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The 404 is coming from the server. First try accessing Joomla!'s XML-RPC URL from a browser, like http://www.yoursite.com/xmlrpc/index.php. If it throws a "XML error: no element found at line 1, column 0" you're good. If it throws a 404, make sure that the xmlrpc directory exists and that it's not blocked/redirected by .htaccess rules.

If there is no 404 error, start configuring the site from scratch, using the wizard, and use the full http://www.yoursite.com/xmlrpc/index.php URL instead of http://www.yoursite.com. This should get you past this problem.

Regarding the download, I know that that networking library is not very stable. I am rewriting the Remote Control application from scratch, but it will take a long while to release a beta.

The 403 usually means that we couldn't log you in. Please try enabling the front-end backup from the Parameters icon in the top-right corner of the component's control panel and assign a secret word as well. Use only alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z and 0-9). Then, when configuring the site, enter the secret word instead of your regular password. This is a workaround and should be able to log you in. If this doesn't work double check that you have the correct plugin (there is one plg_remote for JoomlaPack and one for Akeeba Backup) and that you have published it.

Akeeba eXtract for Linux is exactly the same thing as the one for Windows and Mac OS X. It's the same Javascript + PHP code on all platforms. According to our tests it's actually faster than the Windows version, because of the advanced file caching of the Linux kernel.

You are running Akeeba Remote Control under KDE. KDE doesn't work very well with WINE. It renders the tray icons in 0-sized windows. The application is technically reachable, as long as you right-click on the taskbar and choose to resize the window. GNOME works much better with WINE and doesn't make the window disappear :)

Can you PM me the URL to your site and the secret key so that I can run it through my XML-RPC debugger? There used to be an on-line version of the debugger, but - unfortunately - it no longer exists :(

OK, I checked again and again, using my debugger. If I try accessing the URL directly, Joomla!'s XML-RPC server responds properly. As soon as I try to send any XML data, a 403 (Forbidden) error occurs. This leads me to believe that there is a server-side protection which blocks XML data, therefore also blocks XML-RPC requests. This either happens in the .htaccess level, using mod_rewrite commands to disallow XML data from hitting the server, in the hosting definition level again using mod_rewrite commands, or at the server level (e.g. mod_security or mod_evasive set up to block XML data). I think you should have a talk with your host, telling them that all XML-RPC requests to yourdomain.com/xmlrpc/index.php return a 403 error because they're blocking XML data.

I know, the networking library is not really stable and occasionally throws these errors :( That's why I am rewriting it.