Support Request: SMP logon error

    Okay,
    For some reason whenever my friends try to log on to my minecraft server with industrial craft and buildcraft 2.2.5 installed it gives them this error

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    Connection Lost    	{or Internal the word is cut off} External exception: java.io.IOException: String length of 1953068645 {this number tends to change} is higher than the max (6553)


    Any help with this particular error would be much appreciated! :D

    Did it work before, is their client using the EXACT same set of mods for you? What errors does the server console see?

    The string is too long. (I don't know which string that is)
    1,953,068,645 is 1.95 BILLION, a string that long would take up nearly 1.8 gigabyte of memory.
    I also believe the max string length is 65535 not 6535 since representing the value 65535 takes two bytes in a computer. (2^16, or 16 bits)


    With that error given, it's nearly impossible to trace it to a problem. We need more details!

    I /think/ I've seen this before as a version mismatch/mods wrong... but am not 100% sure; which is why that's among the details I'm asking for.

    okay
    The server console says "end of stream" when it kicks someone. Everyone is using the exact same version as mine (i sent them a RAR with the mods in it).

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    Josh joined with mod_BuildCraftCore 2.2.5, mod_BuildCraftBuilders 2.2.5, mod_BuildCraftEnergy 2.2.5, mod_BuildCraftFactory 2.2.5, mod_BuildCraftTransport 2.2.5, mod_IC2 v1.337b, mod_IC2Thermometer v1.15
2011-12-16 20:47:24 [INFO] Josh lost connection: disconnect.endOfStream


    and the server start up code is as follows

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    [INFO] ModLoader Server Beta 1.8.1 Initializing...
[INFO] ModLoaderMP Beta 1.8.1 Initialized
[INFO] Mod Loaded: mod_IC2 v1.337b
[INFO] Mod Loaded: mod_IC2Thermometer v1.15
[INFO] Mod Loaded: mod_BuildCraftTransport 2.2.5
[INFO] Mod Loaded: mod_BuildCraftFactory 2.2.5
[INFO] Mod Loaded: mod_BuildCraftEnergy 2.2.5
[INFO] Mod Loaded: mod_BuildCraftBuilders 2.2.5
[INFO] Mod Loaded: mod_BuildCraftCore 2.2.5
[INFO] Starting minecraft server version Beta 1.8.1

    IC thermometer? Version 1.15 crashes on recharge in 1.337b worlds.


    Probably someone tossed a thermometer in to a batbox or something and when it tries to charge it crashes. What happens when everyone removes that or uses the alternate thermometer mod from later in the thread?

    Ill try that
    No body has any thermos in a charger. I have one in my inventory but its working fine for me its my friends who are getting the error.

    Try moving their inventory out of the way...


    Also, by chance, is this server running on a /local/ network for you but not them?