unable to connect

[dracogunner70]

im receiving this error message

Minion is unable to connect to the internet. Please check your firewall, security & proxy settings. Please visit our Help & Support page for additional information.

i do run norton security suite. i have turned off fire walls .given app permission on fire walls . both files are attached. i run win 7

[Dolby]

Hi dracogunner70,

In Norton security suite do you have the family internet filter enabled where it will censor unknown and flagged sites? We are currently working on a bug with Minion since its having trouble connecting through Nortons proxy when the family censor is enabled.

If you are just using Nortons firewall and virus/malware features then I would check the firewall activity log and see if its blocking the connection to the following:

http://cdn.mmoui.com
https://api.mmoui.com

[dracogunner70]

Originally Posted by Dolby Hi dracogunner70, In Norton security suite do you have the family internet filter enabled where it will censor unknown and flagged sites? We are currently working on a bug with Minion since its having trouble connecting through Nortons proxy when the family censor is enabled. If you are just using Nortons firewall and virus/malware features then I would check the firewall activity log and see if its blocking the connection to the following: http://cdn.mmoui.com https://api.mmoui.com

thankyou for your reply-

no i do not have a family filter installed or checked- as for the log - it does not show where the app was blocked anywhere? it doesnt make any sense to me- i have gone into firewall settings and allowed the minion application acess ..

[Dolby]

Are you running the 2015 version of Norton Security? If so I'll install that on my VM for some testing to see if I can reproduce the problem.

[dracogunner70]

Originally Posted by Dolby Are you running the 2015 version of Norton Security? If so I'll install that on my VM for some testing to see if I can reproduce the problem.

funny im using the one given by comcast. norton security suite. usually with this version if you give the app permission to acess the internet - everything is golden. can i ask what exactly is the issue? besides the obvious - is there any other places i should check? i remember using the orginal minion- i loved it- stopped using curse client the next day.

ive downloaded both version's of minion. thinking i needed 32 bit - but still same issue

well again thankyou for all that you are doing....

[Dolby]

The issue the log tells me is Minion is not even allowed to connect to the internet to download a font it uses. In the log one of the first thing it tries to do is download the font that is used in Minion:

[2014-10-15 22:26:41.FINE com.zam.minion.Minion start Font: null

It should look like:

[2014-10-17 00:51:56.FINE com.zam.minion.Minion start Font: Font[name=Interstate Mono, family=Interstate Mono, style=Regular, size=20.0]


The other thing that happens durning the network connection test:

[2014-10-15 22:26:42.FINE com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient checkNetworkConnections Starting network check ...
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.FINE com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient getRoutePlanner System Default Http Proxy.
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute Retrying request
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute Retrying request
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute Retrying request
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute Retrying request
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Invalid argument: connect
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute Retrying request
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.INFO org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute Retrying request
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.WARNING com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient$HeadThread run IOException: Invalid argument: connect
[2014-10-15 22:26:42.WARNING com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient$HeadThread run IOException: Invalid argument: connect

Which makes it look like something is blocking Minion from connecting to the internet. I'm checking with our java programmer to make sure.

If it was a 64bit vs 32bit you wouldn't even get to the network check in Minion.

I think I found the version of Norton you're running. I'll install it on a VM later today and see if I can reproduce the problem and find a solution. http://constantguard.comcast.net/norton-security-suite/