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   The DXSpider FAQ
   Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
-  Version 0.5 March 2001
+  $Date$ $Revision$
 
   A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
   ______________________________________________________________________
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
      2.4 I do not seem to be sending any bulletin mail to my link partners, what is wrong?
      2.5 How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?
      2.6 I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users file or the dupefile, what is the problem?
+     2.7 Since I last updated I seem to be getting duplicate spots appearing.
 
 
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@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
   1\b1.\b.3\b3.\b.  I\bIf\bf I\bI u\bus\bse\be a\ba t\bta\bar\brb\bba\bal\bll\bl t\bto\bo o\bov\bve\ber\brw\bwr\bri\bit\bte\be m\bmy\by i\bin\bns\bst\bta\bal\bll\bla\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt h\bha\bap\bpp\bpe\ben\bns\bs t\bto\bo
   m\bmy\by c\bco\bon\bnf\bfi\big\bgu\bur\bra\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn?\b?
 
+
   The tarballs are designed to not overwrite your existing configuration
   and can be used at any time to update your Spider software.  All the
   key files have the suffix .issue (eg. DXVars.pm.issue) at default.
@@ -128,8 +130,6 @@
 
        spoof gb7adx set/home gb7adx
 
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   Assuming that the node_call you are changing is gb7adx.
 
 
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@
   This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
 
 
-  2\b2.\b.6\b6.\b.  f\bfi\bil\ble\be o\bor\br t\bth\bhe\be d\bdu\bup\bpe\bef\bfi\bil\ble\be,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs t\bth\bhe\be p\bpr\bro\bob\bbl\ble\bem\bm?\b?  I\bI u\bup\bpd\bda\bat\bte\bed\bd m\bmy\by L\bLi\bin\bnu\bux\bx
-  d\bdi\bis\bst\btr\bri\bib\bbu\but\bti\bio\bon\bn a\ban\bnd\bd n\bno\bow\bw S\bSp\bpi\bid\bde\ber\br c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt r\bre\bea\bad\bd t\bth\bhe\be u\bus\bse\ber\brs\bs
+  2\b2.\b.6\b6.\b.  I\bI u\bup\bpd\bda\bat\bte\bed\bd m\bmy\by L\bLi\bin\bnu\bux\bx d\bdi\bis\bst\btr\bri\bib\bbu\but\bti\bio\bon\bn a\ban\bnd\bd n\bno\bow\bw S\bSp\bpi\bid\bde\ber\br c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt r\bre\bea\bad\bd t\bth\bhe\be
+  u\bus\bse\ber\brs\bs f\bfi\bil\ble\be o\bor\br t\bth\bhe\be d\bdu\bup\bpe\bef\bfi\bil\ble\be,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs t\bth\bhe\be p\bpr\bro\bob\bbl\ble\bem\bm?\b?
 
   Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl.  Follow
   these few steps to correct the problem.
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@
   That should solve the problem.
 
 
+  2\b2.\b.7\b7.\b.  S\bSi\bin\bnc\bce\be I\bI l\bla\bas\bst\bt u\bup\bpd\bda\bat\bte\bed\bd I\bI s\bse\bee\bem\bm t\bto\bo b\bbe\be g\bge\bet\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg d\bdu\bup\bpl\bli\bic\bca\bat\bte\be s\bsp\bpo\bot\bts\bs
+  a\bap\bpp\bpe\bea\bar\bri\bin\bng\bg.\b.
 
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+  What has probably happened is that the dupefile has got corrupted in
+  some way.  Simply delete the /spider/data/dupefile and restart the
+  cluster.  It may take a little time to become fully functional but
+  should solve your problem.