Problems running calibre on Windows XP

maccow · 06-05-2008, 12:44 PM

I have problems to fetch news with Calibre (latest version) on a Win XP machine. I paste the error message below when I tried NYT. It happened to other news feed as well.

URLError:
Failed to perform job: Fetch news from The New York Times
Detailed traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "parallel.py", line 139, in run_job
File "calibre\ebooks\lrf\feeds\convert_from.pyo", line 40, in main
File "calibre\web\feeds\main.pyo", line 130, in run_recipe
File "calibre\web\feeds\news.pyo", line 403, in __init__
File "calibre\web\feeds\recipes\nytimes.pyo", line 31, in get_browser
File "mechanize\_mechanize.pyo", line 203, in open
File "mechanize\_mechanize.pyo", line 229, in _mech_open
File "mechanize\_opener.pyo", line 181, in open
File "urllib2.pyo", line 392, in _open
File "urllib2.pyo", line 353, in _call_chain
File "mechanize\_http.pyo", line 700, in http_open
File "mechanize\_http.pyo", line 677, in do_open
URLError:
Log:
Fetching feeds...

kovidgoyal · 06-05-2008, 12:48 PM

Are you behind a proxy?

maccow · 06-05-2008, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Are you behind a proxy?

Thank you very much. It works now!

Thanks for this wonderful program.

06-05-2008, 12:44 PM	#1
maccow Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Sony	Problems running calibre on Windows XP I have problems to fetch news with Calibre (latest version) on a Win XP machine. I paste the error message below when I tried NYT. It happened to other news feed as well. URLError: Failed to perform job: Fetch news from The New York Times Detailed traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "parallel.py", line 139, in run_job File "calibre\ebooks\lrf\feeds\convert_from.pyo", line 40, in main File "calibre\web\feeds\main.pyo", line 130, in run_recipe File "calibre\web\feeds\news.pyo", line 403, in __init__ File "calibre\web\feeds\recipes\nytimes.pyo", line 31, in get_browser File "mechanize\_mechanize.pyo", line 203, in open File "mechanize\_mechanize.pyo", line 229, in _mech_open File "mechanize\_opener.pyo", line 181, in open File "urllib2.pyo", line 392, in _open File "urllib2.pyo", line 353, in _call_chain File "mechanize\_http.pyo", line 700, in http_open File "mechanize\_http.pyo", line 677, in do_open URLError: Log: Fetching feeds...

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06-05-2008, 12:48 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Are you behind a proxy?

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