request failed code: 500

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Wireless G shouldn't make any difference.

"failed to get current release information" should not be a
fatal error... it should still get the listings. TV_GRAB_NA
does allow you to bypass that check.

Does Internet Explorer work? Is anything checked on Internet
Explorer's Connection/LAN Settings?

What is the exact command you executed and what were the
exact results?

Robert

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here is all of the command not working correctly the router is
running dhcp for both the wireless and directly connected
computers, internet explorer works, in the connection/lan
settings 'automatically detect settings' is checked:

C:\XMLTV_Automate>"C:\\XMLTV_Automate\\xmltv\\xmltv.exe
" tv_grab_na --configure
--auto-new-channels add --auto-missing-channels remove
Timezone is -0600
Welcome to XMLTV 0.5.29 (tv_grab_na V3.20040101) for
Canada and US tv listings

Please report any problems, bugs or suggestions to:
xmltv-users@lists.sourceforge.net

For more information consult
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv
checking XMLTV release information..
Warning: failed to get current release information from:
http://freshmeat.net/projects-xml/xmltv/xmltv.xml
If this problem persists, look for a new XMLTV release.

starting manual configuration process..
how many times do you want to retry on www site failures ?
(default=2)
how many seconds do you want to between retries ?
(default=30)
what is your postal/zip code ? 60655

getting list of providers for postal/zip code 60655, be patient..
request failed with code: 500:Internal Server Error
if problem persists, examine browser settings and
try setting 'http_proxy' environment variable
otherwise post problem to xmltv-users@lists.sf.net for
assistance

C:\XMLTV_Automate>"C:\\XMLTV_Automate\\xmltv\\xmltv.exe
" tv_grab_na --listings x
mltv\TVDatapre.xml --days 3 --listings-overwrite true
Timezone is -0600
using config file ./.xmltv/tv_grab_na.conf
tv_grab_na: Config file ./.xmltv/tv_grab_na.conf does not
exist, run me with --configure

C:\XMLTV_Automate>"C:\\XMLTV_Automate\\xmltv\\xmltv.exe
" tv_sort --by-channel --
output xmltv\TVData.xml xmltv\TVDatapre.xml
Timezone is -0600
xmltv\TVDatapre.xml: Couldn't open xmltv\TVDatapre.xml:
No such file or directory at /PerlApp/XMLTV.pm line 588

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strange... what happens if you uncheck "automatically detect
settings" and reboot?

Robert

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unchecked the box, same thing happens...i don't know,
maybe some servcie or xp itself needs re-installing...

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Is there a firewall on the problem PC?
(perhaps silently blocking access to the network for
xmltv.exe)

What happens if you TRACERT www.zap2it.com?

(If you add --debug to the XMLTV command line you will see
a lot of things including the URLs that it is trying to GET from.)

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Do you have Zone Alarm or some other software firewall that
prevents "unknown" applications from accessing the internet?

Robert

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I don't have a software firewall set up, only the one on the
lynksys router, and if i turn it off, same thing happens. if i run
tracert for www.zap2it.com it leaves my ip, hits my isp's ip
and times out. if i run with the --debug in the command line i
get the extra comment (bad protocol 'tcp'). argh

mike

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btw, this is the second ip on the tracert test
d53-64-1-196.nap.wideopenwest.com (64.53.196.1)
but the same thing happens when i tracert for google.com?

mike

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hmmm tracert to google doesn't work either huh...

I've never seen this.. looks like something is blocking
command line tcp/ip.

I think the best way to handle this is to let me (or
someone) connect to your system and troubleshoot.

Drop me an email at rmeden@yahoo.com and I'll set up a webex
meeting and work with you on it.

Robert

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interesting problem!

Mike's fixed now...

He had a corrupt TCP/IP stack... it was fixed with this command:

netsh int ip reset "c:\log.txt"

which I got from this thread (thanks google!)

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&threadm=06bb01c389f0%24800abe90%24a101280a%40phx.gbl&rnum=4&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26q%3D%2522bad%2Bprotocol%2Btcp%2522%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg

Robert

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You guys are great!

Thanks Robert for all your help.

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I was having the same error in one computer but the other
clone was ok.

Here is the FIX!!!!!

Need to have in Windows/system32/drivers/etc/
the File "Protocol"

Inside "protocol" should have this (make a file with notepad
named protocol)

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This file contains the Internet protocols as defined by RFC
1700
# (Assigned Numbers).
#
# Format:
#
# <protocol name> <assigned number> [aliases...]
[#<comment>]

ip 0 IP # Internet protocol
icmp 1 ICMP # Internet control message protocol
ggp 3 GGP # Gateway-gateway protocol
tcp 6 TCP # Transmission control protocol
egp 8 EGP # Exterior gateway protocol
pup 12 PUP # PARC universal packet protocol
udp 17 UDP # User datagram protocol
hmp 20 HMP # Host monitoring protocol
xns-idp 22 XNS-IDP # Xerox NS IDP
rdp 27 RDP # "reliable datagram" protocol
rvd 66 RVD # MIT remote virtual disk

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Adding from my previous comment now that I'm log
in, "protocol" is the only file that gives that problem, the rest
in that directory can be removed.

I hope this solves the problem to some people.