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james at birchy

Oct 26, 2009, 8:02 AM

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Import failed: Loss of session data

I'm trying to import a lot of pages (Special:Import)
but I keep getting this error:
"Import failed: Loss of session data"
Is this mediaWiki or php?
I doubt that I can modify the php settings, but if I can, what do I
need to do (temporarily)?
If it's mW, what setting?

James

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ChristensenC at BATTELLE

Oct 26, 2009, 1:38 PM

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Re: Import failed: Loss of session data [In reply to]

Hi James,

This is just a work around, but have you tried clicking the "remember me" checkbox when you log in before you import? That fixes some odd bugs like that for us sometimes.

-Courtney

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Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Import failed: Loss of session data

I'm trying to import a lot of pages (Special:Import)
but I keep getting this error:
"Import failed: Loss of session data"
Is this mediaWiki or php?
I doubt that I can modify the php settings, but if I can, what do I
need to do (temporarily)?
If it's mW, what setting?

James

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beesley at gmail

Oct 26, 2009, 5:01 PM

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Re: Import failed: Loss of session data [In reply to]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:02 AM, =James Birkholz= <james [at] birchy> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to import a lot of pages (Special:Import)
> but I keep getting this error:
> "Import failed: Loss of session data"

How much are you trying to import? I get this if I try to import a
file larger than 10MB, though it used to be 2MB and might still be in
some places. Try a smaller file and see if it still happens.

Angela

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Jan at Bytesmiths

Oct 27, 2009, 11:11 AM

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Re: Import failed: Loss of session data [In reply to]

> From: Angela <beesley [at] gmail>
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:02 AM, =James Birkholz= <james [at] birchy>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to import a lot of pages (Special:Import)
>> but I keep getting this error:
>> "Import failed: Loss of session data"
>
> How much are you trying to import? I get this if I try to import a
> file larger than 10MB, though it used to be 2MB and might still be in
> some places. Try a smaller file and see if it still happens.

You may need to tweak some parameters in /etc/php.ini, such as these
that I've changed to avoid this problem:

max_execution_time = 300 ; Maximum execution time of each script,
in seconds
max_input_time = 60 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend
parsing request data
memory_limit = 128M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may
consume (128MB)
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 80M

Hope that's helpful. Good luck!

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