[nflug] bittorrent setup

Jesse Jarzynka denisesballs at thecybersource.com
Sat Nov 17 20:56:23 EST 2007


I prefer Deluge if
 you use Gnome since it's all GTK and no Java - http://deluge-torrent.org/

Stephen Burke wrote:
> azureus was working here for a while in ubuntu, but was never really
> stable. Would just die for no apparent reason that I could see. For a
> while I used "rm -rf ~/.azureus/logs/" (which I found on some random bt
> forum, I think), and that would at least get it running again and not
> disappear right after it started, but lately it's just too much hassle
> and dies every time I try to see the details tab, and the details were
> why I switched to it from ktorrent to begin with, so I'm using ktorrent
> (though it doesn't give all the juicy details that azureus does, it works).
>
> You could try that rm command, or just rm -rf ~/.azureus and start the
> whole configuration game over the next time you start it, but then you
> lose all your torrents. On occasion, deleting the error log files in
> .azureus got it to start again when just deleting the logs folder didn't
> work,  but I'm probably a bad geek for doing that before mastering the
> code therein, and shouldn't really be admitting to that now.
>
>
> Oh, well.
> Just my 2 cents.
> I'm off to see if deluge works any better. ;-)
> S.
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>   
>> and Dapper
>>
>> matt donovan wrote:
>>     
>>> 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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