[opensuse] How do I seed a downloaded torrent?
I downloaded 10.3, and it completed without problem. However, I neglected to tell ktorrent where to put it, so it put it in my top-level home directory, rather than under the suse software sub-directory I use. I forgot it was still seeding, and moved the iso out from under it, which of course killed the seed. But no matter what I do, when I restart ktorrent, it insists on downloading another complete copy of the iso. I can't find any way to tell ktorrent to just seed, and I'm at a ratio of 0.27. I'd really like to continue seeding, if someone could tell me how to do it without downloading another copy of the iso. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 10/5/07, John E. Perry
I downloaded 10.3, and it completed without problem. However, I neglected to tell ktorrent where to put it, so it put it in my top-level home directory, rather than under the suse software sub-directory I use.
I forgot it was still seeding, and moved the iso out from under it, which of course killed the seed. But no matter what I do, when I restart ktorrent, it insists on downloading another complete copy of the iso. I can't find any way to tell ktorrent to just seed, and I'm at a ratio of 0.27. I'd really like to continue seeding, if someone could tell me how to do it without downloading another copy of the iso.
Stop the download in ktorrent. Remove the torrent from the list. Then open the torrent again. It will ask you where to save/download. Select the location where the iso is now. It will find it, scan it and start seed. At least that's how all other torrent clients I have tried do. I have never used ktorrent. Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Sunny wrote:
On 10/5/07, John E. Perry
wrote: ... I'd really like to continue seeding, if someone could tell me how to do it without downloading another copy of the iso.
Stop the download in ktorrent. Remove the torrent from the list. Then open the torrent again. It will ask you where to save/download. Select the location where the iso is now. It will find it, scan it and start seed.
Thanks, that solved my problem. I also configured the file locations before I loaded the torrent, so it now does what I actually need. I think. It took an hour or more for it to recognize tracker.opensuse.org. Now ktorrent says there are 3644 leechers, and I have only one constantly connected, who is not downloading any chunks. Occasionally I get a spurt of connections, 5 -- 10 at a time, who almost immediately disconnect after downloading a few chunks. In the past 4 hours I've seeded 9.4M over my 10+Mbps connection. So I'm trying to contribute, but no one is accepting anything from me. Am I understanding the display correctly? Why would my available service not be used? Do I have some other problem? jp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, 6. October 2007, John E. Perry wrote:
Sunny wrote:
On 10/5/07, John E. Perry
wrote: ... I'd really like to continue seeding, if someone could tell me how to do it without downloading another copy of the iso.
Stop the download in ktorrent. Remove the torrent from the list. Then open the torrent again. It will ask you where to save/download. Select the location where the iso is now. It will find it, scan it and start seed.
Thanks, that solved my problem. I also configured the file locations before I loaded the torrent, so it now does what I actually need. I think.
It took an hour or more for it to recognize tracker.opensuse.org. Now ktorrent says there are 3644 leechers, and I have only one constantly connected, who is not downloading any chunks. Occasionally I get a spurt of connections, 5 -- 10 at a time, who almost immediately disconnect after downloading a few chunks. In the past 4 hours I've seeded 9.4M over my 10+Mbps connection.
So I'm trying to contribute, but no one is accepting anything from me. Am I understanding the display correctly? Why would my available service not be used? Do I have some other problem?
jp
Well, I am seeding both the 32 and the 64 bit version (with Azureus because ktorrent insisted on downloading everything new). I have *never* experienced bittorrent to give me a good speed. Perhaps it's because I don't have the right ports opened in my firewall, but I'm not ready to open any. I've downloaded the isos with regular http/ftp and now seed them to help, but as you I have dozens of "fully established" machines from which only a few download anything. During the night, total upload was 1GB, while yesterday I downloaded over 8GB in 5 hours per http so.... Thierry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Sat, 06 Oct 2007, by tcoulon@decoulon.ch:
On Saturday, 6. October 2007, John E. Perry wrote:
Sunny wrote:
On 10/5/07, John E. Perry
wrote: ... I'd really like to continue seeding, if someone could tell me how to do it without downloading another copy of the iso.
Stop the download in ktorrent. Remove the torrent from the list. Then open the torrent again. It will ask you where to save/download. Select the location where the iso is now. It will find it, scan it and start seed.
Thanks, that solved my problem. I also configured the file locations before I loaded the torrent, so it now does what I actually need. I think.
It took an hour or more for it to recognize tracker.opensuse.org. Now ktorrent says there are 3644 leechers, and I have only one constantly connected, who is not downloading any chunks. Occasionally I get a spurt of connections, 5 -- 10 at a time, who almost immediately disconnect after downloading a few chunks. In the past 4 hours I've seeded 9.4M over my 10+Mbps connection.
So I'm trying to contribute, but no one is accepting anything from me. Am I understanding the display correctly? Why would my available service not be used? Do I have some other problem?
Most likely a NAT of firewall setting. See if ktorrent can test these for you, as Azureus can. I have 116(3950) peers connected at the moment. Normally my upload/download ratio is 1.3, but I'm "Superseeding" now, so the seeding continues at full (1Mb) speed until I think it's enough.
Well, I am seeding both the 32 and the 64 bit version (with Azureus because ktorrent insisted on downloading everything new). I have *never* experienced bittorrent to give me a good speed. Perhaps it's because I don't have the right ports opened in my firewall, but I'm not ready to open any.
I would understand that on a Windows thingy, but on Linux *you* are in control on what apps listen to which port..
I've downloaded the isos with regular http/ftp and now seed them to help, but as you I have dozens of "fully established" machines from which only a few download anything. During the night, total upload was 1GB, while yesterday I downloaded over 8GB in 5 hours per http so....
There is probably a setting telling how many simultaneous upload connects are allowed. I have that at 5. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.2 + Jabber: muadib@jabber.xs4all.nl Kernel 2.6.20 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 10/6/07, Theo v. Werkhoven
Normally my upload/download ratio is 1.3, but I'm "Superseeding" now, so the seeding continues at full (1Mb) speed until I think it's enough.
Superseeding is no good for established torrents with more than 1 seeder. It is intended to minimize the trafic only for the first seeder, and after that is more of a problem, than a solution. http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Super_Seeding -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2007-10-06 at 09:42 +0200, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
I have *never* experienced bittorrent to give me a good speed. Perhaps it's because I don't have the right ports opened in my firewall, but I'm not ready to open any.
Then you will not get good speeds. The point of using torrent is precisely to give back to the community, for which you /need/ to open the necessary ports. If every body does the same as you do, that's the reason that torrent sucks :-( - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHB6MKtTMYHG2NR9URAmEvAJ9glpuBEw2taSuYtxzLA5CQPkZrzQCggYJv h1ZN6Lga5e/nqy/1JiU++Q0= =d30s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Carlos E. R.
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John E. Perry
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Sunny
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Theo v. Werkhoven
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Thierry de Coulon