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A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:36 am
by astuke
Getting this on several sites with 1.11.9. Some of them are ok, and some work part of the time. How do i troubleshoot this?
Re: A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:58 am
by chandra
Check system informations - on some hosts outgoing server connections are not allowed (for security reasons).
Re: A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:37 am
by velden
Note that you can install modules manually as a work-around. Also needed if you want to use an older version of a specific module.
Download de module from the
forge, extract the download and upload the module's folder to /modules
Then via Menu -> Extensions -> Modules choose 'install' link
Re: A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:06 am
by astuke
My checkmarks are all green, what am I looking for?
I use Virtualmin, so all sites are the same settings server side, and it seams that my sites that I have installed new are working, but the ones that I have had for a long time that have been upgraded are not.
Re: A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:46 am
by astuke
Test for remote URL (test_remote_url) Success
fsockopen: Connection ok! Success
fopen: Connection ok! Success
Re: A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:30 am
by psy
Experienced this problem myself today on a site that I had previously downloaded several modules. Refreshed the screen and tried again. All worked

Re: A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:40 pm
by astuke
I can get it to work randomly if I refresh several times.
The other night I tried several times to manually add the modules and it told me the xml file was not valid.
I refreshed again, connected that time and was able to do it through the module server. I loaded two modules, then tried to do a third, and it said it could not communicate again.
Re: A problem occurred communicating with the module server
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:40 am
by staartmees
Download the tar.gz-file, expand it on your computer and upload it with FTP into Modules. Activate the module with Modules in the backend.