[nflug] bittorrent setup

[Joe]

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Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:
> Usually you only need a tracker if your creating your own torrent to
> distribute. When I download I don't need any sort of tracker (the
> torrent responds to the tracker but I'm not hosting it). For another
> program try deluge and make sure to enable encryption.
Azureus started working, but now crashes as soon as soon as I run it and
it displays a splash screen and the next screen comes up.

bigbird at sananda:~/pq$ azureus
changeLocale: *Default Language* != English (United States). Searching
without country..
changeLocale: Searching for language English in *any* country..
changeLocale: no message properties for Locale 'English (United States)'
(en_US), using 'English (default)'
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb3d57172, pid=12530, tid=3084282768
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0-b105 mixed mode, sharing)
# Problematic frame:
# C [libglibjni-0.4.so+0x9172]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid12530.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
Aborted (core dumped)

The log has a ton of stuff in it starting with a bunch of messages about
"Thread blocked"

>
> The ports you need open are defined by the program, just open your
> firewall for those ports, redirect ports on the router. After your
> download completes put the firewall up and block any incoming
> connections since your not sharing it anymore (unless you want to seed).
>
I have no idea how to do that. I have whatever firewall is built into
kubuntu. It works great, but I didn't put it there or configure it. Any
help?

Joe
> -Frank
>
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Joe wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to use a torrent for the first time. I am currently doing a
>> download using azureus (kubuntu feisty). I also tried ktorrent. Both
>> applications want me to set up a "tracker", but neither will tell me
>> exactly what it is or how to set it up. I think it's a utility to help
>> share my download with others.
>>
>> Howto?
>>
>> Also, even though azureus seems to be working, it complained about a
>> port being closed (probably for sharing the downloaded file). How do I
>> set that up?
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Joe
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