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Launcher not connecting

Discussion in 'Suggest + Report Bugs + Get Help' started by Expi1, 20 November 2012.

  1. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    My launcher is getting the error:
    Failed to fetch news: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine​
    ...on the news, and a similar error when trying to log on.

    I have the latest Java, its only happening since I got Windows 8.
     
    #1 Expi1, 20 November 2012
  2. Chaeris

    Chaeris Active Member

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    I don't know why it does that since I'm on windows 8 64 bits and java 7 64bits (the latest too) and I don't have this bug...
     
    #2 Chaeris, 20 November 2012
  3. gknova61

    gknova61 Farbes Lover

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    Do you have a firewall?
     
    #3 gknova61, 21 November 2012
  4. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    Nope, no firewall.
     
    #4 Expi1, 26 November 2012
  5. benthegreat17

    benthegreat17 Lguasso sucks

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    That's not very safe.
     
    #5 benthegreat17, 27 November 2012
  6. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    I meant it wasn't blocking the game launcher.
     
    #6 Expi1, 27 November 2012
  7. LGuasso

    LGuasso Community Manager
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    Is there a little chance that it's related to the equivalent of "User Accout Control" on Windows 8?
     
    #7 LGuasso, 27 November 2012
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  8. gknova61

    gknova61 Farbes Lover

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    ^ Counts as a firewall :p
     
    #8 gknova61, 28 November 2012
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  9. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    I still can't get this working, it does the same with the Feed the Beast launcher and the original Minecraft launcher, although by redownloading the original Minecraft launcher it started working, that did not work with this.
     
    #9 Expi1, 8 December 2012
  10. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    Infact, the feed the beast launcher spams the error a lot. The 'address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine' is the same from minecraft and skcraft launcher.
    Code:
    connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine: java.net.ConnectException: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine
connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine: java.net.ConnectException: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine
http://repo.creeperhost.net/static/FTB2/modpacks.xml
http://repo.creeperhost.net/static/FTB2/maps.xml
connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine: java.net.ConnectException: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine
Failed to load modpacks, loading from backup: java.net.ConnectException: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine
loading modpack information...
Failed to read modpackfile - falling back to direct download: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\ftblauncher\Modpacks\modpacks.xml (The system cannot find the file specified)
connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine: java.net.ConnectException: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine
http://repo.creeperhost.net/static/FTB2/modpacks.xml
Completely unable to download the modpackfile - check your connection: java.net.ConnectException: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine
connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine: java.net.ConnectException: connect: Address is invalid on local machine, or port is not valid on remote machine
     
    #10 Expi1, 8 December 2012
  11. benthegreat17

    benthegreat17 Lguasso sucks

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    Then it has to be something with your internet or something, because I have not had an issue with any of those things.
     
    #11 benthegreat17, 8 December 2012
  12. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    Turns out that I had to uninstall Java 7 and get only Java 6 to fix it. Darn windows 8.
     
    #12 Expi1, 9 December 2012
  13. Neonbeta

    Neonbeta Person who did stuff and things

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    There's a reason it wasn't a good idea not to go with windows 8 just yet.
     
    #13 Neonbeta, 9 December 2012
  14. Chaeris

    Chaeris Active Member

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    Remember that i'm on Windows 8 and that I haven't got the bug....
     
    #14 Chaeris, 9 December 2012
  15. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    I tried to get this working again recently, turns out that it is not infact Windows 8, but is Kaspersky Internet Security, I haven't found a fix yet.
     
    #15 Expi1, 23 December 2012
  16. LGuasso

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    Have you added the launcher to the Kaspersky white-list, allowed list, exclusion list or something?
     
    #16 LGuasso, 23 December 2012
  17. Expi1

    Expi1 Complete Noob

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    Fixed it by making a new rule in kaspersky.

    Steps
    1. Go to kaspersky firewall list
    2. Make it only show network applications.
    3. Find the 2 java ones.
    4. Allow every network thing.
    5. Make kaspersky stop monitoring the traffic.
    6. $$$
     
    #17 Expi1, 23 December 2012
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  18. borisshoes

    borisshoes New Member

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    How do I find the Kaspersky firewall list on Kaspersky 2013 trial version (soon to be full version) thx for the fix
     
    #18 borisshoes, 17 January 2013
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