[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu torrent tracker failed?

[alan c]

twager wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>> twager wrote:
>>   
>>> alan c wrote:
>>>     
>>>> alan c wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>> 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

thanks
I am using port 6881 also on ktorrent - other torrents are working ok 
on different trackers.

Where did you get the (ubuntu) torrent file itself from? afaik the 
torrent file specifies the tracker details including the tracker port.
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391