** Description changed: + DESCRIPTION + ************* + Starting in Oneiric, it is not possible to run more than one - transmission process (e.g., transmission-gtk or transmission-daemon) on + Transmission process (e.g., transmission-gtk or transmission-daemon) on the same machine at the same time in the default configuration. In the default configuration, the peer-port setting is fixed at 51413, and only the first transmission process is able to use it. Any other transmission processes started after that--e.g. by another user--are non-functional because they are unable to use that same port. Worse, there is no error message of any kind (either in the GUI or on stderr) informing the user that this is the problem. Downloads simply never start. In my case, I have two user accounts that both use transmission-gtk and I also run one instance of transmission-daemon for downloading torrents when I'm not logged-in. The transmission-daemon is started first at system boot and thus works, whereas the two user accounts are both unable to use transmission-gtk. - This is a regression. In Natty transmission was somehow able to recover - from this situation automatically. I often used transmission-daemon and - transmission-gtk simultaneously without problems. + WORKAROUND + *************** - The problem can be worked around by enabling the "Pick a random port" - option in Edit -> Preferences -> Network. + by enabling the "Pick a random port" option in Edit -> Preferences -> + Network. + + RELEVANT DETAILS + ******************* + + - This is a regression. In Natty transmission was somehow able to + recover from this situation automatically. I often used transmission- + daemon and transmission-gtk simultaneously without problems. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: transmission-gtk 2.33-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jan 14 11:45:14 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/transmission-gtk ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: transmission UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-13 (62 days ago) XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:5091): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_int32: assertion `g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)' failed (check-new-release-gtk:5731): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkMessageDialog.has-separator
** Description changed: DESCRIPTION ************* Starting in Oneiric, it is not possible to run more than one Transmission process (e.g., transmission-gtk or transmission-daemon) on the same machine at the same time in the default configuration. In the default configuration, the peer-port setting is fixed at 51413, and only the first transmission process is able to use it. Any other transmission processes started after that--e.g. by another user--are non-functional because they are unable to use that same port. Worse, there is no error message of any kind (either in the GUI or on stderr) informing the user that this is the problem. Downloads simply never start. In my case, I have two user accounts that both use transmission-gtk and I also run one instance of transmission-daemon for downloading torrents when I'm not logged-in. The transmission-daemon is started first at system boot and thus works, whereas the two user accounts are both unable to use transmission-gtk. WORKAROUND *************** - by enabling the "Pick a random port" option in Edit -> Preferences -> + By enabling the "Pick a random port" option in Edit -> Preferences -> Network. RELEVANT DETAILS ******************* - This is a regression. In Natty transmission was somehow able to recover from this situation automatically. I often used transmission- daemon and transmission-gtk simultaneously without problems. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: transmission-gtk 2.33-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jan 14 11:45:14 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/transmission-gtk ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: transmission UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-13 (62 days ago) XsessionErrors: - (gnome-settings-daemon:5091): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_int32: assertion `g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)' failed - (check-new-release-gtk:5731): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkMessageDialog.has-separator + (gnome-settings-daemon:5091): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_int32: assertion `g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)' failed + (check-new-release-gtk:5731): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkMessageDialog.has-separator -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/916578 Title: [regression] Cannot run more than one instance of transmission-gtk or transmission-daemon on the same machine at the same time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/transmission/+bug/916578/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
