Dreamwidth

[ithildin]

I haven't been able to backup to Dreamwidth since August, so I finally opened a support request. Apparently, there's some sort of code difference now between the two, and unless LJ makes a change, I'll no longer be able to use Dreamwidth. So DW will now become like IJ was - something I only use when LJ is down. Real bummer that,

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[brightknightie.livejournal.com]

I think that this is mentioned in the latest DW News update (http://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/30843.html?style=mine), and that LJ is supposed to be working on a fix:

If you're trying to import content from LiveJournal, some users have been experiencing an error message reading something like: "XMLRPC failure: couldn't retrieve anum for entry at /home/lj/cgi-bin/ljprotocol.pl line 4021". (The line number may change.) This is, unfortunately, a bug with the way LiveJournal is sending out data (not just us, but to any request to download or export entries from certain accounts), and it's not something we can fix.

If your account is one of the ones affected by the bug, you may want to report it to LiveJournal's support team -- however, based on the answers they've given other people who reported it to them previously, they do seem to be aware of the problem and are working on a fix (http://lj-releases.livejournal.com/70119.html?thread=5300967#t5300967), so it's probably not absolutely necessary.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'll try backing up every few weeks and see if it works.

[brightknightie.livejournal.com]

Just in case you need it, there's a new post about the latest LJ crosspost/import issues (http://dw-maintenance.dreamwidth.org/38097.html) in DW_News.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you.