[nflug] bittorrent setup

Joe josephj at main.nc.us
Tue Nov 20 18:29:01 EST 2007


Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
> 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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I just started using deluge.  It seems really nice.  Where do I find
docs on it?  I want to know what the statistics mean, etc.   Help is
almost empty and the download site doesn't have any manuals I can find.

Joe


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