problems with metadata download

[pinky62]

I ran calibre in debug mode. Disabled all user installed plugins. Checked that the windows firewall has calibre listed in allowed programs. I am running windows 7 64 bit version and this is what the report said
calibre Debug log
calibre 1.24 isfrozen: True is64bit: False
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7601')
Python 2.7.5
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7601', 'SP1', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Starting up...
Using proxies: {'http': '127.0.0.1:8555', 'https': '127.0.0.1:8555'}
Failed to check for calibre update: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
Using proxies: {'http': '127.0.0.1:8555', 'https': '127.0.0.1:8555'}
Failed to check for plugin update: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
Started up in 10.20 seconds with 5660 books
Job: 1 Download metadata for 1 books finished
Starting job: Download metadata for 1 books
Download complete, with 1 failures

Restarting with: C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-debug.exe ['calibre-debug.exe', u'--gui-debug', u'c:\\users\\rashid~1\\appdata\\local\\temp\\tmpwt heii.txt']

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by pinky62

Using proxies: {'http': '127.0.0.1:8555', 'https': '127.0.0.1:8555'}
Failed to check for calibre update: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
Using proxies: {'http': '127.0.0.1:8555', 'https': '127.0.0.1:8555'}

What's this? Looks like you're using something on your own machine that proxies your HTTP & HTTPS connections (an antivirus program with webfiltering maybe?). That's probably what's tripping Calibre up.

[pinky62]

this is the calibre debug report

[theducks]

Originally Posted by pinky62

this is the calibre debug report

You need to seek qualified computer help setting your firewall.

mbovenka helpfully pointed to the message detail and you ignored it.

[pinky62]

woh solved it finally
Start → Control Panel → Network and Internet → Internet Options → Connections → LAN Settings

and then

go to proxy server all boxes not checked and it starts working fine.

[theducks]

for reporting back with the solution.
Any idea how the settings got munged?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by theducks

for reporting back with the solution.
Any idea how the settings got munged?

my guess would be a rogue rodent

BR

[Harkos]

Thank you for this thread.
For a week I had download problems with metadata.
This was the solution. I also had checked to use proxy in lan.
Only don't know, how it got checked.
Wel now everithing is running fine again.