[Nfb-web] Drupal 7 on nfbnet.org server

[David Andrews]

It sounds like the firewall software on the server.  Send me your IP, 
I know how to get it to unblock addresses, for some reason a server 
at the National Center got blocked at some point, and I had to figure 
out how to unblock it.

Dave

At 09:32 AM 9/29/2011, you wrote:
>Way to go, Dave. Love Linux, but learning the under the hood stuff with
>a screen reader is quite a project! Well, for server administration,
>using speech with no braille display is just crazy-making. /lol/ I'm
>getting the surface stuff on my new system pretty well under my belt,
>but the advanced stuff is coming more slowly and is a real adventure.
>And a bit of a full-time occupation for now. Would take forever if I had
>a day job... /smile/
>
>So I was going to ask for an assist privately, but in case someone else
>has encountered this, I'll ask here. So here goes.
>
>I have managed to convince the NAGDU website to ban my IP address and
>now need to have myself removed from the ban list so I can work on it.
>Well, as near as I can tell, that is what has happened. Er... I will
>send you the IP address privately, if that's all right. I'm also mucking
>around with my router and modem a bit to see if that helps.
>
>Here's the history of the problem. It's a bit vague because I'm just not
>sure exactly how I managed to cause the problem. Sorry.
>
>I've tried a couple of times setting up Filezilla on Linux to connect to
>the NAGDU site for file transfer and all that. Also, I've tried going
>through the Network Configuration Wizard in Filezilla, and there's some
>sort of problem there, too, that seems to have to do with my Internet
>connection... So I'm using other programs and can connect just fine. But
>I tried Filezilla again because it's just so much more user and screen
>reader friendly.
>
>Now the site I need to work on is refusing to acknoledge even a good old
>fashioned connection through firefox to look at it. This is true for any
>computer in my home... So I don't know if it's something to do with
>Filezilla or if it's because I just happen to screw with Filezilla while
>my old Windows laptop is connected for my partner to work on... Turns
>out the thing has an infection, so it is now unplugged and turned off
>until I have time to deal with that! Good grief! So I now can't
>determine exactly what is happening on my end to make the website refuse
>to talk to me or acknowledge my existence.
>
>I ran a trace route, and the connection cuts off between your ISP and
>the server. The connection times out over and over with no response from
>the server. So it does seem that I have gotten myself banned for
>something. Since this has happened twice now when I attempt to use
>Filezilla, I can only conclude that I have not managed to figure out a
>super-easy program... Or something like that. Makes my day. Not! /smile/
>
>Last time, the problem appeared to clear up when I had my modem reset.
>So I tried that this time and, well... Looks like I need your help to
>fix whatever I did wrong.
>
>Thanks for your help and all the good work you do keeping us all up and
>running.
>
>Tami
>
>
>
>
>On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 21:44 -0500, David Andrews wrote:
> > If there is still anything missing, let me know and we will look into
> > it.  I know in the past I wasn't always as responsive as I could have
> > been, but I will try to do better.  I have had some success in
> > solving some problems, and missing things for Mike, and also once
> > again have somebody who can help with the Linux under-the-hood things
> > that are over my head, so we should be able to get most things working.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 03:30 PM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
> > >Mike,
> > >
> > >I gave Drupal 7 a shot when it first came out and ran into the same
> > >problem -- a missing php component. So decided to stick with what I have
> > >-- latest 6.2x -- to get work done instead of playing around, thinking I
> > >could come back to play later... Haven't got there yet, so does that
> > >mean it's not later? /grin/
> > >You mention dealing with missing php components with a .ini file? I seem
> > >to need the GD image library component and cannot for the life of me
> > >figure out how to work around that need... Which could easily just be
> > >me.
> > >
> > >Do you know of a way I could make images work for me?
> > >
> > >Please do keep us all informed about what you find out about using
> > >Drupal 7, since I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to know.
> > >Er.. Unless there's somebody who has already replied that does know. Or
> > >you've created a sandbox we can play in. Cool! . /smile/
> > >
> > >Tami
> > >
> > >On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 14:50 -0500, Michael Hansen wrote:
> > > > Is anyone running Drupal 7 on the nfbnet.org server? I tried to set it
> > > > up last night and found that a required PHP commponent is missing. I
> > > > think I might be able to get around it with a local php.ini file but I
> > > > thought I would ask first if any one has gotten it up and going yet.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Mike
> > > > ---
> > > > Mike Hansen