release and have no problems uploading now. Thanks!

If you or someone else still wants to know what the logs say on my test
BBS I would definitely need some instructions on how to access them.


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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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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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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
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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/
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Do the logs on your bbs system show any error messages that might be helpful for Digital Man to look at?

So the issue was that I was using 1.2a which is not released yet - beta
code apparently. I dropped back to the official 1.1 release and have no problems uploading now. Thanks!

If you or someone else still wants to know what the logs say on my test
BBS I would definitely need some instructions on how to access them.

Nah, sounds like you are good to go! :)


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