This place seems to be down a lot.

[rollup]

Is this normal?

[mick55]

If you mean this, then I can say it's not normal.....

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General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Too many connections [1040]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

....but it sure has been happening a LOT the last 3 or 4 weeks.


mick

[markcynt]

I posted about this 3 weeks ago and got no meaningful response.

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=50881

[jesica]

I never had a problem yet, thankfully

[vrkalak]

If you mean this, then I can say it's not normal.....

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General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Too many connections [1040]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

I've been an active member of LInuxMint Forums for about 2 years now . . . and over the past month is the first time I've noticed this.
It does seem to 'self-correct' without too much delay or inconvenience.

Seems to be a server problem?

I'm sure the Mint Devs are looking into this.

[vrkalak]

I found another post on another thread in this Forum, that addresses this same problem:

Could anyone tell me what the connection limit of forum is. I get this message quite often.

It is more likely (if it is not a problem that is affecting everyone visiting the site), that your problem is the quality of your ISP/Internet connection
--it is also likely to happen more often with wireless connections than wired connections, due to the nature of a wireless connection method (which connects/disconnects, depending on signal qualities and reception strength (# of bars showing is a rough measure)

And your point is what, that a web site has limited resources available for users?

Or that some users might be swamping a web site, by opening too many connections, in an attempt to speedup their web browsers at the expense of everyone else using that web site ?

[DataMan]

My take on it for what it's worth. I accessed the site this morning (04:00 EDT) and was refused access also on several attempts. Eventually I got through but it was sporatic. There are a finite number of connections that the MySQL server can accommodate per hosted site. When I see MySQL error messages of this sort, I'm tending toward site attacks by some of the kiddie hackers that abound these days.

Just a guess on my part...

-DataMan

[rollup]

Very difficult forum to get on this.
The only forum I have problems connecting to.

[JasonLG]

I work nights so I generally browse and post to the forums form 2:30AM to 5:00AM (US Central Time) and I've been noticing the exact same error message a lot lately.

[Dave68]

I ran in to this error just last week, and went to XChat. Other Users had experianced it as well.

That is the first and last time, thus far, that I have ever had an issue.

FYI,
Dave