My calibre 64bit refuses to download meta-data, covers and refuses to connect to add plug-ins.
Here is an example of the error log:
Running identify query with parameters:
{u'authors': [u'Daniel Abraham'], u'identifiers': {u'amazon': u'184149612X', u'google': u'81b5ZwEACAAJ', u'isbn': u'9781841496122', u'barnesnoble': u'w/shadow-and-betrayal-daniel-abraham/1104154922', u'goodreads': u'6399851'}, u'timeout': 30, u'title': u'Shadow and Betrayal'}
Using plugins: Fantastic Fiction, Webscription, Goodreads, FictionDB, Barnes & Noble, Google, Amazon.com
The log from individual plugins is below
****************************** Barnes & Noble ******************************
Request extra headers: [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/6.0.472.63 Safari/534.3')]
Found 0 results
Downloading from Barnes & Noble took 1.43700003624
B&N url: u'http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-and-betrayal-daniel-abraham/1104154922'
Failed to make details query: u'http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-and-betrayal-daniel-abraham/1104154922'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.barnes_noble.worker", line 46, in get_details
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
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****************************** Goodreads ******************************
Request extra headers: [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1')]
Found 0 results
Downloading from Goodreads took 1.44000005722
Goodreads book url: u'http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6399851'
Failed to make details query: u'http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6399851'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.goodreads.worker", line 62, in get_details
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
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****************************** Amazon.com ******************************
Request extra headers: [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1')]
Found 0 results
Downloading from Amazon.com took 1.43699979782
Failed to make identify query: u'http://www.amazon.com/s/?sort=relevanceexprank&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=184149612X&unfiltered=1'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\sources\amazon.py ", line 909, in identify
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
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****************************** FictionDB ******************************
Request extra headers: [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.5 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/4.0.249.78 Safari/532.5')]
Found 0 results
Downloading from FictionDB took 1.43899989128
Querying:
http://www.fictiondb.com/search/searchresults.htm - srchtxt=9781841496122&styp=4
Failed to make identify query: u'http://www.fictiondb.com/search/searchresults.htm' - 'srchtxt=9781841496122&styp=4'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fictiondb.__init__", line 123, in identify
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
************************************************** ******************************
****************************** Webscription ******************************
Request extra headers: [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1')]
Found 0 results
Downloading from Webscription took 1.44100022316
Querying:
http://www.baenebooks.com/searchadv....w+and+Betrayal
Failed to make identify query: u'http://www.baenebooks.com/searchadv.aspx?SearchDescriptions=0&ShowPics=0&Sea rchTerm=Shadow+and+Betrayal'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.webscription.__init__", line 87, in identify
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
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****************************** Fantastic Fiction ******************************
Request extra headers: [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1')]
Found 0 results
Downloading from Fantastic Fiction took 3.46800017357
Querying ISBN:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ed...=9781841496122
Failed to make ISBN query: u'http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/edition/?isbn=9781841496122'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fantastic_fiction.__init__", line 212, in query_via_isbn_for_title_author
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
Querying ISBN:
http://script.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ff-v3.php
Failed to query country: u'http://script.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ff-v3.php'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fantastic_fiction.__init__", line 152, in get_country
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
Querying:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/db...fo,db,imageloc
Failed to make identify query
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fantastic_fiction.__init__", line 275, in identify
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
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****************************** Google ******************************
Request extra headers: [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1')]
Found 0 results
Downloading from Google took 1.43099999428
Failed to make identify query: u'http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=isbn%3A9781841496122&max-results=20&min-viewability=none&start-index=1'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\sources\google.py ", line 303, in identify
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 199, in open_novisit
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_mechanize.py", line 230, in _mech_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_opener.py", line 193, in open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 344, in _open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 332, in _call_chain
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1142, in http_open
File "site-packages\mechanize-0.2.5-py2.7.egg\mechanize\_urllib2_fork.py", line 1118, in do_open
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>
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The identify phase took 3.70 seconds
The longest time (3.468000) was taken by: Fantastic Fiction
Merging results from different sources and finding earliest publication dates from the worldcat.org service
We have 0 merged results, merging took: 0.00 seconds
I am launching calibre v.1.18.0 on a 64-bit quad core laptop running Windows 8.
My previous version (1.12.0) developed the problem and I upgraded to v.1.18.0 where the symptoms persist. My anti-virus is Avast Free.
Any ideas what to try next?