# Re: rubyforge.org down

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rubyforge-org-down/71717>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 11, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rubyforge-org-down/71717 "2006-10-11T00:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rubyforge-org-down/71717/1 "2006-10-11T00:25:16Z")

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From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]

> > the machine seems  
> > to be just halting without writing anything to the system log. I’m  
> > somewhat flummoxed.
> 
> full parition?

As it’s nearing Halloween here in the US, perhaps a full apparition is  
to blame.

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**Author:** ![phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rubyforge-org-down/71717/2 "2006-10-11T02:31:26Z")

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On 10/10/06, Gavin K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]
> 
> > > the machine seems  
> > > to be just halting without writing anything to the system log. I’m  
> > > somewhat flummoxed.
> > 
> > full parition?
> 
> As it’s nearing Halloween here in the US, perhaps a full apparition is  
> to blame.

Well, Friday will be a Friday the 13th. Perhaps a daemon haunts the  
drafty corridors of Rubyforge… I heard somewhere that, if you listen  
to the output of ps closely, you can sometimes actually hear it  
running ethereal in the background listening for contact from the  
nether-regions of the network…

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**Author:** ![phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-rubyforge-org-down/71717/3 "2006-10-11T04:25:30Z")

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On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 09:29 +0900, John G. wrote:

> > > full parition?
> > 
> > As it’s nearing Halloween here in the US, perhaps a full apparition is  
> > to blame.
> 
> Well, Friday will be a Friday the 13th. Perhaps a daemon haunts the  
> drafty corridors of Rubyforge… I heard somewhere that, if you listen  
> to the output of ps closely, you can sometimes actually hear it  
> running ethereal in the background listening for contact from the  
> nether-regions of the network…

$ ls /dev/il  
ls: /dev/il: No such file or directory

Nope, we’re safe!

tom