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gros bobby
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by gros bobby » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:39 pm
I tried the other downloads, i am not really comp litteraite. So i don't know what to really do. It has ben liek this for a few weeks (Since sourceforge was fixed)
Thanks for any help
JeffM
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by JeffM » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:50 pm
your PC can't find the list server URL? are you behind a proxy server?
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by gros bobby » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:01 pm
U say what?!? AS i said before, im not comp literiate, i have NO clue what that means, i only play the game, nuthing else
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by JeffM » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:21 pm
you need to find out from your internet people if your behind a proxy server that would block bzflag.
If we can't get any information, then there is little we can do to help you.
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by Taminator » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:14 am
IMHO this is not 100% a proxy problem ... for me it looks like a DNS problem, the error says:
Looking up Hostname: Host not found
So the used resolver is not able to resolve the hostname to ip.
So maybee its only a temporary failure ?
gross bobby:
Please point your browser to this URL
http://69.28.129.167/db/?action=LIST
can you see the serverlist ? If not, what error message you get ?
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by JeffM » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:53 pm
if it was a DNS problem then he could not get here. This board uses my.bzflag.org/bb/
and no, it's not 100% a proxy problem. it's just a good place to start
he may have proxy setings for his browsers, but not bzflag ( since bz dosn't do proxys ).
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by gros bobby » Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:12 pm
How do i use that list?!? i see the stuff on the page u posted what do i do with it?
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by JeffM » Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:49 pm
that means you can get to the list server.
can you get to this URL?
http://my.bzflag.org/db/?action=LIST
it should show you the same type of list.
these are not soultions, these are just tests to help find out what your problem is.
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by gros bobby » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:33 am
If you read my first post it says that i am not computer literate, I have no clue what to do with these nor what any of you are talking about, sorry
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by DTRemenak » Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:44 am
You're not supposed to "do" anything to them. Just answer the guys' questions - "can you get there?" That answer will let them begin to make some sort of conclusion about what your problem is or is not.
gros bobby
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by gros bobby » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:02 pm
well then yes, i can see those 2 pages
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by JeffM » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:05 pm
ok , then it's not a DNS problem or anything.
Check your internet expolorer setings, or call your Internet provider and ask them if your behind a proxy server.
Or have you installed windows XP service pack 2 with windows firewall?
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by gros bobby » Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:55 pm
ok, will do, but didnt the old one use proxy too?
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by JeffM » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:25 pm
1.10 was the first version to use a web based list server, older versions did not.
bzflag has never supported a proxy server.
if you have recently installed XP service pack 2, it's firewall may be blocking BZFLag's access to the net, you would want to open the firewall for bzflag.
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