Solved Errno 10061No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
#1
I've been having a few problems recently and so upgraded to Gotham v13.2 RC1. I still have problems getting the error message:

urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

I set debugging, reproduced the error then tried to upload the log using the XBMC debug log uploader, but this too had the same error.

So I did a complete reinstall of XBMC, enabled the debug log uploader addon, set debug mode and called the downloader addon. I did this to simplify the problem. It failed again with the same error.

I have uploaded the log to:



I have tried reinstalling earlier versions of XBMC (13.1, 13.0) but to no avail, I still get the error. I read somewhere it might be a firewall configuration problem, but I switched off my firewall and still got the error.

I've spent ages on this. Does anyone have any idea how I can sort it out?
DEBUG log: http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy
HTPC advice: http://mymediaexperience.com , http://lifehacker.com/5828747/how-to-bui...lete-guide
My HTPC: an Acer Revo RL80 Nettop PC:
Windows 10
Intel Core-i3-2377M @ 1.5GHz, 4GB DDR3 @ 665MHz, Intel HD3000
465GB SATA disk, DVD-RW, 1.8TB Seagate USB disk


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#2
After many hours of debugging I have finally fixed the problem. I haven't solved it (I don't know why it happened) but at least I now have a fully functioning XBMC Gotham 12.2 rc1. I'll document what I tried and how I finally fixed it below, so others may have an idea of what to try if it happens to them.

XBMC was not at fault, it was my Windows 8 system that had got screwed sometime during the last 2 weeks. The XBMC code to open a URL was perfectly correct. I checked it several times, anyway it is identical to the code in XBMC on my other (Windows 7) system.

I'll document what I tried first, having Googled the problem and looked at how others seemed to have fixed it.

1) Make sure you are not using a proxy to access the Internet, or if you are make sure it is set up correctly. I checked 'SYSTEM>SETTINGS>SYSTEM>Internet access' to make sure I had not ticked 'Use an HTTP proxy server to access the internet' - I hadn't.

2) Make sure you are not running XBMC as a user with 'administrator privileges' - I wasn't.

3) Reset WINSOCK and the Windows IP stack, either by using the Microsoft 'fixit' tool given here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
or by using the commands:
netsh winsock reset catalog
netsh int ip reset reset.log

I did that, but it didn't solve the problem.

4) Make sure your firewall is not blocking the port. This is the one I thought might be the cause. A week earlier I'd downloaded an application and it had asked me to unblock a port, so I had set up a new rule for the firewall. So I thought that maybe this is the root cause. So I deleted the new rule - no luck. I uninstalled the new software - no luck. I switched the firewall off completely - no luck.

5) Before I'd installed the new app I had manually created a Windows restore point, so in the end I decided to wind back my system to this restore point. Even after that I still had the problem.

################# FINAL ATTEMPT, WHICH WORKED ################

I went back to the system restore utility and saw that a restore point had been created 2 weeks ago, and I knew for a fact that XBMC was working then, so I did another Windows restore using that restore point.

XBMC IS NOW WOKING LIKE A DREAM!!!!
DEBUG log: http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy
HTPC advice: http://mymediaexperience.com , http://lifehacker.com/5828747/how-to-bui...lete-guide
My HTPC: an Acer Revo RL80 Nettop PC:
Windows 10
Intel Core-i3-2377M @ 1.5GHz, 4GB DDR3 @ 665MHz, Intel HD3000
465GB SATA disk, DVD-RW, 1.8TB Seagate USB disk


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#3
Good that it's working, but you may know last Tues was Windows update day so among other things by reverting to a restore point if you got that update it was backed out and you will have to get it again. If you have autoupdate set I would turn that off and instead install the patches one at a time (only the prechecked ones, not any unchecked or optional unless you are sure you need them) and see if one of those is what caused your problem.

scott s.
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maintainer of skin  Aeon MQ5 mods for post-Gotham Kodi releases:
Matrix see: Aeon MQ5 Mod Matrix release thread
Nexus see: Aeon MQ5 Mod Nexus release thread
Aeon MQ 5 skin and addon repo 11.1.0
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#4
@scott967 thanks for the info. I didn't actually do what you suggested as Windows update (I have it switched on all the time) had already run. However, I did note that Windows update re-applied all updates except one, KB2978668, which it 'cancelled'. It sounds like Microsoft found a problem and 'pulled' the fix.

I had a look at the description of the update and it is to do with local RPC calls (LRPC) - basically inter-process communication, which may be the cause of my probable TCP problem.

Any way, everything is working fine now, so thanks again.

Neil
DEBUG log: http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy
HTPC advice: http://mymediaexperience.com , http://lifehacker.com/5828747/how-to-bui...lete-guide
My HTPC: an Acer Revo RL80 Nettop PC:
Windows 10
Intel Core-i3-2377M @ 1.5GHz, 4GB DDR3 @ 665MHz, Intel HD3000
465GB SATA disk, DVD-RW, 1.8TB Seagate USB disk


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#5
I have the same issue for all addons. I tried restore but still no luck. Has anyone found any other reason for the <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it> issue. Firewalls and virus protection have all be turned off but same results.
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