----- Original Message ----
From: Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: curtis osterhoudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2008 5:01:06 AM
Subject: Re: Has the svn server changed in the last couple of days?
curtis osterhoudt wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I'm a satisfied user of the latest svn versions of LyX. Just within the
> last day or two, I keep getting a "svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.lyx.org':
> No route to host" message. I suspect it's my proxy settings ( things are
> getting more strict in that respect here ), but am not *entirely* sure of
> that. Just in case, I thought I'd check with you guys.
>
I had that message too, and it was due to an overly strict firewall
blocking svn.
Some things to try:
$ nslookup svn.lyx.org
You should get an ip address. (62.70.27.115)
Otherwise, you have a DNS problem.
If nslookup is fine, try:
$ ping svn.lyx.org
If you get an answer, then you do have a route to the host. If you get
the same error, then you have a routing problem. If you get no response
at all, maybe "ping" is blocked too at your site.
If the "ping" is fine but "svn" is not, then you likely have a firewall
problem. If the svn service at svn.lyx.org dies, then you get a
different error message. Not "no route to host".
Fortunately, some employers can be convinced that "svn" is useful.
Helge Hafting
Hi, Helge,
Thanks for that information. All of my tests (ping, nslookup, etc.)
seem to work just fine; I don't doubt that our security guys here have blocked
svn for some reason. I'll see what information I can get from them.
Thanks again,
C.O.
