monkdiscuss
jlongino
[Zecho] and I had trouble logging in this morning
(10/20/01) but with [Petruchio]s help we were able to
get somewhat back to normal. [Petruchio] speculated that
the problem was similar to one he had previously
experienced (see [Help!!!]).
<p>
The solution is to login with <tt>&displaytype=raw</tt>
and disable the CPAN and EDC nodelets from [user settings].
The problem is that you have to login in order to change
[user settings], but having the suspect nodelets activated
prevents you from logging in. On [Petruchio]s advice we
logged in using a URL of the fashion:
<code>
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?user=XXXX&passwd=XXXX&op=login&displaytype=raw
</code>
Then the problem was trying to get to [user settings]
without having nodelets turned on. Fortunately I had a
bookmark for [user settings]. Even if you do succeed in
logging in, getting to [user settings] and turning the
suspect nodelets off, the settings have a magical way of
turning themselves back on. Deleting your PM cookie is
recommended at the onset of problems. You can always reset
it once you <i>think</i> you have the problem licked.
<p>
My suggestion in the CB was that if there were a checkbox
beneath the login/password box that allowed you to login
directly to your [user settings] with <tt>&displaytype=raw</tt>
in effect, it might serve as a temporary workaround for
affected users. [tilly] suggested that I write this nodelet
but [Petruchio] believes that the checkbox option is
probably not feasible (I have no reason to doubt him).
However, I have created a browser bookmark for the URL
above and one for [user settings], so I should be prepared
if this happens to me again. I've wasted a full day on
this problem and hopefully, this post might spare a few
other users the same aggravation. I guess this is pennance
for my last PMD [Direct commenting on Polls|fiasco].
<P><FONT size=2>"If you are going through hell, keep going." -- <b>Sir Winston Churchill</B></FONT>
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<B>Update:</B> For clarification, [Petruchio] meant that he didn't
think that it was feasible for [pmdev], not that it wasn't possible.
<P>
<B>Update</B> It also appears that [Damian1301] contributed the login
URL above (originally attributed to [Petruchio]). The URL contributed
by [Petruchio] was:
<P>
<code>http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=1702&displaytype=raw</code>
<P>
Sorry, as I wrote this node I had to rely solely on the recollections of
an almost 43-year old, caffiene/sleep deprived brain.