LJ makes a change...

[theoldwolf]

Just tried to run LJ Archive to save my recent entries and got this:

System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(String res)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ExportCommentsMeta(OptionsRow or, ILJServer iLJ, SessionGenerateResponse sgr, Int32& serverMaxID, UserMapCollection umc)
at EF.ljArchive.Engine.Sync.ThreadStart()

It's global - all other users are reporting the same error. And, since LJ Archive is an outside, open-source application, the odds that LJ will dig into their code to fix whatever is making the archiver go belly-up are miniscule.

And that was a good application, too.

Hqiz.

Comments

[jamesb]

The DreamWidth crowd have mentioned that cross posting to LJ stopped due to changes made at the LJ end, but they don't know whether it's deliberate or due to their DDoS mitigation efforts. Changing the IP address of the DW server solved the problem, so it looks like LJ may be blocking certain IP addresses. I'll bet this is part of the same problem.

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

I also suspected that it was part of their efforts to reduce the impact of outside attacks. This program has remained stable for years, but if all of a sudden it's not working, perhaps someone in the open-source community will be able to find a workaround that suits the new circumstances... wish I were smart enough and I'd do it myself...