[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu torrent tracker failed?

[twager]

alan c wrote:
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>> alan c wrote:
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>>> twager 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).
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>>>>>> I am get the torrent file from
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>>>>>> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
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>>>>>> It tries to connect to
>>>>>> torrent.ubuntu.com (port 6969)
>>>>>> and fails.
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>>>>>> other torrents are no problem - sabayon, knopppix, theopencd, etc etc
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>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> What can be done to get the torrent tracker working, who is the best 
>>>>> person to contact?
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>>>> Just tried this here with k3b and it works ok..
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>>> 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 
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>> 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
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> thanks
> I am using port 6881 also on ktorrent - other torrents are working ok 
> on different trackers.
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> Where did you get the (ubuntu) torrent file itself from? afaik the 
> torrent file specifies the tracker details including the tracker port.
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