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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: dopesmack on November 04, 2012, 07:47 pm
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i havent been able to get on SR all day. can someone tell me why its not loading or what i can do to get it to load?
i saw in another thread that i might need to change my tor identity but im not sure how to do that. :-\
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I, and a bunch of the vendors, have been having the same issue for about 3 days now. Last night the sight was also closed for maintenance, but I don't know what we can do about it besides waiting on DPR to work his magic and rescue all of us! You never appreciate something until it doesn't work! LOL. I hope somebody with some computer smarts can help us out, b'cuz I'm a total retard when it comes to tech stuff! In fact, using SR is prolly the most tech savvy thing I've ever done! :P
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first off, if you are using the tor browser bundle, make sure you are using the most up to date version. next, you need to add index.php to the end of the url in order for it to properly work, so that the url will be http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php . if you are still having issues connecting, try changing your identity by going to the vidalia control panel and clicking "use a new identity".
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I've done all that and STILL can't get in. Any other tips?
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Hmm I was getting a 404 error as well, adding /index.php fixed it for me thanks for the solution!
If still not working for others, I've found in the past just keep trying new identities and shutdown/restart tor and it will eventually load...
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I've been trying all of these solutions for days and still cannot get in!
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I've been trying all of these solutions for days and still cannot get in!
just checking, but do you already have an account? is the issue that you are having that you can't create an account to log in, or you can't access the site to log in to an already created account?
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I've been trying all of these solutions for days and still cannot get in!
just checking, but do you already have an account? is the issue that you are having that you can't create an account to log in, or you can't access the site to log in to an already created account?
I'm logging in to an already existing account.
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the only thing i can suggest really is keep on trying new identities. if you click on view the network, it will show it trying to connect to new nodes, if none of them stay open, i would just try and keep doing new identities, but it will atleast tell you if the connections are working or not. hopefully you get it working and are able to log into your account soon! good luck!
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Yeah they're all staying open. I don't know much about this, what does getting a new identity do? Should I be concerned that I'll never be able to get back in? It's frustrating that some people can get in but I can't.
Thanks very much!
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getting a new identity just refreshes the nodes you are running through, it is something to do with tor and not sr.
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Yeah I see that it's a Tor thing, but it doesn't seem to be working. NOTHING seems to be working unfort.
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i am finally able to get on :)
thanks for your help!
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Yeah, I've been having chronic problems with the site over the last few days. It's been down a LOT, and even when it's up the response times are often so slow as to render the site unusable. Then all of a sudden it'll be up and running fine, with fast response time.
I know this must be REALLY frustrating for the vendors. Even for the buyers, it's difficult. You find something you want, but by the time you get funded and the site finally comes back up and becomes usable, the item you wanted in the first place is already gone!
I've pretty much eliminated TOR as being the source of my particular issues. I can connect to to other sites through TOR. Renewing identities, and even restarting TOR make no difference. So for me at least it isn't a TOR problem.
Anyway, I'm an extremely experienced enterprise web developer. If there is anything I can offer in the way of assistance, I'd be happy to do so. I'm just not of the best way to convey my offer to DPR. If the SR development team needs any help, I'm willing. Just sayin...
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I don't understand this. I keep seeing people say that they can get on intermittently, but for the past 5 or so days I have not been able to get on even once. Any reason in particular you think this might be happening to me?
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ive been trying for days and still cant get on whats going on
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ive been trying for days and still cant get on whats going on
have you actually read through this thread and followed the previous advice i have given? if you haven't, here is the main part, which should be of some help to you :)
first off, if you are using the tor browser bundle, make sure you are using the most up to date version. next, you need to add index.php to the end of the url in order for it to properly work, so that the url will be http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php . if you are still having issues connecting, try changing your identity by going to the vidalia control panel and clicking "use a new identity".
hope this helps :)
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Holy bejesesus, I did everything exactly as you said, uninstalled and reinstalled Torbrowser, and STILL cant get on. I'm at a loss. Lol the worst part is I can't let the first person I ever ordered from know that I received his package when I promised him I would.
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I've pretty much eliminated TOR as being the source of my particular issues. I can connect to to other sites through TOR. Renewing identities, and even restarting TOR make no difference. So for me at least it isn't a TOR problem.
I'll happily admit I am no expert so I may be wrong here, but I definitely read that a lot of tor nodes are actually blocking SR now which means tor could indeed your problem and it would be a matter of keeping on trying new identities until you find one that works.
Seems to be working fine and fast for me now.
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to be fair to SR from my point of view ive only one time had a problem loading and that for 30 mins tops. other than that alls been cool 8)
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Hello ,
We are having major problems , just cannot log in to SR , I really need to log in so i can check the orders and process them , its very frustrating . I have tried it on 2 different networks on a pc and a mac, but still no luck. I have noticed that the landing page when loading up the browser is not loading either ? any one else having similar trouble? Thank fully i can log in to the forums , I have tried re installing , repairing permissions everything i can think off .
Kind regards
RP
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to be fair to SR from my point of view ive only one time had a problem loading and that for 30 mins tops. other than that alls been cool 8)
great soon as said i cant log on now :-X
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Hello ,
We are having major problems , just cannot log in to SR , I really need to log in so i can check the orders and process them , its very frustrating . I have tried it on 2 different networks on a pc and a mac, but still no luck. I have noticed that the landing page when loading up the browser is not loading either ? any one else having similar trouble? Thank fully i can log in to the forums , I have tried re installing , repairing permissions everything i can think off .
Kind regards
RP
I can confirm SR is down http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php
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Hello ,
We are having major problems , just cannot log in to SR , I really need to log in so i can check the orders and process them , its very frustrating . I have tried it on 2 different networks on a pc and a mac, but still no luck. I have noticed that the landing page when loading up the browser is not loading either ? any one else having similar trouble? Thank fully i can log in to the forums , I have tried re installing , repairing permissions everything i can think off .
Kind regards
RP
I can confirm SR is down http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php
So its not just me , well at least my customers will understand. I guess SR are aware of the issues and are working on an update/fix ?
Thank you .
Will try later.
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Can't load SR...
:'( :'(
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stfu everybody, i have been trying to load Sr more then 420 times :DD
I mean dont worry if you try to load 50 times you may have 1 success so dont lose your hope and keep trying ;D
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I can get to the login page, but won't let me in
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join the club !!!! a little msg maybe from admin or DPR wouldnt go a miss just to let peeps know whats happening,no point trying to log-in if its going to be down for a few days
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I have noticed that the landing page when loading up the browser is not loading either ? any one else having similar trouble?
Yep same for me. Thats a bit worrying IMO, does it suggest there is a security breach in tor somewhere? It is since I have downloaded the latest version that the page hasn't loaded, and pretty close to when SR started not working as well.
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join the club !!!! a little msg maybe from admin or DPR wouldnt go a miss just to let peeps know whats happening,no point trying to log-in if its going to be down for a few days
Everyone can stop panicking and spreading misinformation. An admin has posted about the situation here: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=70572.0
The only thing left to do is wait patiently and stop making threads asking the same questions.
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join the club !!!! a little msg maybe from admin or DPR wouldnt go a miss just to let peeps know whats happening,no point trying to log-in if its going to be down for a few days
Everyone can stop panicking and spreading misinformation. An admin has posted about the situation here: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=70572.0
The only thing left to do is wait patiently and stop making threads asking the same questions.
well said my friend,