From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 22 14:06:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF02016A4CE for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 14:06:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77D543D41 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 14:06:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-4.250.42.7.dial1.weehawken1.level3.net ([4.250.42.7] helo=sphinx.alpha.domain) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BRdg9-0000tr-00; Sat, 22 May 2004 14:05:13 -0700 Received: from sphinx.alpha.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sphinx.alpha.domain (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4ML6iai020804; Sat, 22 May 2004 17:06:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) Received: (from rperry@localhost) by sphinx.alpha.domain (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i4ML6gqj020803; Sat, 22 May 2004 17:06:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) X-Authentication-Warning: sphinx.alpha.domain: rperry set sender to rperry4@earthlink.net using -f Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 17:06:42 -0400 From: Bob Perry To: "Michael C. Shultz" Message-ID: <20040522210642.GA20761@sphinx.alpha.domain> References: <20040522195212.GA19720@sphinx.alpha.domain> <200405221301.06634.ringworm@inbox.lv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200405221301.06634.ringworm@inbox.lv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unsucessful Fetch X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 21:06:12 -0000 On (05/22/04 13:01), Michael C. Shultz wrote: > From: "Michael C. Shultz" > To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 13:01:06 -0700 > User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 > Subject: Re: Unsucessful Fetch > > On Saturday 22 May 2004 12:52 pm, Bob Perry wrote: > > Hello, > > CVSup'd my system this morning and portupgraded most files > > via portupgrade-arR. Unable, however, to fetch > > xscreensaver-gnome-4.16 from the major site (truncated > > consistently) and the FreeBSD ftp did not have it yet. > > > > Freshports, nor any other area that I checked could > > provide an alternate site for downloading the file though > > I'm sure they must exist. Can someone point me in the > > right direction? > > > > BTW, the exact same problem ocurred last March and the > > upgrade didn't run sucessfully until I used another site > > recommeded by a list member. > > > > > > Thanks. > > Bob Perry > > I had exactly this same problem a few days ago fetching > xscreensaver-gnome-4.16. I just kept refetching 10-20 times > until I eventually had the entire file. > > -Mike That appears to be one solution, however..., I'm still trying to find my way with FreeBSD and Gnome and issues like this tend to make me lose focus on areas that are more important. Think I'll just deinstall until I feel more comfortable with the system and return at a later time. Thanks much for taking the time to respond. Bob Perry -- I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0