GimpChat down

[MrsP-from-C]

David,
do you have an entry for gimpchat in your /etc/hosts file?

[david]

MrsP-from-C,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, there was an entry for gimpchat in your /etc/hosts file, but removing it makes no difference.

David.

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MrsP-from-C,

You are an ace!!!

Changed the entry in the hosts file to the correct IP and GC works.

Many thanks,
David.

[MrsP-from-C]

Glad that it helped.

[sallyanne]

First time I noticed it was down (for me) was about the 26th November ACDT. If it was before that I do not know as I didn't access the site a day or two before. I had been in contact with Wallace and Omega and found out it was back up. I tried to start a post here about it and didn't see this one. I did start a post but must have cancelled it because I didn't see it after. Anyway I am glad the error was found and all is ok now  

[Ofnuts]

(11-28-2024, 01:49 PM)david Wrote: MrsP-from-C,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, there was an entry for gimpchat in your /etc/hosts file, but removing it makes no difference.

David.

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MrsP-from-C,

You are an ace!!!

Changed the entry in the hosts file to the correct IP and GC works.

Many thanks,
David.

You shouldn't have one. The only time when this can be needed is when they they forget to renew the "gimpchat.com" domain, and GC disappears from the name servers(*). Otherwise having one does more harm than good because if the site is moved you won't see it.

(*) unless local authorities are asking your ISP to block "gimpchat.com", which is often done by making the ISP name servers return 127.0.0.1 which is the "localhost" address.

[trandoductin]

Is GC down for you guys right now? my browser is saying i should try deleting cookies because of too many redirects or something cryptic

[Ofnuts]

(06-04-2025, 10:36 PM)trandoductin Wrote: Is GC down for you guys right now? my browser is saying i should try deleting cookies because of too many redirects or something cryptic

Works about fine. A recent post by Omega hints that he is trying to set up HTTPS,and when this is done, using the site with HTTP usually redirects to the HTTPS URL. If they fogot to remove a previous setup that did the opposite you could end up playing ping-pong, as the ball.

[trandoductin]

I think you're right, earlier like half an hour ago i was in OK. Now it's doing redirects again maybe depending on which are updated on the net.
Yeah I tried refreshing and sometimes the URL shows as https://gimpchat.com sometimes gimpchat.com so yeah looks like I am the ping pong ball lol

[sallyanne]

Been down for me the last couple of days. I still cant get in. Nothing on the isitdownrightnow site when I initially looked. Will look now.
I get the same as tran.

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Website Name: Gimp Chat

gimpchat.comURL Checked:
1.76 ms.Response Time:
3 days 13 hours ago    Last Down:
UP
Gimpchat.com is UP and reachable by us.
Please check and report on local outages below ...


I checked just now

[trandoductin]

it keeps going up then down for me so flaky