Tech support did contact me. Here's the reply:
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Tech Support
I did create a bash script with a loop and here is the script as well as the output:
The output shows that it had to try to download 20 times before it would actually work. I also sent the script and output to them so hopefully they can dig into it deeper. The download does work sometimes, but sometimes not, so the bash loop script is the way to go until they get the download 100% fixed. Hope this helps some people.
bash download script with download loop
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Color Codes
red='\e[0;31m'
blue='\e[0;34m'
endColor='\e[0m'
COUNT=1
wget http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
# Check the deb was downloaded, else keep trying to download it...
while [ ! -e lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb ]
do
echo -e "${red}Download Failed. Attempt #"$COUNT" Retrying...${endColor}"
wget http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
let COUNT=COUNT+1
done
echo -e "${blue}Lightscribe System Software installer was successfully downloaded.${endColor}"
output
Code:
jpg@kubuntu-hardy-64-box:~/Desktop/lightscribe/temp$ bash loop.sh
--20:24:48-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #1 Retrying...
--20:24:50-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #2 Retrying...
--20:24:51-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #3 Retrying...
--20:24:52-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #4 Retrying...
--20:24:54-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #5 Retrying...
--20:24:55-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #6 Retrying...
--20:24:57-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #7 Retrying...
--20:24:58-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #8 Retrying...
--20:25:00-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #9 Retrying...
--20:25:07-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #10 Retrying...
--20:25:09-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #11 Retrying...
--20:25:11-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #12 Retrying...
--20:25:13-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #13 Retrying...
--20:25:14-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #14 Retrying...
--20:25:21-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #15 Retrying...
--20:25:27-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #16 Retrying...
--20:25:29-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #17 Retrying...
--20:25:30-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #18 Retrying...
--20:25:41-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #19 Retrying...
--20:25:43-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... failed: Name or service not known.
Download Failed. Attempt #20 Retrying...
--20:25:44-- http://download.lightscribe.com/ls/lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
=> `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb'
Resolving download.lightscribe.com... 220.130.117.55, 220.130.117.61
Connecting to download.lightscribe.com|220.130.117.55|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 505,592 (494K) [application/binary]
100%[====================================>] 505,592 106.07K/s ETA 00:00
20:25:53 (98.61 KB/s) - `lightscribe-1.14.32.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb' saved [505592/505592]
Lightscribe System Software installer was successfully downloaded.
jpg@kubuntu-hardy-64-box:~/Desktop/lightscribe/temp$
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