Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
Ever since reading the initial posts in this thread, something has been nagging my brain... "Could it be that Transmission suddenly has the same "bug" as i already noted months ago to be existing in uTorrent 3.* (Windows though!) and Bit Torrent 7.10.4???" This "bug" i noted on several private (bootleg) trackers as well with public trackers. Please allow me to elaborate: in such torrents, all torrent-clients except the 2 mentioned above perform as they should, i.e. downloading and uploading data, actively engaging in the swarm. The mentioned clients however, only connect to other peers, but do not exchange a single bit of data, they just stay at 0% progress. This happens to peers with these client from all over the globe and all of them use an ISP with a good connection / reputation. The common factor are these particular torrent-clients and them at 0% progress. However, after a while all these peers waiting at 0%, all of a sudden SIMULTANUOUSLY start downloading and sharing data until after a brief moment (upto 2 minutes) they SIMULTANUOUSLY pause again. Until, again after minutes, they suddenly act in unison with all other peers and finally perform as they should. Looking at this anomalous behaviour, i have concluded that the pattern might be pointing towards the fact that either uTorrent 3.* and BitTorrent 7.10.4 are corrupt, or the OS used by them (Windows) is. Anyway, such simultanuous behaviour looks like the peers are controlled by a C & C center (command & control), which is often used by virii and worms. I made a few screencasts from such torrents, an example in my Nextcloud here: https://grns3.rocks/nextcloud/index.php/s/gRBHiYGQJAwY8KD (skip to halfway) Although i did NOT note this fishy behaviour with Transmission clients back then, it might be that recent versions are now either corrupt or the peers experiencing a suddenly not running client are somehow infected. As a Qbittorrent user i formerly left it for what it is and kinda ignored the not running issue, as the few times i posted in the threads belonging to those torrents, advising peers to downgrade to uTorrent 2.2.1, no-one replied. And hey, when a peer chooses to use that OS and that software, it's their problem, not mine. Please excuse me for not reporting at appropiate channels upto now. I would appreciate if some peers here would look at the whole matter, as i am only a simple guy with very limited knowledge when it comes to looking at software (i haven't touched IDA in ages lol). More screencasts from various trackers are available, i will share them upon request. Please guide me to the appropiate thread if needed, i feel like i might be a bit off-topic. Thanks and kind regards, Lou aka GoRinNoSho.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
A bit off-topic, but questions should be answered :) I mainly upload and seed a lot of "bootleg recordings", both on private and public sites; kindly note i do not touch any officially released, commercially available music, period. (better safe than sorry). See screenshot for an example of a bootleg recording related to JP Barlow (RIP); I also seed quite a few linux iso's via Distrowatch :) further seeding Defcon torrents https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%20Torrents/ as well as some Wiki torrents like f.e. Finfisher https://wikileaks.org/spyfiles4/finfisher.torrent Also seeding many documentaries on any subject you can think of, as i support mvgroup, which releases docu's produced with public funding, like f.e. BBC, PBS, CBC etc. mvgroup.org I look forward to testing torrent clients on T8 & T9 :) Best regards, Lou aka GoRinNoSho.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
Asking the real questions. I want to know as well! I've been torrenting for years and am nowhere near those stats.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
1.005 PiB upload 85.500 TiB download dude, what are you sharing all that 14 months :P
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
i'll start testing torrent clients on Trisquel 8 somewhere next weekend and see how Transmission performs compared to Qbittorrent. On Debian 9.4 and Ubuntu 18.04 Qbittorrent is working excellent, whereas Transmission has had several issues, including the "suddenly not running" problem. Clients i will be testing on Trisquel 8 are: Qbittorrent 4.*, Transmission, Deluge 1.3.*, uTorrent-linux server-alpha_3.3 and Aria2 (Aria2 in Nextcloud). Screenshot attached shows Qbittorrent stats after 14 months of operation on Ubuntu :) Will start posting test-results when available. Regards, Lou aka GoRinNoSho
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
I confirm the problem.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
