[Qgis-user] wms call responds with error

[Bernhard Ströbl]

Hi Jake,

if you cannot access the plugin repo it seems that QGIS cannot access 
the internet. Firewall?

Bernhard

Am 09.09.2015 um 15:01 schrieb Jake Maier:
> Hi Bernhard.
> Thanks for staying with me on this problem.
> I'm not sure I know what you mean. But I think there may be a problem
> accessing it.
> I looked at those plugins and try to find and load them in qgis but All in
> plugins shows only the installed plugins not any of the plugins from the
> repository.
> This may be a hint that qgis cannot access the internet.
> Any ideas how to dig deeper?
> Thanks
> Jake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bernhard Ströbl
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:53 AM
> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] wms call responds with error
>
> Hi Jake,
>
> can you access the plugins from the official repo?
>
> Bernhard
>
> Am 08.09.2015 um 23:59 schrieb Jake Maier:
>> I still have the problem that qgis seems not to see the internet. I
>> can connect to the Maine GIS server with a browser, but when I try
>> with qgis, I
>> get: "host ... not found".
>> I have a stand along pc with windows 7 without proxy. I looked into
>> the preferences and there no proxies are listed.
>> Is there anywhere else within qgis where I can check or change how
>> qgis accesses the internet?
>> Thanks for help
>> Jake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jake Maier
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 10:36 AM
>> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] wms call responds with error
>>
>> I had another problem after the installation of the ssd-drive.
>> The geo-referencer did not start. I checked on the internet and found
>> the solution in deleting a registry entry about the referencer and
>> then it work ok.
>> I also found some info on the web about my problem with the wms
>> server, but it was not quite the same and I could not get it to work.
>> I'm not sure if that helps any in finding the problem.
>> Thanks again looking into it.
>> Jake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bernhard
>> Ströbl
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 9:42 AM
>> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] wms call responds with error
>>
>> Hi Jake,
>>
>> I had no problems in requesting a GetCapabilities in my browser
>> http://mapserver.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?MAP=c:/wms/basemap.map&SERV
>> ICE=WM
>> S&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&VERSION=1.3.0
>>
>> What happens if you use that URL in your browser? Do you get a
>> capabilities document or not?
>> I doubt that this is a QGIS problem. Are you behind a proxy? If yes
>> you have to tell QGIS in Settings - network.
>>
>> Bernhard
>>
>> Am 08.09.2015 um 15:00 schrieb Jake Maier:
>>> Yes, Richard that's the server. And yes I still have the same problem.
>>> I just tried again with Wien and got the same error.
>>> I was hoping it's on the server side, but apparently you had no problems.
>>> I just tried also with the exact link you used and got the same error.
>>> Do you or anyone? have an idea how to troubleshoot this problem?
>>> Thanks for your help
>>> Jake
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Richard Duivenvoorde [mailto:rdmailings at duif.net]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 4:53 AM
>>> To: Jake Maier; qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] wms call responds with error
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Jake,
>>>
>>> Still having problems?
>>>
>>> You did not provide info about which service url you were using.
>>>
>>> With Pisa normally my wms's are still working fine.
>>>
>>> I googled a mapserver url from maine.gov
>>>
>>> http://mapserver.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?MAP=c:/wms/basemap.map
>>>
>>> and that one worked fine with me here
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Duivenvoorde
>>>
>>> On 07-09-15 20:46, Jake Maier wrote:
>>>> A few years ago, I set up a few wms servers from the Maine GIS
>>>> office to download Maine airphotos. This always worked without
>>>> problem but all of a sudden I get the following error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> WMS Provider
>>>>
>>>> Failed to download capabilities:
>>>>
>>>> Download of capabilities failed: Host mapserver.maine.gov not found.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mapserver.maine.gov is up and when I go to edit link the http:// is
>>>> also there (other than in the error message)
>>>>
>>>> All the wms links do not work anymore including the non-maine.gov sites.
>>>>
>>>> I now updated to Pisa and it is still giving the same error message.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone knows what's going on?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help
>>>>
>>>> Jake
>>>>
>>>> And thank you for being such a fantastic community
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>


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