John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:48:53 -0700 (PDT) > [email protected] dijo: > >>> The file name information is mangled on the link I tried. I have >>> seen it before. I am investigating the cause. >> The torrent hangs retrieving the metadata. It looks like there are no >> seeders for the torrent. (I need to find a client that has good >> debugging for torrents.) It could be that there is a IPv6 address that >> is not routing, but I am not sure. I get the same hang behavior. The >> magnet link format for this one is odd. It does not use a direct >> tracker address. Judging by their forums, the way they handle their >> torrents is not very straightforward. I wish I had a good answer, but >> I don't. > Even if you don't know the answer, at least I now know that it is not > just me. Yet it is interesting that no one else seems to have the same > problem - I found not so much as one post about this on the PCLInux > forums, nor did Google find any complaints. > > The torrent says there are no seeders or leechers because it can't find > the tracker. When it eventually finds the tracker and starts working it > shows a dozen or so seeders and a couple of leechers for each ISO. > > The really weird part is that it hangs sometimes for hours, and then > suddenly starts working. This makes no sense. Stuff should either work > or not work. > > I recall that last time I downloaded ISOs for PCLinux (whenever the > previous 2014.04 version was released) I had the same problem. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > When I have unexplained problems, I look at my firewall. Especially if I don't find any mention of problems in Google searches.
Ken _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