> > $ sudo apt purge transmission && sudo apt install transmission > > Hmm, that seems to have worked. No idea why, but thanks for the tip. I > would have tried that before posting here, but for some reason I thought > Transmission was part of the default desktop package, and that if I tried > to uninstall it, apt would want to uninstall all the default DE packages > with it. $ apt depends trisquel | grep transmission Recommends: transmission-gtk It looks like the trisquel metapackage recommends, rather than depends on, transmission-gtk. "transmission" actually appears to be a metapackage. $ apt depends transmission transmission Depends: transmission-common (>= 2.84-3ubuntu3.1) |Depends: transmission-gtk (>= 2.84-3ubuntu3.1) |Depends: transmission-qt (>= 2.84-3ubuntu3.1) Depends: transmission-cli (>= 2.84-3ubuntu3.1) Recommended packages, unlike dependencies, can be removed without removing the parent package. However, even if trisquel depended on transmission, it would still be safe to remove: If a metapackage A has dependencies B, C, and D, removing D does remove A, but does not remove B or C. A doesn't actually do anything except install its dependencies, so removing it is harmless, usually. An exception is a situation like upgrading from Belenos to Flidas. If a Belenos user has removed trisquel, then when upgrading the Flidas the *new* dependencies of trisquel (like mate-desktop-environment) will not be installed, resulting in a broken desktop. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
> $ sudo apt purge transmission && sudo apt install transmission Hmm, that seems to have worked. No idea why, but thanks for the tip. I would have tried that before posting here, but for some reason I thought Transmission was part of the default desktop package, and that if I tried to uninstall it, apt would want to uninstall all the default DE packages with it. Thanks too to Mistah Darcy for the suggestion to try uBitTorrent. There are certainly some things I like about it, the UI makes more detailed information more easily available about what's happening with each torrent, tracker etc. But overall I like the Transmission UI better, it just feels better integrated with the Mate desktop. The only time it lets me down on that front is when it refuses, to snap to half the screen when dragged against one side, as other windows usually do.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
> Update: qBitTorrent is now downloading files, on two separate torrents. So > it does seem to be a problem specific with Transmission on Trisquel 8, not > torrents on Trisquel 8 in general, nor Transmission in general (working fine > on MacBook on the same net connection). Transmission is working fine for me on Trisquel 8, so there must be some difference between our systems which accounts for the problem. Some things to try off the top of my head. $ sudo apt purge transmission && sudo apt install transmission Boot into a live Trisquel 8 session, update/upgrade, and see if Transmission works. > I really like using Transmission > and it would great to get it working again. Would it help to file a bug on > the Trisquel bug tracker? Probably not. Better to troubleshoot here where there's better visibility and submit a bug report when we have more information. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
Update: qBitTorrent is now downloading files, on two separate torrents. So it does seem to be a problem specific with Transmission on Trisquel 8, not torrents on Trisquel 8 in general, nor Transmission in general (working fine on MacBook on the same net connection). I really like using Transmission and it would great to get it working again. Would it help to file a bug on the Trisquel bug tracker?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
FYI my wife is using Transmission on her MacBook and it's still working fine. I installed qBitTorrent on my T8 system. It has at least managed to download the metadata from the magnet link, but it's not downloading any of the actual files so far.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
Had the same thing happen to me. Port forwarding was still configured correctly in my router and everything. Not a single torrent would start or resume. Got tired of fiddling with it so I just switched to qBittorrent and it works fine.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
> A couple of days ago Transmission stopped working. It won't seed > finished torrents and stopped downloading a half-finished torrent. > When I add new torrent, it won't even fetch metadata. I've tried both > with and without the VPN connected, same result. My torrents are still seeding in Transmission. Have you tried using another BitTorrent client to verify that the problem is specific to Transmisison? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[Trisquel-users] Transmission won't connect to trackers in Trisquel 8
I've been making a lot of use of BitTorrent since I moved to China, since a lot of streaming services either aren't available here, or their performance is poor on the weaker net connections we tend to use here. A couple of days ago Transmission stopped working. It won't seed finished torrents and stopped downloading a half-finished torrent. When I add new torrent, it won't even fetch metadata. I've tried both with and without the VPN connected, same result. After a bit of web searching and poking around, I found two things that seem to be part of the problem. The torrents won't connect to trackers. Also, when I click 'test port' under the 'port for incoming connections', it says that the port is closed. AFAIK I haven't changed anything that would have closed any ports, other than downloading the usual system updates. My system is 100% up-to-date as of today. Does anybody have any advice about how I can get Transmission working again?
