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[Jacseen <watch.and.learn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see you are having the same problem I ran into. Its a known issue and 
will be fixed in Keryx 1.0 with urlgrabber.

When the current code used for downloading (urllib), loses its 
connection, it is not smart enough to know its reached a dead end. It 
just freezes waiting for more data on a closed connection.
Urlgrabber I do believe will fix this by realizing the connection is 
lost and attempting to re-establish it to resume the download. It is not 
implemented yet.

So till then, force quit keryx with task manager, and run the 
VerifyChecksums.py script to delete the partial downloads so that they 
get redownloaded when you rerun keryx.

How to run VerifyChecksums.py: (assuming you have python installed :)

On the Windows command line, (do 'Start'>'Run'>'cmd' [Enter]  in WinXP, 
and in Vista just leave out the 'Run' thing, to get there)
type "cd " and the path to your project folder, something like 
"E:\keryx_0.92.3\projects\<projectname>\" all on one line. Note the 
space in the 'cd '. And replace '<projectname>' with your projects 
name.  Then press [Enter]. Of course only type whats between the quotes "".
Now type in exactly "python ..\..\doc\VerifyChecksums.py" and press [Enter].

It should run the script which makes sure the packages are all properly 
downloaded and deletes any deb files that are incomplete. That way keryx 
will redownload that package instead of skipping it next time.

If you don't have python installed then memorize which file keryx is 
working on when it freezes and (after force quitting keryx) go into the 
'packages' folder inside your projects folder and manually delete the 
file with the memorized name.

This is a quick and dirty fix, yes. But keryx is a work in progress. 
Please bear with us.

-jacseen


Imran wrote:
> I downloaded keryx to get some updates for my offline computer. I really appreciate the software. But there seems to be a problem. If for any reason i lose connectivity during download the progress seems to stop. It shows that it is still downloading but it gets stuck at the same percentage. And the download cant be cancelled unless i end the process from the task manager. 
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