Forum OpenACS Development: error.log gets stuck

I installed openacs, fresh install, and started to create a TCL page. Once I opened the page through the browser it threw a random TCL error such as

bad option "end": must be bytelength, compare, equal, first, index, is, last, length, map, match, range, repeat, replace, tolower, toupper, totitle, trim, trimleft, trimright, wordend, or wordstart
while executing
"string end $temp "Ren" 20"
("foreach" body line 7)

which is also logged at error.log

Then, i fixed the error, saved the page, went to the browser and refresh. However the system got stuck at the error message.

At first I thought it would be the cache of the browser (i.e. chrome). I cleaned everything and I also switched to another browser (i.e. firefox). but the error still remained.

Then I thought it would be a problem with error.log. I broke the pipe and opened another one (i.e. tail -f /var/log/aolserver/openacs/error.log). But the error still remained.

I also tried to restart aolserver but it didn't work either.

The error only disappear if i reboot the machine.

Does anyone have an idea what it could be?

I don't understand the circumstances.

Are you saying that error.log does not update with new messages?

If so, is aolserver "spinning" ie taking near 100% cpu process? Is another process spinning?

Is this error condition only after visiting your new TCL page on a rebooted system?

Have you tried inserting ns_log messages in the TCL page to help determine where in the page that the problem begins?

Is the error information you posted the error that is still posted to the log on reboot?

What is the first error in the log after reboot?

cheers,

Torben

Try adding something like "?a=b" after the url, to confirm that the page is reprocessing and not just serving a cached version.

Is the error different, when you fix the code, or does the same error show up?

Does the server.log file show that the error page is being requested and served?

What is the size of the page served?

/Torben

I never faced such an issue like that whether having only the .tcl or both .tcl and .adp files.

Would that be a problem to reload it?

I re installed the server on VM running Ubuntu and the issue persists.

Windows 7 > Oracle VMBox > Ubuntu
> Oracle VMBox > Debian

Furthermore I tested the options bellow. Those worked just fine.

Windows XP > Oracle VMBox > Ubuntu
> Oracle VMBox > Debian

Ubuntu > Oracle VMBox > Ubuntu
> Oracle VMBox > Debian

The bottom line is, windows 7 has the issue and I couldn't figure out what it was.

Best wishes,