[Talk-GB] Getting Potlatch3 to work

[Paul Berry]

Hi Russ,

Apologies if this is obvious, but it sounds like you need to allow P3
through Windows Firewall if it's blocked.

Regards,
/Paul/


On Sat, 6 May 2023, 11:30 Russ McDermid, <russ.mcdermid at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure, but I had not intended on bogging the Talk-Gb down with my problems
> ....
>
> Briefly, running Windows 7 on a i5 machine 8Mb Ram 2Tb HDD.
> P3 ran fine before HDD failure, replaced drive, and manually reloaded
> things as time for a fresh install.
> All Windows upgrades done. Only virus prog is Microsoft Security
> Essentials, and Potlatch.exe has been set as an exception.
> Java loaded & upgraded.
> Adobe AIR installed from Harman (logo now shows on startup which it did
> not do before !)
> P3 installed from https://www.systemed.net/potlatch/download/
> Opens, runs, but will not load data or any backgrounds. Starts in Zoom 2.
> Zoom in and when it gets to about Z17, the error msg shows that it
> cant connect to server.
> When looking for my GPS tracks, get the msg *" There was a temporary
> issue connecting to OpenStreetMap. Please try again later."*
> ---------
> Tried running as administrator, no difference.
> Tried running in W7 compatibility mode, no difference.
> Checked Firewall and P3 shows as a block exception.
> Map data server is : https://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/
> Tile server is : https://tile.openstreetmap.org/
> No problems logging into my OSM a/c for other things.
> ----------
> Pretty much all I can tell you... answers on a Postcard, please.
> Rgds, Russ.
>
>
> On Sat, 6 May 2023 at 10:36, Dave F via Talk-GB <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
> wrote:
>
>> How about giving a few more details of what you did when installing &
>> what setup you have and to avoid repetition, list Richard's hints.
>>
>> DaveF
>>
>> On 06/05/2023 08:38, Russ McDermid wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > Anybody want to spend their day instead of watching the TV, helping me
>> > get P3 to work again - Yes, some of us still use it ? 😁
>> > All good, until a new HDD fitted ... prog runs but won't download data
>> > or any background.
>> > Richard Fairhurst offered a few suggestions but none of which had any
>> > effect.
>> > Cheers, Russ.
>> >
>> >
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