Re: [newbie] Downloading files
Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Have you tried d4x downloader. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
- Original Message - From: Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 02:06 Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading files On Monday 22 September 2003 12:56 pm, Stormjumper wrote: |have you tried right clicking the link and doing a save as? |or you can tell us the address of the page so that others can try. | |regards, Jim Thanks for the reply Jim. Yes, tried that and it only saved the link as: download_component.jhtml;$sessionid$QNUI42FTYJBQPTN241GRCZI I went back later and tried again for the 4th or 5th time today and the dialog box opened and d/l'd the file!? here's the link: http://www.winamp.com/skins/detail.jhtml?componentId=81567_requestid =696414 glad to know it's working. fwiw, i tried it in Opera as well, clicking directly as well as right-clicking and save-as. both works, so it may not be an error on your side, but rather with the server configuration. sorry i couldn't have been of greater help. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Downloading files
I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt -- Imagination is more important than knowledge. ~ Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Have you tried the same page in a different browser? Have you set up the mime types? stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Old programmers never die, they just become managers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:22 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does | and it begins filling with code. | What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? | TIA | Curt | |Have you tried the same page in a different browser? |Have you set up the mime types? Yes, Opera and Konq give the same results. I was unable to repair another problem by upgrading as Harm suggested so I formatted and reinstalled the / partition - the above behavior is the only difference I can see since the re-install. Ummm... mime types no... don't understand them at all. Hadn't done that before but Opera has always opened a d/l dialog box until now. That would be explained within Opera/Konq docs? -- Imagination is more important than knowledge. ~ Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does and it begins filling with code. What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? TIA Curt Try holding the shift key down when you hit the link. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does | and it begins filling with code. | What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? | TIA | Curt | |Try holding the shift key down when you hit the link. | |Rich No help - same result -- Imagination is more important than knowledge. ~ Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
- Original Message - From: Curt Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 22 September 2003 08:22 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: |On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:10, Curt Tresenriter wrote: | I'm trying to get some xmms skins but every time I hit the link to | d/l, the browsers download dialog box doesn't open - a new page does | and it begins filling with code. | What needs configuring to get the file downloaded? | TIA | Curt | |Have you tried the same page in a different browser? |Have you set up the mime types? Yes, Opera and Konq give the same results. I was unable to repair another problem by upgrading as Harm suggested so I formatted and reinstalled the / partition - the above behavior is the only difference I can see since the re-install. Ummm... mime types no... don't understand them at all. Hadn't done that before but Opera has always opened a d/l dialog box until now. That would be explained within Opera/Konq docs? have you tried right clicking the link and doing a save as? or you can tell us the address of the page so that others can try. regards, Jim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
On Monday 22 September 2003 12:56 pm, Stormjumper wrote: |have you tried right clicking the link and doing a save as? |or you can tell us the address of the page so that others can try. | |regards, Jim Thanks for the reply Jim. Yes, tried that and it only saved the link as: download_component.jhtml;$sessionid$QNUI42FTYJBQPTN241GRCZI I went back later and tried again for the 4th or 5th time today and the dialog box opened and d/l'd the file!? here's the link: http://www.winamp.com/skins/detail.jhtml?componentId=81567_requestid=696414 -- Imagination is more important than knowledge. ~ Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading files
