Just found a similar bug on Launchpad and merged it with this. Here is the imported text from the current status of bug #1381148:
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/namebench/+bug/1381148) "I'm new to NameBench so I'm not entirely sure what this data was for, but I can see that it's trying to get JSON data from an API that doesn't exist anymore. Apparently it was shutdown in 2012 (https://code.google.com/p/gears/wiki/GeolocationAPI). The issue is also referenced upstream here: https://code.google.com/p/namebench/issues/detail?id=256 Terminal error output shown below: * Failed to use GoogleLocAPI: simplejson.scanner.JSONDecodeError Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) (content: <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <meta charset=utf-8> <meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width"> <title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title> <style> *{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-serif}html{background:#fff;color:#222;padding:15px}body{margin:7% auto 0;max-width:390px;min-height:180px;padding:30px 0 15px}* > body{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat;padding-right:205px}p{margin:11px 0 22px;overflow:hidden}ins{color:#777;text-decoration:none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width:772px){body{background:none;margin-top:0;max-width:none;padding-right:0}}#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2.png) no-repeat}@media only screen and (min-resolution:192dpi){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2_hr.png) no-repeat 0% 0%/100% 100%;-moz-border-image:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2_hr.png) 0}}@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:2){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2_hr.png) no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:100% 100%}}#logo{display:inline-block;height:55px;width:150px} </style> <a href=//www.google.com/><span id=logo aria-label=Google></span></a> <p><b>404.</b> <ins>That’s an error.</ins> <p>The requested URL <code>/loc/json</code> was not found on this server. <ins>That’s all we know.</ins> ) Failed to get Geodata: socket.timeout timed out The application still works but it causes it to hang on start-up so maybe an easy solution is just to remove the code that does this looking up? Or alternatively supplement an alternative API!? Tested under Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and namebench 1.3.1+dfsg-2." ** Attachment added: "PDF export of Launchpad Bug #1381148." https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/namebench/+bug/1409849/+attachment/4899264/+files/Bug1381148_Description.pdf ** Also affects: linuxmint Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1409849 Title: Namebench fails to pinpoint my location To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1409849/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
