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butitsmyname · 12-21-2010, 11:10 AM

Oh, you're hard to please, chaley, but there is indeed no mention of a proxy in my environment either.

In late breaking news, I've just been trying Wget on different sites. It works fine for ftp and http downloads from most sites, but not all. When it works, it's immediate and as fast as my connection allows.

OK, with a cup of tea and some jaffa cakes to hand I have now installed and run the 0.7.34 binary download. And it still doesn't download news and still gives the same traceback, ending with:

URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out>

I think I've used up enough of my life on this. I'll swallow my male pride, send back my stuffed Tux and use the version on my wife's PC. Oh the shame.

Thanks for all your support - except chaley - who chose to speak in that oddly stilted yet grammatically perfect way people do who suspect that the person they are talking at doesn't quite know what is going on. Probably sporting pursed lips as well.

12-21-2010, 11:10 AM	#21
butitsmyname Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: kindle	Oh, you're hard to please, chaley, but there is indeed no mention of a proxy in my environment either. In late breaking news, I've just been trying Wget on different sites. It works fine for ftp and http downloads from most sites, but not all. When it works, it's immediate and as fast as my connection allows. OK, with a cup of tea and some jaffa cakes to hand I have now installed and run the 0.7.34 binary download. And it still doesn't download news and still gives the same traceback, ending with: URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out> I think I've used up enough of my life on this. I'll swallow my male pride, send back my stuffed Tux and use the version on my wife's PC. Oh the shame. Thanks for all your support - except chaley - who chose to speak in that oddly stilted yet grammatically perfect way people do who suspect that the person they are talking at doesn't quite know what is going on. Probably sporting pursed lips as well.