[nflug] bittorrent setup

[matt donovan]

azureus in *ubuntu is terribly broken they broke it so bad.

On Nov 16, 2007 9:51 PM, Franklin Kumro Jr <fkumro at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know what firewall is installed by default, I always had to
> install mine in Ubuntu ( I used firestarter, great GUI interface). Do
> you have your router configured to forward ports? If not your going to
> have to access its administration panel (website) and that depends on
> what kind you have.
>
> Open what ever firewall you have installed, and allow ports 6881-6889.
> If you don't see a firewall then install firestarter (sudo apt-get
> install firestarter) and then you can go to the policy tab, add
> policy, and select bittorrent.
>
> Now to the Azureus issue, I never used it do to it being a slow pig. I
> can only help you when it comes to deluge (http://deluge-torrent.org)
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Joe wrote:
>
> > Reply inline:
> >
> > 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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