[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu torrent tracker failed?

[alan c]

twager 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?
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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.
>>
>> 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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>>From the address in your mail......

Oh dear. That means it is at my end somehow then.
It looks like something to do with my firestarter firewall settings 
related to outbound policy. I had previously used several machines 
which all had firestarter installed and used, although it has not 
always been running, and the torrent problems persisted. They all gave 
problems as above.

After your comment here now, I used a clean install (6.06) machine, 
and - as you indicate, the torrent is ok, although with me it uses 
tracker port 6969.

I obviously need help to understand what settings to use for 
firestarter, both for general use (web browsing, pop mail,  - were 
apparently ok anyway) and particularly for torrent use.

All comments appreciated.
tia
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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391