Godot 3.2 on Debian Linux can't connect to asset library. Bug, broken link, or problem on my end?

pell

When I launch Godot and try to connect to the Asset Library, it fails to load anything, and I get the following message on the status line: Can't connect to host: https://godotengine.org/asset-library/api

I have this problem with all versions I've tried: the official Debian download version 3.2, the older version (3.0.6) available in the Debian repositories, and the version I just built from 3.2 branch of the source tree.

I wonder if it's one of the following: 1. The link is broken. 2. The editor's network code or the plugin has a bug. 3. My system is not allowing the editor to connect for some reason.

Trying to access that link from the browser gets "Page not found". I'd be surprised if it's a bug that has lasted through so many versions. Also, other applications on my system have no problem connecting to the Net.

I'm running Debian 10 64-bit on a Dell Optiplex 990 (which has an older Intel graphics card) with about 12G memory. I'm logged in in X11 mode rather than Vulkan mode (my graphics pad didn't get along with Vulkan), but I don't see why that would affect network connectivity.

Do you folks have the same problem?

Edit: I did find the following links of people having the same problem. Apparently there's an issue with conflicting attempts at resolving ipv4 and ipv6 addresses. There's the suggestion that it's not a Godot problem, which may be technically true. But other applications seem to access the Net fine. https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/27864 https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/36418

I can access the access the asset library from Godot running 32-bit Debian in a virtual machine. That may be because in the virtual machine it thinks it's connecting by wire where on my main system it's connecting by WiFi.

Vale-git

Page not found here too :) (debian 10) But asset library work:

pell

@Vale-git said: Page not found here too :) (debian 10) But asset library work:

Thanks for the confirmation. I think I've identified the problem. I have to use a USB wireless card because my desktop is so far from the router, and I have to use a driver from a Github project since there isn't one for that device in the Debian kernel package. There may be an issue with that driver. I'll investigate further.

Megalomaniak

Might it be a timeout issue? If you get a chance to use wired connection sometime, perhaps you can confirm if it then loads.

pell

@Megalomaniak said: Might it be a timeout issue? If you get a chance to use wired connection sometime, perhaps you can confirm if it then loads.

I forgot to mention that I tested it with my phone using USB tethering, which is a wired connection from the computer's point of view. And it worked.

Megalomaniak

Hmm yes, some wireless adapters can be a bit finicky, even on windows. Is it really up to the drivers? Maybe, or maybe its the specific chipset itself.

pell

Hmm. I may look through the driver source code sometime, although I'm not really familiar with network programming. Anyway, it's good to know I can just turn on USB tethering whenever I need to use the asset library. Most of the time my phone is already plugged into the computer for charging.