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gnome-dictionary error

Asked by tree trunk

When I put a word in gnome-dictionary, I receive the following error:

Error while looking up definition
Error while reading reply from server:
Invalid byte sequence in conversion input

No other information is returned.

Subsequent requests for defintions yield nothing; the program stops working altogehter.

How can I correct this, please?

PS: Another attempt to retrieve a definition induced the following error:

Error while looking up definition
Connection failed to the dictionary server at dict.org:2628

Thanks for your help

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Ubuntu User (anotherubuntuuser) said : 		#1

I think there were some problems with the server.

I was having a similar problem and now it works for me.

Try again and see if you are alright. If not, please list the dictionary sources under Edit --> Preferences.

Thanks

Jim Jones

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) said : 		#2

do you still have that issue? for what word are you looking?

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tree trunk (daviddanforth) said : 		#3

I no longer have that issue. Thanks.

On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 10:32 +0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Your support request #1790 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1790
>
> Sebastien Bacher requested for more information:
> do you still have that issue? for what word are you looking?
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1790

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) said : 		#4

marking Solved then