Different Spartacus Problem

Wesley B · Post by **Wesley B** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:25 am

When I try to install a new plugin, I've always received this message:

Trying to open URL package_sidebar_en.xml...
The URL http://netmirror.org/mirror/serendipity ... bar_en.xml could not be opened. Maybe the Serendipity or SourceForge.net Server is down - we are sorry, you need to try again later.

So spartacus hasn't worked for me yet...

I'm uploading the bulk-file of all plugins now, so I won't have issues in the short term.

However I'd like to see this work well in the future.

Wesley B
http://www.mindbuzz.net

judebert · Post by **judebert** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:18 am

Well, this can happen when the SourceForge or NetMirror servers are down. In this case, they seem to be working properly.

This can also happen when your ISP blocks port 80.

I've been working on this with DragonFly, too. Could you do me a favor and get a debugging version of SPARTACUS from my server? It has a newer version of the 1.0 beta SPARTACUS, with some extra debugging thrown in. Unzip it, overwrite your serendipity_event_spartacus directory, go to youe "Configure Plugins" screen, choose "Install new event plugin", and upgrade SPARTACUS. Then try to "Install new plugin" again, and tell me what it says.

Wesley B · Post by **Wesley B** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:41 am

I was happy to give it a try. I still get this message though:

Trying to open URL package_sidebar_en.xml...
The URL http://netmirror.org/mirror/serendipity ... bar_en.xml could not be opened. Maybe the Serendipity or SourceForge.net Server is down - we are sorry, you need to try again later.

The message wouldn't worry me, except that it appears that the server is always down. I figure that can't be true, or there'd be a lot more complaints here in the forums!

I don't need this problem solved immediately. I've uploaded all the plugins in the bundled file. As Serendipity 1.0 comes along, I'm going to upgrade.

For now, I am traveling a lot and frequently don't have high-speed internet access, so I don't want to experiment with a beta version just yet.

If the problem still isn't fixed after I upgrade, it'll become a larger issue.

Wesley B
http://www.mindbuzz.net

judebert · Post by **judebert** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:54 pm

Thanks!

Weird results. I was expecting the same problem, but it was supposed to try a different, socket-only method and report the exact error.

Could you verify that the version of Spartacus is now 2.5.01?

Wesley B · Post by **Wesley B** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:35 pm

Yep. Version 2.5.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:09 pm

Wesley, your problem really looks as if HTTP request are blocked.

Does your blog perform trackbacks (outgoing, not incmoming) properly? If not, this is an indicator that your server's firewall blocks outgoing HTTP connections.

Regards,
Garvin

judebert · Post by **judebert** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:52 am

Yeah, that's my guess too. That "debug" version I cooked up just prints the actual error code, then tries to connect with a direct socket and prints that error, if any.

Jeremy, the version I'm looking for is 2.5.01. Version 2.5 is the original 1.0 version. Could you copy the debug code on top again?

Wesley B · Post by **Wesley B** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:12 pm

Yes, I'm sure that's the problem.

Does anyone know which other plugins won't work until I can get my server to fix this problem?

Might save me some frustration.

http://www.mindbuzz.net

Post by **garvinhicking** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:37 pm

Basically all plugins that require external input: Remote RSS Feeds, Sending Trackbacks, Amazon Webservice API, Flickr Webservice API, delicious API, LiveJournal synchronization, ...

Apart from Spartacus, all other plugins should not be really critical for usual blogs.

REegards,
Garvin