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Posted December 21, 2013
I'm unable to download anything under linux. I want to launch my games using wine since many are compatible, but so far I'm not even able to download them. Opera gives me a "Remote server or file not found" error. Chrome opens a blank page and firefox does nothing at all. All are the latest versions. I've even tried using a windows browser using wine and same thing there too. I'm also unable to install the gog downloader app using wine.

The exact same happens when trying to download game related media, such as manuals and wallpapers.

I've tried Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Empire Earth, Beneath a steel sky, but all give me the same errors or inactions.
Posted December 21, 2013
There is no reason why the direct browser downloads wouldn't work, but you might want to try the LGOGDownloader.
Post edited December 21, 2013 by Maighstir
Posted December 21, 2013
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sk11: I'm unable to download anything under linux. I want to launch my games using wine since many are compatible, but so far I'm not even able to download them. Opera gives me a "Remote server or file not found" error. Chrome opens a blank page and firefox does nothing at all. All are the latest versions. I've even tried using a windows browser using wine and same thing there too. I'm also unable to install the gog downloader app using wine.

The exact same happens when trying to download game related media, such as manuals and wallpapers.

I've tried Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Empire Earth, Beneath a steel sky, but all give me the same errors or inactions.
Download the installers from your native browser manually (make sure that gog downloader is not activated).
Then launch installation process from terminal.
# wine /path-to-setup/setup-game_name.exe /nogui

No gui command is important because many installers crash otherwise.
Post edited December 21, 2013 by simon_vd
Posted December 21, 2013
It is quite rare with the new wine 1.7; but still /nogui is a good idea to have a cleaner and simpler install process.


About the topic I find the Original Poster somewhat confused. Wine has nothing to do with downloading.
Post edited December 21, 2013 by etb
Posted December 21, 2013

Download the installers from your native browser manually (make sure that gog downloader is not activated).
That's exactly what I've been trying to do. But absolutely nothing works. I get the cannot connect to remote server error in opera, firefox does nothing when I try to directly download the installers and chrome simply opens a blank page.

I've tried downloading the direct links using the microsoft versions of opera and firefox under wine and still get the same issues when trying to directly download the installers.

I'm not running any gog software at all. I can't get those to install.
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etb: About the topic I find the Original Poster somewhat confused. Wine has nothing to do with downloading.
I'm not confused! I tried to download the installers using the microsoft implementations of opera and firefox under wine. I figured perhaps the issue lay with only the linux browsers. This was not the case, however. As I got the same problems there too.
Post edited December 21, 2013 by sk11
Posted December 21, 2013
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sk11: snip
What error do you get? Does it look like this?
http://static.gog.com/upload/forum/2013/12/7ee58e3b434f117da3ab16cf4842443b777c143c.png

By the way you are downloading the installers from native browser (not inside wine) right?
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Post edited December 21, 2013 by simon_vd
Posted December 21, 2013
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sk11: snip
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simon_vd: What error do you get? Does it look like this?
http://static.gog.com/upload/forum/2013/12/7ee58e3b434f117da3ab16cf4842443b777c143c.png
The error I get in opera is:

Remote server or file not found

You tried to access the address https://secure.gog.com/downlink/fallout/en1installer0, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelt and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Make sure your internet connection is active and check whether other applications that rely on the same connection are working.

Check that the setup of any internet security software is correct and does not interfere with ordinary web browsing.
If you are behind a firewall on a Local Area Network and think this may be causing problems, talk to your systems administrator.

Try pressing the F12 key on your keyboard and disabling proxy servers, unless you know that you are required to use a proxy to connect to the internet. Reload the page.

By the way you are downloading the installers from native browser (not inside wine) right?
I've tried both native and non-native (in wine) browsers.
Posted December 21, 2013
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sk11: The error I get in opera is:

Remote server or file not found

You tried to access the address https://secure.gog.com/downlink/fallout/en1installer0, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelt and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Make sure your internet connection is active and check whether other applications that rely on the same connection are working.

Check that the setup of any internet security software is correct and does not interfere with ordinary web browsing.
If you are behind a firewall on a Local Area Network and think this may be causing problems, talk to your systems administrator.

Try pressing the F12 key on your keyboard and disabling proxy servers, unless you know that you are required to use a proxy to connect to the internet. Reload the page.
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sk11:

By the way you are downloading the installers from native browser (not inside wine) right?
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sk11: I've tried both native and non-native (in wine) browsers.
Looks like you don't have permissions to download. There have been common problems before.
Best thing you can do is contact staff. http://www.gog.com/support/contact
Posted December 21, 2013
Why do you use the browsers in Wine?
Posted December 21, 2013
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simon_vd: Looks like you don't have permissions to download. There have been common problems before.
Best thing you can do is contact staff. http://www.gog.com/support/contact
Done. How were such problems resolved in the past?
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etb: Why do you use the browsers in Wine?
I figured perhaps the issue lay with only the linux browsers. This was not the case, however. As I got the same problems using windows browsers under wine.
Post edited December 21, 2013 by sk11
Posted December 21, 2013
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simon_vd: Looks like you don't have permissions to download. There have been common problems before.
Best thing you can do is contact staff. http://www.gog.com/support/contact
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sk11: Done. How were such problems resolved in the past?
Well it was resolved by staff. ;d
No idea, sorry.
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