[icon-discuss] Re: RSS reader problems unbearable now
- From: "Chase Crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:27:19 -0500
It shouldn't be the ISP. I live in the middle of town, near the ISP office,
actually!
Chase Crispin
Administrator and moderator of the Blind Mobile Tech (BMT) blog, and soon to
be website!
Blog:
http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com/
APH training video feed:
http://www.youtube.com/BraillePlus/
Note: Most RSS readers and Podcatchers don't support this type of feed.
You can try, however, you just might have to open the page in Internet
Explorer and see what happens.
e-mail:
chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of kaye zimpher
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:04 PM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: RSS reader problems unbearable now
It could also be his ISP. When this stuff happened to us we had been signed
up for 2.0 meg dsl when we live in an area that only supports 1.5 megs. That
caused all kinds of timing out of the internet and it was only noticeable on
the Icon. Sometimes Tre was fine while I could not connect at all and other
times we both were up the creek. The computers usually connected just fine
however.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenny Axler" <jaxler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:53 PM
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: RSS reader problems unbearable now
> I'm with Kaye on this one--are you sure your router is working as it
> should be? When my router started to flake out, I got all kinds of weird
> things happening with any Icon app that accessed the internet for long
> periods of time. Could usually download email and newspapers, but RSS or
> system updates did some really weird stuff. You probably wouldn't even
> notice on your PC's because lots of times the signal would come and go so
> fast, the computer isn't that affected. If you connect to your router,
> and just watch the top line there in the network manager that shows your
> active connection, do you see it fluctuate in huge amounts? Also, if you
> look at your system log in Windows, do you see a bunch of errors relating
> to connecting to the internet? Though you won't notice anything happening
> on the PC, you'll see those things in your event log.
> Jenny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kaye zimpher" <kayezimpher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:34 PM
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: RSS reader problems unbearable now
>
>
>> Um, just a *huge* shot in the dark here, but, since the same thing
>> happens on both of your units, wouldn't that be a problem with your
>> internet? I know when our internet was going down a lot before we figured
>> it all out RSS gave me the most difficulty. I have been able to
>> successfully download one podcast without downloading another or all of
>> the others.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chase Crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Icon-Discuss@Freelists. Org" <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:00 PM
>> Subject: [icon-discuss] RSS reader problems unbearable now
>>
>>
>>> Hi list:
>>> I am so frustrated now, I can't even hardly type this message. So,
>>> remember
>>> my 2 RSS posts before? Well, both problems are still occurring after
>>> reflashes, and after the 1.06.28 update and the 1.1.1 update. So, I
>>> thought
>>> I found a solution. Here is what I was doing:
>>> 1. Making a opml export of my feeds.
>>> 2. Closing the RSS reader.
>>> 3. Opening file explorer, and then opening the hard drive.
>>> 4. Deleting the .rss folder.
>>> 5. Deleting the podcasts folder.
>>> 6. Deleting the RSS.db file in the DB folder on the hard drive.
>>> 7. Opening the internal flash disk.
>>> 8. Opening the home folder.
>>> 9. Opening the root folder.
>>> 10. Opening the DB folder.
>>> 11. Deleting rss.db.
>>> 12. Closing file explorer.
>>> 13. Opening the RSS reader.
>>> 14. Importing the feeds from the OPML file.
>>> So, I thought this worked. I could deal with my feeds for a day or 2,
>>> and
>>> then the problem came back instantly. I did this time after time after
>>> time. Here is what was causing the error:
>>> 1. Sometimes, I was connected to my wireless network, but with a very
>>> weak
>>> signal.
>>> 2. With a 100 percent signal, the RSS would lock and make the click
>>> sound
>>> after the updating feed message was up there for 4 seconds. Before, it
>>> would wait about a minute, and then it would go on to the next feed and
>>> say,
>>> error, urlipen error, temporary failure in name resolution, grater than.
>>> 3. It would say that there was no such feed address for blind cool
>>> tech,
>>> the subscription address has always been:
>>> http://www.blindcooltech.com/bct.xml
>>> or:
>>> http://www.aph.org/tech/bct.xml
>>> I checked the website, and these are correct. But, the RSS reader says
>>> they
>>> are not.
>>> Any help on this problem?
>>> The second problem:
>>> All of the podcasts marked or cued for download all start downloading at
>>> once, and then it locks up. This is a bad bug, I think.
>>> The next problem:
>>> After the feeds are updated, and you set the option to automatically
>>> download podcasts after a feed update, it doesn't show the download
>>> manager.
>>> The next problem:
>>> The Icon or Braille Plus sits there on a podcast, and doesn't realize
>>> that
>>> the file has been removed. On Blind Cool Tech, the eberhard Hinrich
>>> Intro
>>> was on I think:
>>> http://cdn1.libsyn.com/bct/bct11423eberhinrichentro.mp3/Ebererd Hinrich
>>> Intro .mp3
>>> It has only downloaded that podcast once, on any podcatcher on any
>>> computer
>>> or any device. The old version of software would tell me that the file
>>> wasn't found. Now, it just sits there like a dumb person waiting on
>>> something that doesn't even exist.
>>> The next problem, yes, there are more:
>>> My little articles problem has gotten bigger. I have tried everything
>>> from
>>> everyone, but nothing worked. It won't even open articles from the last
>>> feed update now.
>>> The next problem: My podcasts are supposedly getting downloaded, but
>>> when I
>>> try to play them, they say "error file not found, switching status to
>>> marked
>>> for download". This takes about 5 seconds to do.
>>> The next problem:
>>> The settings don't seem to work anymore. I go into settings, and change
>>> my
>>> settings, but then they don't effect my feeds in anyway. I am pressing
>>> okay
>>> when I am done. The RSS reader just doesn't obey. However, when I open
>>> the
>>> settings menu again, the settings are what I changed them to.
>>> The next issue:
>>> When I go to open the RSS reader, it takes about 45 seconds, and then it
>>> finally says, loading feeds. It takes another 29 seconds for them to
>>> load.
>>> Another problem:
>>> All podcasts that are cued for download won't unmark when I press
>>> select.
>>> What is the difference between marked and cued anyway?
>>> The final problem:
>>> In the download manager, after a podcast finishes downloading, the
>>> podcasts
>>> below it disappear. I have to reopen the download manager, and then it
>>> will
>>> show the current who knows how many podcast that are downloading.
>>> Does anybody have any ideas?
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>>> As I said earlier, I can't even use the unit's RSS features or the
>>> podcast
>>> features now.
>>> All of these problems happen on both of my units.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chase Crispin
>>> Administrator and moderator of the Blind Mobile Tech (BMT) blog, and
>>> soon to
>>> be website!
>>> Blog:
>>> http://blindmobiletech.blogspot.com/
>>> APH training video feed:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/BraillePlus/
>>> Note: Most RSS readers and Podcatchers don't support this type of feed.
>>> You can try, however, you just might have to open the page in Internet
>>> Explorer and see what happens.
>>> e-mail:
>>> chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
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