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phalexo
@phalexo
What it would allow as a valid argument.
Is it a landline by the way or wireless?
manu3d
@emanuele3d
You mean how my computer is connected to the LAN or how my LAN is connected to the web?
phalexo
@phalexo
Either. I wonder if the stuff gets buffered and the blockchain runs away.
Your geth node.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
The laptop I'm running geth from is connected via WiFi - Win7 tells me at 144 Mbps. I then have about 100 Mbps bandwidth (fiber) to my ISP.
phalexo
@phalexo
The geth node is on your laptop?
manu3d
@emanuele3d

I restarted geth with the command line:

geth --fast --cache 1 --ipcpath C:/temp/gethTmp/geth.ipc

I do not see much improvement. Seems to have gotten a few blocks initially but we are back at "Imported new state entries".

Why would it be strange for a geth node to be on my laptop?

phalexo
@phalexo
It is not strange, just considering different possible problems.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
ah, ok. yes, I confirm it is on my laptop.
phalexo
@phalexo
Can you restart without --fast flag?
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Ok.
What's your last block?
I have ,807.
phalexo
@phalexo
809
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Does that mean I'm nearly synced?
phalexo
@phalexo
So it appears.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Yay!
phalexo
@phalexo
810
812
814
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Still at 807 here. Only 3 "Imported new state entries" lines after that. Has been hanging for about a minute now.
Firing up mist, to see what it says...
phalexo
@phalexo
Your ISP is fiber, right?
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Yes.
More "Imported new state entries" lines. So, it is not completely stalled, it's just not getting any new blocks it seems.
Last line:
INFO [08-30|00:34:32] Imported new state entries count=384 flushed=0 elapsed=1m41.774s processed=1870 pending=24197 retry=244 duplicate=0 unexpected=97
phalexo
@phalexo
How many peers do you have?
13 on my end.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Just shutted down geth and started mist: it says it's downloading block ,654 out of ,824. But given in geth I was at 807, I am a bit puzzled. Also, block download is still hanging. Chain structure is being downloaded instead.
phalexo
@phalexo
Do this instead.
run Ethereumwallet -m mist
manu3d
@emanuele3d
mist said 6 peers before it switched to the "Downloading..." string. I don't know how to see the peers in geth... should I attach another geth in a different ... ok, I'll follow your instructions...
manu3d
@emanuele3d

Not much change other than the look and a broken icon in the mist GUI. In the console the only somewhat concerning outputs are:

←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:45.625] [INFO] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnect to {"path":"\\.\pipe\geth.ipc"}
←[33m[2017-08-30 00:40:45.627] [WARN] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnection failed, retrying after 1000ms...
←[33m[2017-08-30 00:40:46.627] [WARN] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnection failed, retrying after 1000ms...
←[33m[2017-08-30 00:40:47.628] [WARN] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnection failed, retrying after 1000ms...
←[31m[2017-08-30 00:40:48.626] [ERROR] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnection failed (3000ms elapsed)
←[33m[2017-08-30 00:40:48.627] [WARN] EthereumNode - ←[39mFailed to connect to node. Maybe it's not running so let's start our own...
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:48.627] [INFO] EthereumNode - ←[39mNode type: geth
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:48.627] [INFO] EthereumNode - ←[39mNetwork: main
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:48.628] [INFO] EthereumNode - ←[39mStart node: geth main
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:48.629] [INFO] EthereumNode - ←[39mStart node using C:\Users\manu\AppData\Roaming\Ethereum Wallet\binaries\Geth\unpacked\geth.exe
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:51.707] [INFO] EthereumNode - ←[39m3000ms elapsed, assuming node started up successfully
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:51.708] [INFO] EthereumNode - ←[39mStarted node successfully: geth main
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:51.709] [INFO] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnect to {"path":"\\.\pipe\geth.ipc"}
←[33m[2017-08-30 00:40:51.710] [WARN] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnection failed, retrying after 1000ms...
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:52.711] [INFO] Sockets/node-ipc - ←[39mConnected!
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:52.711] [INFO] NodeSync - ←[39mEthereum node connected, re-start sync
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:52.712] [INFO] NodeSync - ←[39mStarting sync loop
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:52.713] [INFO] Sockets/3 - ←[39mConnect to {"path":"\\.\pipe\geth.ipc"}
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:52.719] [INFO] Sockets/3 - ←[39mConnected!
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:52.729] [INFO] (ui: splashscreen) - ←[39mNetwork is mainnet
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:40:52.730] [INFO] (ui: splashscreen) - ←[39mNetwork is mainnet
←[32m[2017-08-30 00:41:17.116] [INFO] main - ←[39mConnected via IPC to node.

phalexo
@phalexo
You didn't have node running, you killed geth. That is normal.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Ok.
Mist seemingly hanging. Block ,654 of ,835.
phalexo
@phalexo
851 here.
Mist/Etherwallet store application data. Wonder if that is messed up.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Should I reinstall you think?
phalexo
@phalexo
Before you do that, you need to preserve chaindata folder and keystore folder.
Don't want to re-download everything again.
If you have any ether associated with the account you may have set up you should back up accounts and make copies of UTC* keyfiles.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
Nah. It's still empty. I was counting to do stuff on the test nets before I get any ether.
phalexo
@phalexo
Ok, then you should move chaindata folder somewhere else before cleaning up and reinstalling.
manu3d
@emanuele3d
I'm trying to do just that but it says a program is using it. Which is peculiar because I killed all geths and mists...
phalexo
@phalexo
Windows make a mess of this. There are special steps one has to follow to get permissions.
I've to go, get something to eat. It's not an emergency at the moment?
manu3d
@emanuele3d

I think I'll call it a day (1am here), and shut down the computer, hoping when I restart it tomorrow it will allow me to save that data somewhere else.

Thank you very much for your support over the past couple of hours. I'll let you know if the reinstall improved the situation.