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  • Having the same issues with 6.22+1.99 - CB log stops for a while, then all of a sudden updates a few entries, the stops again.

    SER stll runs, but poorly.
  • ronron SERLists.com

    For sure it is CB. My average solve times are above 3.0 seconds. I caught a glance where one captcha took 518 seconds to solve. Something is definitely off. CB has crashed about 6-8 times in the last 48 hrs. It only took down SER once, so that is the good news.

    I also saw the memory on CB going way, way up. I can't remember exactly what it averages (probably about 70 MB), and I have seen it hit 350 MB. SER averages about 400 MB, so there is definitely a problem there as well.

    Well anyway, I know I can get by until @sven is done with the holiday.

  • SER and CB, both are running really good today, no complaints yet. CB version is 1.99 and SER is 6.21.

    I've been maintaining an LPM of 37 since past 11-12 hours or so without any crash.

    Really happy, haha.
  • Main reason is CB,,When CB hangs SER is just Stop working at Verifying and Startingup the project ...I had reported this things before 1 week ...

    Check this 1st thread when we had reported..


    Thanks
  • Yeah, I definitely now thinking CB hangs in middle, just like it has now for me for a couple of minutes. This existed in 1.97 too.
  • I use Captcha Sniper but still it crashes sometimes..This time it just stopped responding..Had to restart the SER
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    I have gone back to 1.95 after posting about trying an older version and its still running without a glitch

    I forgot to check to start with, then noticed this thread

  • Things are going good now though. LPM has increased to 40!

    Btw, I've set to 300 threads but it still revolves around 30 or so recently (since past 2 hours or so). But as long as I get good LPM, I do not worry.
  • spunko2010spunko2010 Isle of Man
    Pretty sure the issue for me is with 1.99 of CB. Are you all having problems using that version?

    I remember when I updated CB it had a few failed messages. Did you try repairing?
  • @spunko2010 Yesterday I had actually a CB crash (some 24 hours ago or so maybe?), it was 1.97. So I then updated to 1.99 and didn't had any crash except making SER stuck, but it is running very well today with very few interruptions.
  • I'm glad to report that both licenses of my GSA SER on my PC and VPS DID NOT crash last night :)

    Using version v6.22 and CB 1.99

    Each with 30+ project.

    The only change I made last night was set all projects to not use global list, PR2+, avoid posting to same domain.  Because I'm trying to scrape some unique new sites to post to, not enough of that.  As a result, it's super low submits and verifies and very slow LPM like 4-6LPM.  Normally when I select back to global list with no avoiding to submit to same before, it flies to like 150-200+LPM.  

    So I'm thinking if the LPM or speed of running the projects can actually trip up GSA SER to crash?..
  • @ejim7 - I used to run projects with 100+ LPM with charm but nowadays it keeps crashing when I come back after few hours on my VPS...Surely some bug with SER as I use captcha sniper 
  • oh man this is horrible.  If it's not SER crashing now it's CB and vise versa.  :/ Very annoying. :(
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    Been running 1.95 exe now for over 24hrs and not a single crash

    Submissions are at my normal levels

  • edited June 2013
    Boom, I'm stuck again. SER not moving forward.

    The last captcha CB had was 16 minutes ago. So I definitely think CB is a problem here now.

    Sven should I think introduce a version directory having at least past 5 version instances of all the softwares so we can roll back easily.

    edit: Restarted CB and now the starting at least is good. This needs to be investigated.
  • so anyone saved the captchas like i mentioned above to get a clue which one might be causing trouble?
  • Is there a way to go back and get CB v 1.95?  It sounds like it's proven itself for @LeeG, but I have the latest version, so I can only roll back to 1.98.  I'm going to give that a try, but it sounds like I'm more likely to have success with 1.95...
  • Problems again. Hmm. Gets stuck for minutes!
  • i have CB 1.97 and SER 6.17 .... if anyone want it let me know
  • Still with 1.98 did not experience any problems at all
  • My VPS at 2 core, 2gb ram just crashed again, "not responding" had to manually reset it.  CB 1.99, SER v9.22
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    Its cb 1.99 causing the crash.

