[Merkaartor] Unexpected http status code (400)

[bvh]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 02:52:05PM +0200, Guido Arnold wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to contribute to OSM using solely Free Software and was happy
> to find merkaartor. So, I installed the deb package v.0.10 on my
> desktop  (Ubuntu 8.04.1).
> 
> Trying to download data causes "Unexpected http status code (400)"
> 
> I did the same to my laptop (gNewSense deltah) and it worked at least
> one time to downoad the pre-defined bookmark for London. But after
> that, I got the same error message.
> 
> Before I start compiling the latest snapshot, I rather ask if I just
> missed a checkbox or something. I compared the settings in the
> preferences tabs; they are identical.
> 
> I am happy for any hints.

Have you checked
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Problem_uploading_with_Merkaartor
Also, are you going through a (transparent) proxy?

And has been said, a snapshot would probably the better thing to
test out. It should not be that hard to compile (if you are
willing to sacrifice yahoo imagery for the moment)

cu bart