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[issh]

I'm unable to make downloads in eSword due to the menu being greyed out. How can I fix this? Internet connection is fine and it works. I'm running Windows XP Professional SP3 32bit inside of a virtual machine on Ubuntu 22.04 Cinnamon. I remember reading that for eSword 13 to work in WINE it needs Windows Media Player 12... so if I only have Windows Media Player 9 in Windows XP is that the issue? 

 

Regards. 

[modulist]

The downloads menu in e-Sword is greyed out if there is no internet connection at the time that you launch e-Sword. Are you sure that your Windows virtual machine has an internet connection (and not just your Ubuntu host)? And if it does, then you could try quitting and restarting e-Sword to see if that helps.

[PeanutGallery]

 I'm running Windows XP Professional SP3 32bit inside of a virtual machine on Ubuntu 22.04 Cinnamon....

In the VM, test your browser before and after setting network adapter to "bridged".

Edited by PeanutGallery, 06 May 2022 - 06:12 PM.

[issh]

I'm still unable to get it to work. The network is always set to bridged in virtual machines I use and I have connectivity in a web browser in any virutal machine I use in VirtualBox, but the e-Sword download menu is still greyed out. I tried installing e-Sword 13 in Windows 10 Pro x64 on real hardware, but the download menu is still greyed out. I checked the Internet Options applet in the Control Panel and the LAN settings is set to "Automatically detect configuration." I also made sure that e-Sword is allowed both Inbound and Outbound through Windows Defender Firewall. I restarted e-Sword, restarted the PC.

Additional info about my network: the WiFi router I connect to (Router 2) is set to NAT and doesn't have a firewall as far as I can see. However, that Router 2 is connected to another WiFi router (Router 1) which serves as the base modem to receive the internet connection via cable and is connected to Router 2 via ethernet cable (the WiFi doesn't work well in the ISP supplied Router 1.) Both routers are set to NAT. Router 1 does have a firewall, but I have allowed everything that I can see through that is safe to do so. I can't use bridged mode on the router I connect to (Router 2) as bridged mode disables some of the monitoring tools to check on my family. Could my router setup be an issue? Does e-Sword use a specific port that I need to allow through?

 

Thank you for any help.

 

Regards.

Edited by issh, 31 August 2022 - 08:42 AM.

[APsit190]

I'm still unable to get it to work. The network is always set to bridged in virtual machines I use and I have connectivity in a web browser in any virutal machine I use in VirtualBox, but the e-Sword download menu is still greyed out. I tried installing e-Sword 13 in Windows 10 Pro x64 on real hardware, but the download menu is still greyed out. I checked the Internet Options applet in the Control Panel and the LAN settings is set to "Automatically detect configuration." I also made sure that e-Sword is allowed both Inbound and Outbound through Windows Defender Firewall. I restarted e-Sword, restarted the PC.

Additional info about my network: the WiFi router I connect to (Router 2) is set to NAT and doesn't have a firewall as far as I can see. However, that Router 2 is connected to another WiFi router (Router 1) which serves as the base modem to receive the internet connection via cable and is connected to Router 2 via ethernet cable (the WiFi doesn't work well in the ISP supplied Router 1.) Both routers are set to NAT. Router 1 does have a firewall, but I have allowed everything that I can see through that is safe to do so. I can't use bridged mode on the router I connect to (Router 2) as bridged mode disables some of the monitoring tools to check on my family. Could my router setup be an issue? Does e-Sword use a specific port that I need to allow through?

 

Thank you for any help.

 

Regards.

Can the Virtual Machine part and simply install e-Sword using WINE and run it using WINE. Beats all the grief you're going through with the VM thingy.

 

Nah, that's just too easy and not much fun.

 

Blessings,

 

Edited by APsit190, 31 August 2022 - 04:47 PM.