FYI, If other people report byte-range request problems with Apache 2, ours was caused by a bug introduced when fixing the recent DoS security vulnerability in Apache 2. We were using Debian package 2.2.16-6+squeeze2 and upgrading to 2.2.16-6+squeeze3 which fixes this newly introduced bug appears to have solved our problem.
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/apache2/apache2_2.2.16-6+squeeze3/changelog On 2011-09-06, at 5:08 PM, Gordon Robertson wrote: > Our Systems group has indicated that the server that I'd been using does not > always serve byte-range requests successfully, and pointed me to a different > server. Using this alternative server, I just loaded the seven bigWig custom > tracks to mm9 and am able to browse them again. > > I apologize for flagging this issue to you. It seems to have been a problem > are our end. > > Gordon > > > On 2011-09-06, at 4:30 PM, Gordon Robertson wrote: > >> Until last week, I could load bigWig files into the mm9 browser, using a >> file containing a set of 7 custom track lines. This had given no problems >> for months. Each line was of this form (the example uses a dummy path and >> filename) - >> track type=bigWig name=myName description="..." color=50,50,150 >> maxHeightPixels=40:40:20 db=mm9 alwaysZero=on visibility=full >> bigDataUrl=http://myPath/my.bigwig >> >> Today, though I can load BED and WIG files, when I try to submit the bigWig >> custom track file I get the following error for each track line - >> >> Error Byte-range request was ignored by server. Expected Partial Content >> 206. http://mypath/my.bigwig;byterange=0-: 200 OK Can't get data socket for >> http://myPath/my.bigwig >> >> If I paste http://mypath/my.bigwig into a browser URL field, I'm offered the >> bigwig file as a download -- so the file seems to be available. >> >> We have a local mirror here, which we think was updated on the weekend, and >> it gives the same error message. >> >> Could you help us to understand or resolve this issue? >> >> Thanks in advance for your help. >> >> Gordon >> -- >> Gordon Robertson >> BC Cancer Agency Genome Sciences Centre >> Vancouver BC Canada >> www.bcgsc.ca >> > > -- > Gordon Robertson > BC Cancer Agency Genome Sciences Centre > Vancouver BC Canada > www.bcgsc.ca > _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