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 22, 2003 12:06 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote: [...] Thanks for the reply Jim. Yes, tried that and it only saved the link as: download_component.jhtml;$sessionid$QNUI42FTYJBQPTN241GRCZI I went back later and tried again for the 4th or 5th time today and the dialog box opened and d/l'd the file!? here's the link: http://www.winamp.com/skins/detail.jhtml?componentId=81567_requestid=69641 4 I click the download link in Konqueror and I get the Save As + Open + Cancel box. No worries. In Mozilla-Firebird I get the same behaviour as you; the code. Galeon same deal, Mozilla same but if right clicked you can select download link target. I haven't been using anything but Firebird and Konqueror because I've been to busy to set my preferences in the others. $ cat /etc/mandrake-release Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Cooker) for i586 Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 12:26:07 up 2 days, 1:45, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.11, 0.18 A career is great, but you can't run your fingers through its hair. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/b0FrG11CaRuZZSIRApHKAKCe79lIerfQZTnQuaeeKalfEW92tACfYN7k OZ2vz1SUWsHW2G5n+fppasA= =FSOA -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading Files
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:02:43 -0500, "Andrew R. Etzler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has anyone run into this problem? Any suggestions for how I can correct it? Right click on the file and choose save as. __ / ) +--+ ( \ / / | | \ \ _( ( | _ Robert Sheskin _ | ) )_ (((\ \ |/ )[EMAIL PROTECTED]( \| / /))) ( \_/ /ICQ:5788323 \ \_/ ) \ / AIM:RobertLS \/ \_/ \_ / / / +--+ \\ / /\\
Re: [newbie] Downloading Files
"Andrew R. Etzler" wrote: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has anyone run into this problem? Any suggestions for how I can correct it? TIA Andy Etzler Right click on the file name and choose "save as" You may have installed some program (RealPlayer?) which got "rpm" linked to it, so ns will try to open it. bye, willy
Re: [newbie] Downloading Files
I had this problem a couple of times. The easy solution is to right click on the link and choose 'save as . . .' Ty Original Message On 7/22/99, 7:02:43 AM, "Andrew R. Etzler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] Downloading Files: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has anyone run into this problem? Any suggestions for how I can correct it? TIA Andy Etzler
Re: [newbie] Downloading Files
This is a fault of Netscape. It foten thinks that binary files are actually text files, and so loads the binary file into the browser, giving you plenty of gibberish. It has something to do with file extensions and MIME types on the server, and I'm not sure if you can configure Netscape to override them (i.e. specify *.rpm, *.gz, *.bz2, etc. as binaries). Anyway, what you CAN do is hold down SHIFT while you click the link. That will tell Netscape that no matter what, you want to save the target of this link, not display it whether it be binary, text, or unspecified). -Matt On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Andrew R. Etzler wrote: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has anyone run into this problem? Any suggestions for how I can correct it? TIA Andy Etzler
RE: [newbie] Downloading Files
Use Save Link As under File on the menu bar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew R. Etzler Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 7:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Downloading Files I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has anyone run into this problem? Any suggestions for how I can correct it? TIA Andy Etzler
Re: [newbie] Downloading Files
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well Netscape has to get the blame partially but a big part of the blame has also to go to the guys administering the webserver as well. There is a file called mime.types (it is there in linux systems as well probably under the conf dir in httpd). Soemtimes stuff like rpm and gz tgz etc are not registered there properly thus causing the webserver to send it out as default (which happens to be text) In windows IE does a better job handling stuff that comes in (it think it checks the extension with the associated applications etc) but netscape will take what the webserver gives u. Okay that's my 2 cents... On 22-Jul-99 Matt Stegman wrote: This is a fault of Netscape. It foten thinks that binary files are actually text files, and so loads the binary file into the browser, giving you plenty of gibberish. It has something to do with file extensions and MIME types on the server, and I'm not sure if you can configure Netscape to override them (i.e. specify *.rpm, *.gz, *.bz2, etc. as binaries). Anyway, what you CAN do is hold down SHIFT while you click the link. That will tell Netscape that no matter what, you want to save the target of this link, not display it whether it be binary, text, or unspecified). -Matt On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Andrew R. Etzler wrote: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has anyone run into this problem? Any suggestions for how I can correct it? TIA Andy Etzler - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Q: What do Winnie the Pooh and John the Baptist have in common? A: The same middle name. - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN5e6td/tgTsNXrtmEQKL8wCdFy6WrEthQ66x+NZmcU0XlhXi3yMAniSz jEK8F6qocWfoRygu2g+7bs1g =N+7z -END PGP SIGNATURE-
