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Tried to resize images, now mediawiki crashes (timeout)

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194.78.208.217 (talkcontribs)

Hello

I attempted to resize images on my wiki using the commands give in the FAQ [[File:XXX.jpg|50px]. Upon doing this the editor freezes, gives me a HTTP Timeout error and then trying to navigate out of the page causes the loading bar to turn and turn but essentially freeze.

I am able to get back into the wiki by clearing cookies on my browser, but any attempt to upload images, access filelist or save changes to a page causes the same issue: loading bar turning and the the page freezing until I delete cookies!.

Please let me know what I am doing wrong here. Uploading images is permitted but i don't know if I need to add subsequent permissions to stop this occuring?

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks x

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

I don't see a connection between deleting cookies and the server being responsive again...

I'd say to look at the access and error logs of the server. Maybe the server exhausted all the memory while trying to create thumbnails for the page, or causes CPU to spike during some time, making the server irresponsive? Only a close monitoring of the server's resources can tell you.

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