cant search anymore
 

hey there..sort of new to this...I am connected to the internet and connected in Limewire..but when I enter something into the search box and hit the search button...the item i was searching for disappears and nothing happens...any ideas on how to fix this?? Thanks!

search does not work anymore
 

Hi there
sorry I can't help as I experience the same/similar problem.

I am running Limewire on a Mac G4 notebook, with OSX 10.2.8 and connected to the internet through a wireless Airmac/Airport system.
I bought Limewire about 5 days ago, run the system alright for 3 days and since yesterday (without having changed any set up) I could not execute any AUDIO searches anymore. I click the search button and nothing moves. I then changed the search to a "Any Type" search and got at least the Limewire button to turn again (although without any search results coming through).

I must be connected alright as I can see under "Connections" about constantly 6 hosts (although I don't really know what they/these are).

I also deleted the preference directory as was suggested on other problems but this did not help.
I finally deleted Limewire software off my system and reloaded the software from scratch - no change.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

this is a long shot-- search your hard drive for any file called "xerces"

If so, see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=24655

if not, see if this thread applies http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=24539

thomas-- the thorough info is a great help. Apple posted about an airport problem with AOL yesterday: even though it's about Panther, the tips about resetting an airport modem might be useful http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n107797

search does not work anymore
 

Hi Stief
thanks for the suggestions so far - I followed the entire exchange of comments with Ebene1073 – but it seems it does not resolve my own problem.
I also managed to download the picture MagBay.jpg as suggested and this worked alright.

I forget to mention that I am usin LimeWire Pro 3.8.7

I actually did not mention that I had some problems with the Airport system last week as it suddenly cut me out and I could not access the internet anymore– I had to reinstall the Airport software and had to fiddle around until it worked again. I am not sure on the timing but it could be that LIMEWIRE did not work anymore after I reinstalled the Airport software once more.

Further Information
- When I perform a search, the LIMEWIRE icon on the right hand top corner starts to turn on all searches except for AUDIO and VIDEO
- The searches are running through (the search colum in the header starts to fill with blue colour until the end) but no results appear at all

Furthermore, changes which I observed, between BEFORE (search was working ok) and AFTER (does not work anymore) are as follow:
- the Monitor page shows no incoming searches at all anymore (although I ticked the enable button) - before this worked alright and showed a lot of searches going on
- the upload section (of Monitor) did not show any uploads before nor does it now (i.e. I assume that either nobody likes my songs – I offer about 2062 songs – or that they are not able to access my database somehow)

I also ensured that I ticked the Gnutella/Limwire (6346) button on the Firewall page (Sharing).

I fear I am running out of options here.

I try to attach some files showing the status ot LimeWire and the Terminal command which I executed.

Hope this helps.

additional screen pictures
 

just found out that I can not attach more than one screen shot,
hence here another one

Monitor page

Hi Thomas--sorry for the delay in responding. Don't worry about the lack of incoming searches: the warning message would have probably said something like "You are a shielded leaf and will not see many replies." This is normal at first, but none for a long time is not.

What we were trying to do with ebene last week was to see if anything could show on his Search Pane. Were you able to use "Browse Host" when clicking on the MagBay as it was downloading? That should have caused your LW to list the files on your Search Pane.

Could you email me a screen shot of your Search Pane? (it's much easier than pasting screen shots here, and keeps this thread shorter).

You know that as a Pro Supporter you are entitled to free Pro Support from LW, right? I'm just another user like yourself, but there are other who are experts who are reading this too, so if you want to keep on trying here, that's fine by me.


cheers

I tried to click on the Browse Host button but couldn't actually access it - all buttons remained blacked out - i.e. not accessible

I will forward the search screen shortly by email.

No, I was not aware that I could get any support outside this forum. Not so easy to get around the LimeWire homepage - or at least I am not that experienced...

screenshot of search
 

the sreenshots are therefore complete (all taken at the same time)

OK--everything looks normal there. Would yo click on the "Any Type" button, then type "Limewire" into the search box and hit return? That should give you 1000's of hits very quickly.