Bug 250993 - KNewStuff (GHNS) not able to retrieve data from the internet
Summary: KNewStuff (GHNS) not able to retrieve data from the internet
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2010-09-12 19:16 UTC by Varun Singh
Modified: 2010-09-13 15:53 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Varun Singh 2010-09-12 19:16:11 UTC 
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Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.1) 
OS:                Linux

Whenever I try to use the GHNS(Get Hot New Stuff) from any supported application, either the GHNS dialog box doesn't respond or it gives the message in the status bar - "Loading of providers from file http://download.kde.org/ocs/providers.xml failed"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Open any GHNS supported application. For example, System settings -> Workspace Appearance -> Desktop Theme -> Get New Themes...

Actual Results:  
Message in the Status Bar - "Loading of providers from file http://download.kde.org/ocs/providers.xml failed"

Expected Results:  
It should have retrieved the list of new desktop themes from the Internet as it used to do till I had kde 4.4

 - It doesn't produce any result.
 - Gives the Message - "Loading of providers from file http://download.kde.org/ocs/providers.xml failed"
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-09-12 19:26:33 UTC 
What happens if you paste that URL into Konqueror?
Comment 2 Varun Singh 2010-09-13 13:34:51 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> What happens if you paste that URL into Konqueror?

Well, I tried as you said. I pasted the URL into Konqueror. It gives the message.

 opendesktop https://api.opendesktop.org/v1/ openDesktop.org  https://opendesktop.org/terms/ https://opendesktop.org/usermanager/new.php
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2010-09-13 13:41:10 UTC 
Are you behind a proxy server? It could be a duplicate of bug 228597.
Comment 4 Varun Singh 2010-09-13 15:22:19 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Are you behind a proxy server? It could be a duplicate of bug 228597.

Well, I apologize. The problem was on my side. Now its working fine.

Thanks