    Im still flying on 1.95, not one crash

  • ronron SERLists.com
    edited June 2013

    Just so this is noted...

    I am seeing Plogger Image Comments (3 Types Match) saying "Skipped by Settings", but shows solve times of 20+ seconds. The pattern seems to be all 3 Types Match.

    I know there are others (like Aardvark) with high solve times, but this seems to be the worst one.

  • Thank you GOD!!!  Rodol... that WORKED .... going back to CB 1.97 worked!!!  ,.... oh thank you dude! ... thank you SO much! ...  at least this ties us over till sven gets back from his much deserved break! ....    whew!!!! major load off!... You got my vote! :)
  • F.Y.I everyone, if anyone else is having a problem... I was at CB 1.99, and SER 6.22.. and it kept crashing after 45 seconds to a minute, and sometimes immediately... Follow rodol's instructions, and download CB 1.97... it will fix your issue if your having the same one I'm having....  CB is the issue... going back to 1.97 fixed it for me!   Go to where your program is located at C:\program files (x86) on a 64 bit, or "program files" on a 32 bit, and find GSA Captcha Breaker and replace the exe with the downloaded exe that you downloaded per "rodel's" download link.  Enjoy...

  • ronron SERLists.com
    @rodol Tip of the hat mate...very timely!!! I wasn't saving CB files as the only problem I've had has really been SER. This one caught me off guard, lol, so thanks!   ;)
  • im glad i could help  :) 
  • I actually upgraded from 1.97 to 1.99 more than a day ago or so. So I now rolled back to 1.97 too and will see if it helps (however I had a crash on 1.97 and that's why in the first place I upgraded to 1.99), but we'll see.

    If anyone needs it, just let me know.

    Thank you.
  • edited June 2013
    SER has hanged and I'm now scared to loose the project progress. Just white screened window. 

    Edit: CB 1.97 crashed. Going back to 1.99. Didn't had any crash on it.
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne
    edited June 2013

    1.95 exe, same version Im running without crashes for almost 48 hrs

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/dswf9ne838nl7dj/GSA_CapBreak_95.exe

     

    I have done 129,000 captchas since going back to the above one and its still running well

  • edited June 2013
    Thank you @LeeG, much appreciated. 

    I've actually been running 1.98 for over 12 hours without the crash. The only thing different is I stopped using the scheduler.  I feel better knowing that you've had no problems with 1.95 in case things start to go south again.
  • I'm running SER 6.22 and CB 1.99 since more than 24 hours without crash, i use the scheduler (stop projects checkbox unchecked).
  • Curious as to why people run scheduler? Any performance benefit that I might be unaware of?

    Thank you.
  • Scheduler lets you put a lot more campaigns on the server.  but you also do miss out on the benefits of all the projects running at the same time.  

    I'm kinda stuck.  Do I load up each server like crazy.  Or Do I get new servers and than start loading them up.   I see more gains in Rankings when I turn off scheduler.  But than I also can't really add more projects. 

    There's deff benefits to both.
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    Also found PHPBB Grey was updated and not being recognised since some captchas were updated

    Swapped that back to the older one and see how that performs

    Tip, never have Sunday lunch with alcohol and then mess about on your server

    Its not big and its not clever

  • I've been running with the latest versions of SER and CB for more than 48 hours. No issues. But my settings are modest and lpm is around 45-50
  • ronron SERLists.com
    Thanks for 1.95 @Lee. I guess I'm going to have to also start collecting CB versions. Btw, running with 1.97 for 20 hours with no problem.
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    First time I can remember seeing a problem like this.

