Download manager hangs

John Selmys John.Selmys at SenecaC.On.Ca
Sat Jun 14 01:03:04 UTC 2008


On 06/13/2008 08:55 PM, Kam Leo wrote:
> 2008/6/13 John Selmys <John.Selmys at senecac.on.ca>:
>   
>> On 06/13/2008 01:57 PM, Mike Burger wrote:
>>
>>     Twice tonight I tried to download the F9 ISO. First the DVD, then
>> the live CD. In both cases the download manager hung up at the very end.
>> I had no option but to cancel the download. The DVD download wasted 5
>> hours and the CD download wasted another hour. I'm already using F9 on
>> an AMD X2. I downloaded F9 ISO when my system was running F8. I upgraded
>> to F9 and then gave away my DVD/CD. Now I wanted to get new copies for
>> myself. I do my downloads with Seamonkey. It seems like the last chunk
>> of the ISO just can't be delivered. I guess I'll have to use bittorrent
>> or perhaps command-line ftp. I wonder if Seamonkey's download manager is
>> broken?
>>
>>
>> Silly question for you...do you not still have the ISO you had previously
>> downloaded?
>>
>>
>>
>> The install of F9 went so smooth that I wanted my friend to try it out. I
>> gave my DVD to him (yes I should have saved a copy but too late now). Anyway
>> I want to install on a laptop my company gave me and I need another DVD. I
>> guess I could get the original back but this download problem has me
>> wondering what's going on. In fact I'm even having problems with wget. I'm
>> baffled. I started wget this morning and expected it to be done upon my
>> return from work. Well I'm back now and this is what I see:
>>
>>  wget -c
>> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
>> --2008-06-13 07:01:30--
>> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
>> Resolving download.fedoraproject.org... 66.35.62.162, 209.132.176.122
>> Connecting to download.fedoraproject.org|66.35.62.162|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>> Location:
>> http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
>> [following]
>> --2008-06-13 07:01:31--
>> http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
>> Resolving www.muug.mb.ca... 130.179.31.46
>> Connecting to www.muug.mb.ca|130.179.31.46|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
>> Location:
>> ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
>> [following]
>> --2008-06-13 07:01:31--
>> ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
>>            => `Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso'
>> Resolving ftp.muug.mb.ca... 130.179.31.46
>> Connecting to ftp.muug.mb.ca|130.179.31.46|:21... connected.
>> Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
>> ==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
>> ==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso
>> ... done.
>> ==> SIZE Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso ... 4163696640
>> ==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso ... done.
>> Length: 4163696640 (3.9G)
>>
>> 99% [===================================> ] 4,163,696,376 --.-K/s   in 4h
>> 52m
>>
>> 2008-06-13 11:54:20 (231 KB/s) - Data connection: Connection timed out;
>> Control connection closed.
>> Retrying.
>>
>> --2008-06-13 12:09:21--
>> ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
>>   (try: 2) => `Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso'
>> Connecting to ftp.muug.mb.ca|130.179.31.46|:21... connected.
>> Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
>> ==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
>> ==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso
>> ... done.
>> ==> SIZE Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso ... 4163696640
>> ==> PASV ... done.    ==> REST 4163696376 ...
>> REST failed, starting from scratch.
>>
>> ==> RETR Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso ... done.
>> Length: 4163696640 (3.9G), 264 (264) remaining
>>
>> 69% [========================>
>>
>>  Looks like I have the same problem with wget as I have with Seamonkey
>> download manager. The download gets stuck at the end and then starts over. I
>> have no clue what's going on.
>>
>> John
>>     
>
> Go to http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/9/x86_64/ and
> choose another mirror.
>
>   
YES, I chose another mirror and it worked perfectly. Both wget and 
seamonkey download manager.

Thanks for your help.

John
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