Download files not named correctly

[Basil Chupin]

On 01/02/13 05:33, Rocky1937 wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 00:53 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote: 
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>> BTW, while you are still on the home page of that URL and you
>> right-click on the name of a book and select Save As you will get the
>> index.htm which is mentioned in the reply when you received from the
>> website.

> Sorry if I offended but life got in the the way.

Life's a bitch anyway so there is no need to apologise for anything.

(Or, as some people, say, "Life is a sexually transmitted terminal 
condition".)

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> I down load each chapter as you have listed above. From the chapter 
> page showing on the screen -- right click on the page and "save page 
> as" does save each chapter  with the same name.  This is where my 
> problem is now.  I am unable to move on to your next scenario.  --
>>
>> On the other hand, if you RIGHT-click on the chapter name you are also
>> presented with a menu but here when you go to Save As the file names are
>> numbered sequentially----
>>
>
> And that is exactly correct -- but it is not available to me.  It DOES 
> work for me under a Windows OS.  In addition, under ubuntu and three 
> different browsers (firefox Google Chrome and Chromium) it DOES NOT 
> work.  That pretty much says it is an ubuntu problem with 12.04 1 
> LTS.  I  reinstalled 11.10 on my laptop and the downloading function 
> worked correctly.  At that point I did a complete clean install of 
> 12.04 1 LTS on the laptop.  Once again the download DOES NOT work.
>
> I am almost certain that an update 3 or 4 weeks ago broke the, then 
> functioning, downloads under 12.04 LTS.   I have not tried upgrading 
> to 12.10 to see is that is working properly.  This is where I stand as 
> of last evening.
>
> I do all updates as they come along to keep everything current and up 
> to date.

The question now comes up, of course, what do you mean by "an update 3 
or 4 weeks ago"? If I missed your description of this in earlier post 
then I am sorry. But, "update" to what? Are we talking here Ubuntu 12.04 
or Firefox to bring it up to v18.0 which you stated you are using in 
your opening post?

I know that you mentioned that you have other computers running Ubuntu 
and I assume that you had them all also updated at the same time but was 
the update to FF or the Ubuntu OS?

You also mention that you don't have this trouble with the Windows 
version of Firefox - but is that running Firefox v18?

(I also know that you mentioned that you have tried other browsers under 
Ubuntu 12.04 and they, too, have this trouble - which SEEMS to indicate 
that it is Ubuntu 12.04 related. But what SEEMS and obvious conclusion 
is often very wrong when it comes to computers :-( .)

I have some additional questions:

* which other browsers have you tried which produce the same problem?

* did those other browsers share the same settings as you have in your 
Firefox?

* are all the computers you have use some sort of sync-ing to keep all 
the data "in sync" or are they all connected on the same network and the 
data is sitting on a common server?

* is the copy of Firefox on the Windows machine the same version as on 
the Linux machines (and does this version have the identical 
extensions/Add-ons installed)?

* and the last question for the day is: while you say that you are using 
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which Desktop Environment are you using? xfce, gnome, 
unity,...?


> Thanks for hanging in there,

No problemo.

A good problem requires good attention :-) .

BC

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