Can't log in to CVS

#1 Ken, did you follow the CVS instructions exactly?

Can you paste more of your CVS console output? We need to see exactly what command was fed in order to determine what's wrong. For example, it should say something like:

cvs -z3 -d :pserver:yourlogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque login
Logging in to :pserver:yourlogin@cvs.garagegames.com:2401:/cvs/torque

#2 When I bring up CVS the first message is:

Python 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
CVSROOT: mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque (local mounted directory)
TCL is available, shell is enabled : help (select and press enter)


Then I select Login... from the Admin menu. The Login settings window comes up.
Under the Login settings tab "Force using the CVSROOT (-d)" is checked.
Under the General tab the CVSROOT is set to mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque. Authentication is set to local. The Path field says mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque.
Under the Globals tab, Check out read-only, Supply control when adding files, Dirty files support, and Prune empty directories are all checked, TCP/IP compression is checked and set to 3, and Logout automatically after: is checked and set to 0.

When I click the OK button I get the following message:

Logging in is required for 'pserver' or 'sspi' authentication only (see Preferences dialog).
Please consult the CVS manual for more details.
cvs -z3 -d :local:mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque login
cvs login: CVSROOT "mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque" must be an absolute pathname
cvs [login aborted]: Bad CVSROOT.

***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****

#3 I changed the authentication to pserver, and changed all the preferences to be exactly like the window illustrations in your CVS Installation document. I saved the preferences, closed CVS, reopened it, looked at the preferences to make sure they kept the new changes. Then I ran Login which asked for a password and then gave me the following message:

Python 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
CVSROOT: mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque (password authentication)
TCL is available, shell is enabled : help (select and press enter)
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque login
Logging in to :pserver:mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:2401:/cvs/torque
cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.garagegames.com:2401 failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****

#4 Ken,

Since you're changing stuff at the moment, have you gone through the step-by-step set-up instructions carefully? Don't skip any steps or make assumptions.

Those install instructions work for everybody who follows them carefully, believe me we've seen it thousands of times. :)

One question though, are you behind some kind of funky firewall or something?

#5 I have checked and rechecked and I have followed the instructions EXACTLY. I am using the same login and password I used to log in to My Garage. Since I am getting the message "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.", perhaps the target machine does not have my account in its database. Can you try loging in to my account to test it?

#6 Hi Josh,
I found there was must have been some interference caused by Zone Alarm, even though it was off. After I turned it on it discovered a "new network". Then I turned it off again and I was able to connect to your server.

Thank you,
Ken

#7 Glad it worked out Ken. :)

#8 Hi, can some one help me with the CVS login problem please.

Everytime I try to login, I get the following message on the console.

Python is not available !
CVSROOT: snakeye@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque (password authentication)
TCL is available, shell is enabled : help (select and press enter)
TCL or Python are *not* available, shell is disabled
Python is not available !
CVSROOT: mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque (password authentication)
Python is not available !
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:/cvs/torque login
Logging in to :pserver:mylogin@cvs.garagegames.com:2401:/cvs/torque
cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.garagegames.com:2401 failed: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****

Thank you,
Salman

#9 There is no more CVS.

#10 Hi,

I'd be grateful if someone could clarify the status of getting code updates.

Is this something which is simply not available anymore or is there a different system?

From the above post I gather that CVS is gone - but was not clear if we are using something else.

thanks,
Michel

#11 I just bought TGE and TSE, I can't get CVS to work for either and I've used cvs dozens of times before. So whats going on? Is there a new system coming in place of cvs that is going to take effect soon due to TGE 1.5 vs 1.4?

#12 Not sure, but I heard rumblings of cvs support being stoped when TGE 1.5 hit the shelf. Again, those were just rumblings I heard and nothing offical.

-Ron

#13 I'm in the same boat as Thomas. I get "Operation timed out" trying to access the repository at cvs.garagegames.com. Anyone know the status of cvs access for TGE?

-Trev

#14 CVS was discontinued as of TGE 1.5. There is no more CVS access.

#15 Thanks for the heads up. I've just submitted a ticket to gg about this topic. I'll post a summary of their response here when I get it.

#16 GG isn't going to respond to a "ticket", because you used the Bug Submit feature for something that is described extensively here in the forums.

The forums are the primary means of support for all customers unless you are a commercial client with a purchased support program. The bug submit page is for exactly that--submitting bugs. It even asks you if you searched the forums for your question.

#17 "someone" should probably update the docs.

#18 Thanks for giving me the lay of the land Stephen. You're right, rather silly move on my part.

This seems to be the only thread that discusses the CVS repository not being available. The forums are full of references to CVS, so CVS is definitely being used by developers. Still, I've been trying the server for a week and, just as ArmedGeek says, it isn't available at all. (Btw, thanks the post, ArmedGeek.)

Stephen, (since you are an employee), can you confirm that there is no CVS support for TGE 1.5? I'll update the CVS getting started page if there isn't.

#19 Correct, CVS is no longer used.

The email and getting started pages are being updated for the next release--it was overlooked in 1.5.

#20 Updating the docs would be most prudent I purchased 1.5 and TSE and I was trying to use the documentation to fix simple bugs that where in first releases. But in order to fix them I needed CVS and now that CVS is completely gone I had to redownload all of the files and try again at least 5 times before the fix was uploaded.