From: David S. <sh...@ac...> - 2003-01-30 00:24:20
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The main xine page says that beta4 is out. When I go to the dowloads page, and click on xine-lib-1-beta4.tar.gz <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xine/xine-lib-1-beta4.tar.gz>, it takes me to http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xine/xine-lib-1-beta4.tar.gz This page lasts about a half a second, and then is replaced by a page saying "Could not read file -- Go back." When I do that, I get a list of files not including the one I wanted. I guess this mirror doesn't have the file. Once upon a time, I guess I said that I wanted to use Telia as my download mirror. How do I go back and change that? How Do I nullify my mirror selection so that I can make a different one? Or better yet, is there some nice low-tech FTP site where I can get this file without all this redirection nonsense? Thanks. -- David |
From: Mike M. <mel...@pc...> - 2003-01-30 00:35:11
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, David Shochat wrote: > Once upon a time, I guess I said that I wanted to use Telia as my > download mirror. How do I go back and change that? How Do I nullify my > mirror selection so that I can make a different one? When the file begins to download, cancel the operation. Go down to the bottom of the same page, select a new mirror and press the "set default" button. Hope this helps... -- -Mike Melanson |
From: David S. <sh...@ac...> - 2003-01-30 01:47:43
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Mike Melanson wrote: > When the file begins to download, cancel the operation. Go down to >the bottom of the same page, select a new mirror and press the "set >default" button. > > Hope this helps... > > Thanks for responding. The problem is that no download ever begins. It just switches in an instant to the "Cannot read file" page. I guess if I just picked a different file that they _did_ have (like beta3), just so a download would start, so that I could then cancel it... then I could follow your suggestion. Meanwhile, I did manage to get the file using a very convoluted technique. -- David |
From: Mike M. <mel...@pc...> - 2003-01-30 04:20:31
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, David Shochat wrote: > Thanks for responding. > The problem is that no download ever begins. It just switches in an > instant to the "Cannot read file" page. I guess if I just picked a > different file that they _did_ have (like beta3), just so a download > would start, so that I could then cancel it... then I could follow your > suggestion. I just tried it out and saw what you are talking about. A bunch of the mirrors don't seem to be carrying the file (yet?). You must have a much faster connection than I have (56K modem) and the page redirect occurs much more quickly. I had more time to abort the download. Eventually, I found that the UMN mirror carried the file. I have no idea what's wrong in this case. Maybe there is something wrong with SF's mirror system today that is preventing file releases from propagating in a timely manner. Their status page has no data on this. Sorry for the confusion. -- -Mike Melanson |