"I'm new to NameBench so I'm not entirely sure what this data was for, but I can see that it's trying to get JSON data from an API that doesn't exist anymore. Apparently it was shutdown in 2012 (https://code.google.com/p/gears/wiki/GeolocationAPI). The issue is also referenced upstream here: https://code.google.com/p/namebench/issues/detail?id=256
Terminal error output shown below:
* Failed to use GoogleLocAPI: simplejson.scanner.JSONDecodeError Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) (content: <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=en>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">
<title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title>
<style>
*{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-serif}html{background:#fff;color:#222;padding:15px}body{margin:7% auto 0;max-width:390px;min-height:180px;padding:30px 0 15px}* > body{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat;padding-right:205px}p{margin:11px 0 22px;overflow:hidden}ins{color:#777;text-decoration:none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width:772px){body{background:none;margin-top:0;max-width:none;padding-right:0}}#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2.png) no-repeat}@media only screen and (min-resolution:192dpi){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2_hr.png) no-repeat 0% 0%/100% 100%;-moz-border-image:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2_hr.png) 0}}@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:2){#logo{background:url(//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm_2_hr.png) no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:100% 100%}}#logo{display:inline-block;height:55px;width:150px}
</style>
<a href=//www.google.com/><span id=logo aria-label=Google></span></a>
<p><b>404.</b> <ins>That’s an error.</ins>
<p>The requested URL <code>/loc/json</code> was not found on this server. <ins>That’s all we know.</ins>
)
Failed to get Geodata: socket.timeout timed out
The application still works but it causes it to hang on start-up so maybe an easy solution is just to remove the code that does this looking up? Or alternatively supplement an alternative API!?
Tested under Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and namebench 1.3.1+dfsg-2."
Just found a similar bug on Launchpad and merged it with this. Here is the imported text from the current status of bug #1381148:
(https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ namebench/ +bug/1381148)
"I'm new to NameBench so I'm not entirely sure what this data was for, but I can see that it's trying to get JSON data from an API that doesn't exist anymore. Apparently it was shutdown in 2012 (https:/ /code.google. com/p/gears/ wiki/Geolocatio nAPI). The issue is also referenced upstream here: https:/ /code.google. com/p/namebench /issues/ detail? id=256 scanner. JSONDecodeError Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) (content: <!DOCTYPE html> "initial- scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device- width"> 0;padding: 0}html, code{font: 15px/22px arial,sans- serif}html{ background: #fff;color: #222;padding: 15px}body{ margin: 7% auto 0;max-width: 390px;min- height: 180px;padding: 30px 0 15px}* > body{background :url(// www.google. com/images/ errors/ robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat; padding- right:205px} p{margin: 11px 0 22px;overflow: hidden} ins{color: #777;text- decoration: none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width: 772px){ body{background :none;margin- top:0;max- width:none; padding- right:0} }#logo{ background: url(//www. google. com/images/ errors/ logo_sm_ 2.png) no-repeat}@media only screen and (min-resolution :192dpi) {#logo{ background: url(//www. google. com/images/ errors/ logo_sm_ 2_hr.png) no-repeat 0% 0%/100% 100%;-moz- border- image:url( //www.google. com/images/ errors/ logo_sm_ 2_hr.png) 0}}@media only screen and (-webkit- min-device- pixel-ratio: 2){#logo{ background: url(//www. google. com/images/ errors/ logo_sm_ 2_hr.png) no-repeat; -webkit- background- size:100% 100%}}# logo{display: inline- block;height: 55px;width: 150px} www.google. com/><span id=logo aria-label= Google> </span> </a> loc/json< /code> was not found on this server. <ins>That’s all we know.</ins>
Terminal error output shown below:
* Failed to use GoogleLocAPI: simplejson.
<html lang=en>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<meta name=viewport content=
<title>Error 404 (Not Found)!!1</title>
<style>
*{margin:
</style>
<a href=//
<p><b>404.</b> <ins>That’s an error.</ins>
<p>The requested URL <code>/
)
Failed to get Geodata: socket.timeout timed out
The application still works but it causes it to hang on start-up so maybe an easy solution is just to remove the code that does this looking up? Or alternatively supplement an alternative API!?
Tested under Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and namebench 1.3.1+dfsg-2."