Hi,

Yesterday I downloaded the Freenet software and tried to run it the first time.

In the README, it is told that the script "start-freenet.sh" would ask config
questions when run the first time, but this is untrue: it will simply fail.
The error message tells you to try again, with "./start-freenet.sh --config" .

So, I left the README apart.  My second attempt was
"./start-freenet.sh --config"
A process was then launched in the background
(java -server freenet.node.Main --config &)
but it almost immediately filled the stdio with and endless repetition of
"listenPort [some_number_dont_remember]"
which I could only stop by invoking "./stop-freenet.sh" on another terminal.

On the IRC channel #freenet, I was then suggested to launch
> export CLASSPATH=freenet-ext.jar:freenet.jar
> java -server freenet.node.Main --config"
by hand.  This worked indeed!

After a few additional trials with the script, I understood that the problem
with "start-freenet.sh --config" has to do with the backgrounding of the
java invocation that is done by start-freenet.sh .  Backgrounding from
the prompt will not trigger the problem, however.

It would be nice if the README reported a correct sequence of steps for
initial configuration.  So many new installers would be happy ;)

Giuseppe

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