(solution to) [ic] we're sorry... message

Victor Nolton interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Fri Sep 6 08:50:03 2002


>On Wednesday 06 November 2002 12:42, you wrote:
>>  Hey everyone-
>>
>>  I've been searching the archives for this but I haven't managed to get a
>>  response.
>>
>>  My store recently started giving me the "we're sorry, but the interchange
>>  server is unavailable" message, and I really can't see any reason for it.
>
>The message is given in function server_not_running() in file tlink.c. This
>function in turn is called when interchange fails to open a socket, which
>happens if the permissions are not set properly or if the interchange server
>is not running. (Unfortunately, the error reporting mechanism does not check
>which of the two is true).
>
>What ended up working for me was deleting the store and using makecat to
>re-create it. In another post I read that using INET sockets vs. UNIX sockets
>also can make a difference. After creating the catalog, remember to restart
>the interchange server to apply the changes.

Might also want to check out "compile_link" in your interchange bin directory.

Ven