Started a new miner and it says io errors -1, tolerance 2

Same here, I've got one machine already mining but the other which was stopped (so my daughter can play the Sims) can't start mining now but works with other pools.

CGMiner can't find work, GUIMiner says no JSON object could be decoded yet the other machine which has been running all day continues to mine.

Yeah, it switched to 12.2m not that long ago! let the grind begin!

I'm having similar problems one machine, Laptop, which gets stopped and restarted often can't connect to slush today, but can other pools.
Other two miners on different machines are humming along no problem. 

Even tried to create a new worker  and it won't json authorize or somesuch language...

I got my machine using GUIMiner to log in by changing the settings.  Instead of using the preset url settings for Slush's Pool(which is http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332) I changed it 'other' and gave it the host name 'stratum.bitcoin.cz'  and port 3333, then it found work and started as soon as I ran it.

No problem, I wish I'd thought about trying that earlier, I've been having to mine for the enemy at BTC Guild with one of my computers instead, lol

Cool, thanks rsbriggs!

If ya got the BTC in your wallet, there are quite a few left in the group buy from the thread https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/195647.100

I've found it more ' stable ' mining in windows using mining_proxy and manually setting it to stratum2 or stratum3
no lost connections ( unless it's my side ) or other errors and setting either program ( mostly use GUIMiner ) to do local host and do it through the proxy my side to specific stratum instead of hopping.  STILL AN ISSUE ON STRATUM.bitcoin.cz as it shows ' shares ' not blocks in GUIMiner and nada for my account, when it starts showing " blocks " a rounded up 1/3 will show on the account page after 5 min ( unless the block completes, then they still go Poof! )

going to set back up to STRATUM.bitcoin.cz tomorrow to see if Slush has fixed this as it was an issue since the move and seems to not be resolved.  I highly recomend removing the IP/address for STRATUM.bitcoin.cz ( aka stratum 1 ) from your connect list for now an see if this resolves your issues people.

As always, any comments that are just side lines, cheap hacks on me perosonaly, not trying to help the pool, feel free to click my name and send me a message directly instead of just posting more and more 3 or so lines in the forums.  Thank you.

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PS got roughly .003 BTC in my wallet and would love to get in on that group buy..... looks like i'm going to miss it due to not even getting my first payout from Slush's yet.... feel free to donate 

stratum, stratum2, stratum3 are pointing to the same IPs so it is just luck. They are randomly or ping time(Slush say that he will setup this) chosen for you.

Today I was testing if it is safe to go back to Slush and had problems losing connection to stratum and also that 16 minutes shares were not recorded but them appear in account. But strange enough only but once with stratum and once with stratum2. So it might be that stratum has diffident connection strategy as others.