Cannot download using Firefox

[peterj]

I attempted to download the JBoss Portal 2.4.0 CR2 using Firefox and got a page displaying this error message:

Could not read file.

Go back. /home/ftp/pub/sourceforge//s/so/sourceforge/jboss/jboss-portal-2.4.0-CR2.zip
Jul 23, 2006 10:55

Firefix showed this URL: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/jboss/jboss-portal-2.4.0-CR2.zip

I even checked that I allowed scripts to run from Source Forge.

The portlal downloads fine using IE.

Other JBoss components download just fine using Firefox. Why is the download of the portal different?

[rali.genova]

I am also using mozilla firefox (1.0.7) and I can download it just fine, but the URL you pasted is wrong, should be http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jboss/jboss-portal-2.4.0-CR2.zip?download

[peterj]

I did not originate that URL. That is just the URL that Firefox displays in the address bar when the error is displayed after I click on the Download button on the portal download page.

I guess I should say I am using Firefox 1.5.0.4. With a few dozen plugins.

[rali.genova]

The behavior you are experiencing is not related to Portal. Must be an error with Sourceforge

[peterj]

I was going to submit a support request to SourceForge, but when I tried to download it worked. The difference is that now I am at work and earlier I was at home. I have the same version of Firefox in both locations, but slightly different sets of plugins, so I am now suspecting a plugin is causing the problem. If I figure out which plugin caused the problem, I will let you know.

Thanks for your help, Rali.

[peterj]

I found the culprit. There is an extension named "Sourceforge Direct Download". If you do not configure the extension (it takes a preferred mirror for downloads) then you get the behavior I mentioned in my original post. If you do configure it, you get the normal download page from which you can select a mirror. Sounds like a worthless extension to me, it's gone.