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ok so while staying with my sister, trying to download any decent sized file, from anywhere, a few minutes into it.. it says "cant read source file" and ends the download, and no matter what download manager, etc, it wont resume it...

i thought it was my sister lame internet connection, they have a 5mb connection and there were often 4 of us sharing it, etc..

i know its not the server side as i even tried download stuff from MY server, and it did the same..

i tried with wifes computer, and it worked fine... WTF..

she has a macbook pro 13" i have a 15" same exact OS< same exact browser and version
this also happens on every browser type, firefox, safari, and chrome for Mac...

so its something on my macbook pro...

wtf could it be?

little snitch acting a fool?

i cant figure it out?

suggestions?
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[code]/Users/ryanmckibben/Desktop/BengalsVideo1.mpg.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read.

Try again later, or contact the server administrator.[/code]

thats the exact code im getting...

but works perfectly on other macbook, same connections everything.
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A. Did you reboot?

B. Did you clear the cache on your browsers?

C. Try disabling IPv6 (System Preferences | Network | Whatever connection you're using | Advanced | TCP /IP | Configure IPv6: Off

D. Does it do the same thing on wireless and ethernet?
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[quote name='Elflocko' date='13 May 2010 - 05:32 PM' timestamp='1273793558' post='888247']
A. Did you reboot?

B. Did you clear the cache on your browsers?

C. Try disabling IPv6 (System Preferences | Network | Whatever connection you're using | Advanced | TCP /IP | Configure IPv6: Off

D. Does it do the same thing on wireless and ethernet?
[/quote]


A. Yes
B. Yes
C. Doing that now..
D. not sure, ill try that... the time i tried on wifes computer it WAS ethernet connected since i hadnt found the router yet...
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[quote name='GoBengals' date='13 May 2010 - 04:42 PM' timestamp='1273794145' post='888249']
A. Yes
B. Yes
C. Doing that now..
D. not sure, ill try that... the time i tried on wifes computer it WAS ethernet connected since i hadnt found the router yet...
[/quote]

Sounds like a flakey wireless connection...
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Well shit...

Might want to hit the Apple support forums on this one. There's a particular file in the Library that you can delete (and it will be regenerated) but I've had a bit too much scotch to remember at the moment.

Only thing I can recommend at this point is to download [url="http://www.titanium.free.fr/index_us.html"]Onyx[/url], run the scripts and see what happens...
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[quote name='Elflocko' date='13 May 2010 - 10:18 PM' timestamp='1273810681' post='888305']
Well shit...

Might want to hit the Apple support forums on this one. There's a particular file in the Library that you can delete (and it will be regenerated) but I've had a bit too much scotch to remember at the moment.

Only thing I can recommend at this point is to download [url="http://www.titanium.free.fr/index_us.html"]Onyx[/url], run the scripts and see what happens...
[/quote]

ran it, it found something to repair in my startup volume...

but that was about it..

this doesnt make much sense...
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someone at mac forums said the same... havent touched my computer since last time i posted here... house shits got me busy, im gonna attack it this evening....

im bordering backing up and reformatting if that new account or disk utility repair thing doesnt work...

ill post any progress...
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[quote name='GoBengals' date='15 May 2010 - 09:12 PM' timestamp='1273983167' post='888568']
looks like it works perfectly in a newly created account.... wtf....
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There's a [s]config[/s] plist file in the Library of that user account that's cheesed.


Trying to remember which one...
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[quote name='Elflocko' date='15 May 2010 - 11:39 PM' timestamp='1273988351' post='888572']
Try this:

Shut down FF, and go to users/your account/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/somefuckedupfoldername.default and delete the file compreg.dat


See if that works...
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i will give it a try when i get back home today, will i need to do this in all browsers? since its happening in safari/chrome/firefox all?
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[quote name='GoBengals' date='16 May 2010 - 09:42 AM' timestamp='1274028159' post='888613']
i will give it a try when i get back home today, will i need to do this in all browsers? since its happening in safari/chrome/firefox all?
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I'm suspecting that the other browsers might be piggy-backing off of FF's framework.

Just taking a shot at this point...
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[quote name='Elflocko' date='16 May 2010 - 06:54 PM' timestamp='1274057659' post='888659']
I'm suspecting that the other browsers might be piggy-backing off of FF's framework.

Just taking a shot at this point...
[/quote]

cool, just started a download again, its roughly to the point of fault now... deleted file and re-opened browser...we shall see how it goes...
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Go to Applications/Utilities/Console.

Take a look at the log files and see if you can see any message related to the download. Let me know if you see anything (you should); that will help me track down WTF is going on...
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i dunno what im seeing really, aside from the obvious programs i recognize.. here is a snippet around the download time... edited out filenames/address of download but rest is intact...
[code]5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] Set a breakpoint in 'libvlc_exception_not_handled' to debug.
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: Creating an input for 'http://fileaddressdeletedhere.wmv'
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: thread (input) created at priority 22 (../../src/input/input.c:230)
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: thread started
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: using timeshift path '/tmp'
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: `http://fileaddressdeletedhere.wmv' gives access `http' demux `' path `http://fileaddressdeletedhere.wmv'
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='http://fileaddressdeletedhere.wmv'
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x17d004e8] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x17d004e8] main demux debug: no access_demux module matched "http"
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x1ead3e48] main input debug: creating access 'http' path='http://fileaddressdeletedhere.wmv'
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x18c3d0b8] main access debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x18c3d0b8] access_http access debug: http: server='http://fileaddressdeletedhere.wmv
5/13/10 5:23:45 PM [0x0-0x127127].org.mozilla.firefox[46632] [0x18c3d0b8] main access debug: net: [/code]
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