    Im sure Ozz can back me up by saying the same

    Even in early beta days it was bug free

  • I've been on 1.99 for more than 12 hours now and things are going good. At 40 LPM.
  • OzzOzz
    edited July 2013
    i'm on 1.99 too without crashing. the only odd thing i noticed so far in the log that the "burning borad (complex)" captcha had a ridicilous long solving on a few occasions. 
  • cherubcherub SERnuke.com
    ^ confirmed the Burning Board captcha issue - last one took 426 seconds. Get that baby unchecked
  • Confirmed. I too got my eyes accidentally on BB complex captcha. It was around 220 seconds for me, but I think it was only in rare occasions. As it has considerable success rate and also due to the fact that it happens very rarely, I haven't left it unchecked.
  • i'm trying to create a faster solving method this afternoon. this already large captcha image is scaled up with some filters which i suppose slows down the solving process a lot.

    don't expect any improvements in solving rate. more of around 20% rate. hopefully that helps.
  • @Ozz Thank you. It's appreciated!
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    If you need a copy of the older burning board complex file, let me know

    I changed the older phpbb grey file yesterday and had them all recognised since

  • BURNING BOARD (COMPLEX) - DEBUG EDITION

    Foolproof Installation Guide:
    0. download and save the file to your desktop with your browser
    1. expand the captcha selection path to -> Forum -> Burning Board
    2. right click Burning Board (complex) -> delete
    3. right click anywhere in the captcha selection window -> import -> from file -> select the file you've saved on your desktop
    4. restart CB
    5. done and pray that everything runs smoothly again :)

    Keep in mind that as soon as you update CB this definition will be overwritten!


  • OzzOzz
    edited July 2013
    phpBB (grey) - DEBUG EDITION
    Download: click here

    Install it the same way as the Burning Board Captcha above. Solving rate is 90%, so you get with 1 retry a solving rate of 99.9%.
  • edited July 2013
    @Ozz - do these make 1.99 work?  I have tried using the 1.95 and 1.97 exes and unfortunately still getting crashes.
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    phpBB (Grey)

    Original prior to update 96% success rate

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nesd6r7o19gzvv/phpBB_grey.ini

     

    Xoops (big)

    original prior to update 55%

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/ix51tfcqtnrt1hb/Xoops%20%28big%29.ini

     

     

  • OzzOzz
    edited July 2013
    i can't tell as my version never crashed, but it would be interesting to know if that does help. in the short time (like 4 hours) with the temporary burning board captcha i noticed a big decrease in solving time though. that burning board captcha had a ridiculous high solving rate (>100 seconds) in some cases.

    maybe that caused a crash since during this time CB was bombed with other captcha solving requests. i just can guess though but it sounds like a logical explanation to me, lol.
  • So there are 3 total to replace or maybe more?

  • @Ozz - ok I loaded both of those and back to the 1.99 exe.  Will report back what happens.
  • good luck with that.
  • LeeGLeeG Eating your first bourne

    A little trick on what to look for and I will see if I can help

     

    Check your captchas.

    Go through them all looking at the recognized column and the success rate column

    In the recognised column and you see a lot of 0/500 as an example and the success column will show 100%

    Let me know which one/s it is and I will see if the engine was updated and share the older version file

    The ones I found giving problems looked like the above

  • Ok, just a report back.  Running for 3 hours now on 1.99 without a problem after installing the 2 files Ozz posted.  It has crashed after longer periods of time before so I can't say for sure it's solved, but looking good so far.  :)

  • i dont know whats going on for some of you, i decided to update SER and CB yesterday and i have been running SER for 24 hours at 70-80 lpm with 10 projects with tiers and secondary links each one.... no crash everything is great.
  • Main problem is in CB..CB keeps crashing and so the SER...
  • LPM is sucking today. Only 14. I was doing 35-40 since past 3-5 days. 16 active projects btw.
  • Ok, it finally did crash.  Stuck at verification only.  About to start again to see if it at least makes it a while like this past run.
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