like me, who had the same problem, but did not get that gem of information that you got on #freenet.
On Friday 06 September 2002 05:43 am, Giuseppe Ciaccio wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
