[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu torrent tracker failed?

[twager]

alan c wrote:
> twager wrote:
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>> alan c wrote:
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>>> alan c wrote:
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>>>> I cannot seem to get my ktorrent (2.1) to connect with the tracker. 
>>>> This applies to ubuntu and kubuntu - various versions - 6.06, 6.10, 
>>>> 7.04beta (note I am seeding not downloading these).
>>>>
>>>> I am get the torrent file from
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
>>>>
>>>> It tries to connect to
>>>> torrent.ubuntu.com (port 6969)
>>>> and fails.
>>>>
>>>> other torrents are no problem - sabayon, knopppix, theopencd, etc etc
>>>>
>>>> If something is wrong at this end I cannot see what it is. The other 
>>>> thought is that somehow the ubuntu torrent machine is broken?
>>>> Has anyone got any other responses?
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>>>>         
>>> I have also now tried mirrors in other countries, however, since their 
>>> torrent files also point back to
>>> torrent.ubuntu.com (port 6969) then they also fail.
>>>
>>> I conclude that probably not a single torrent for the ubuntu family 
>>> (from Ubuntu links) is functional, and from what I have seen, has not 
>>> been functional for a month or so.
>>>
>>> We are fast approaching the release of 7.04, and hopefully there will 
>>> be a lot of pressure on download mirrors, and torrents will be desirable.
>>>
>>> What can be done to get the torrent tracker working, who is the best 
>>> person to contact?
>>>   
>>>       
>> Just tried this here with k3b and it works ok..
>>     
>
> I did not think k3b managed downloading via torrents?
> The downloaded iso image itself by ftp etc etc is ok, no problem - I 
> check the md5sums anyway.
> It is the particular process of downloading using torrents and their 
> trackers which seems to be the problem with ubuntu family of images 
>   
Sorry...
   I was playng with k3b when I was replying...I shoud have said KTorrent
I have finished the d/load and all went well..I am using port 6881 on
ktorrent
and it tells me udp tracker port 4444