Re: bittorrent consuming 100% cpu

2006-10-17 Thread Andy Greenwood
I'd recommend transmission. You can get the source from http://transmission.m0k.org/. You can configure it for console use with ./configure --disable-gtk && gmake. It needs GNU make, BSD make won't work. Uses very little resources as it's written in C, so your python port won't matter. On 10/16/

Re: Bittorrent link for 6.1 does not work

2006-05-12 Thread Scott Mitchell
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 05:48:30PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > Hi, > > I am not subscribed to the list. > > The Bittorrent Link on > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/announce.html > > doesnot seem to work :-( Working fine here (I've downloaded 6.1 over BT twice now). How is it not worki

Re: Bittorrent link for 6.1 does not work

2006-05-12 Thread Siju George
On 5/12/06, Scott Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 05:48:30PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > Hi, > > I am not subscribed to the list. > > The Bittorrent Link on > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/announce.html > > doesnot seem to work :-( Working fine here (I've dow

Re: bittorrent client

2005-05-16 Thread Jeremy Faulkner
Paulo Roberto wrote: Hello, Any suggestions? I have been using ctorrent, but I am getting a lot of files it shows that it has downloaded 100%, but if I start it again (to seed) it was fully completed. thanks, Paulo Do not use ctorrent it's unmaintained and buggy. It should probably be removed f

Re: bittorrent client

2005-05-16 Thread Tony Shadwick
I don't think so actually. :) My understanding is that non-complete files are kept in a seperate directory from completed ones, so when a file hits 100%, I believe it gets crc-checked, then copied to the completed folder. So...I guess they aren't the same thing. ;) On Mon, 16 May 2005, RW wrot

Re: bittorrent client

2005-05-16 Thread RW
On Saturday 14 May 2005 00:37, Paulo Roberto wrote: > Hello, > > Any suggestions? I have been using ctorrent, but I am getting a lot of I use Azureus, it's full of features, but it uses a lot resources. Bittorrent is probably the next best port, and is much lighter. > files it shows that it has

Re: bittorrent client

2005-05-13 Thread pete wright
On 5/13/05, Paulo Roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Any suggestions? I have been using ctorrent, but I am getting a lot of > files it shows that it has downloaded 100%, but if I start it again (to > seed) it was fully completed. > why not use bram's own bittorrent code, it's writte

Re: bittorrent client

2005-05-13 Thread Tony Shadwick
Azureus http://azureus.sf.net On Fri, 13 May 2005, Paulo Roberto wrote: Hello, Any suggestions? I have been using ctorrent, but I am getting a lot of files it shows that it has downloaded 100%, but if I start it again (to seed) it was fully completed. thanks, Paulo _

Re: bittorrent corruption problems

2005-03-06 Thread Jason Henson
On 03/06/05 22:36:38, Bevan Coleman wrote: On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 03:26:11 +, Jason Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been getting this error: > > data corrupted on disk - maybe you have two copies running? > > I have looked on the net and the only causes I can see are bad ram and > bad s

Re: bittorrent corruption problems

2005-03-06 Thread Bevan Coleman
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 03:26:11 +, Jason Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been getting this error: > > data corrupted on disk - maybe you have two copies running? > > I have looked on the net and the only causes I can see are bad ram and > bad software. I noticed this after I started

Re: Bittorrent secure?

2005-01-27 Thread Hanspeter Roth
On Jan 25 at 16:58, Chuck Swiger spoke: > Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > On Jan 25 at 14:48, Chuck Swiger spoke: > >>You need to have an external source of information which specifies a > >>checksum or MD5 hash to confirm that the file has not been tampered with. > > > >That to say I should downlo

Re: Bittorrent secure?

2005-01-27 Thread gabriel
You want true security, DONT USE IT! *hides behind the fridge* On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:58:06 -0500, Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > On Jan 25 at 14:48, Chuck Swiger spoke: > >> You need to have an external source of information which specifies a > >> checksum

Re: Bittorrent secure?

2005-01-25 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hanspeter Roth wrote: On Jan 25 at 14:48, Chuck Swiger spoke: You need to have an external source of information which specifies a checksum or MD5 hash to confirm that the file has not been tampered with. That to say I should download CHECKSUM.MD5 from one of the public FTP-servers by hand and

Re: Bittorrent secure?

2005-01-25 Thread Hanspeter Roth
On Jan 25 at 14:48, Chuck Swiger spoke: > Hanspeter Roth wrote: > >how secure is Bittorrent? > > It's not secure. > > >How can one know how trustworthy the stuff > >downloaded from other Bittorrent fellows is? > > You need to have an external source of information which specifies a > checksu

Re: Bittorrent secure?

2005-01-25 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hanspeter Roth wrote: how secure is Bittorrent? It's not secure. How can one know how trustworthy the stuff downloaded from other Bittorrent fellows is? You need to have an external source of information which specifies a checksum or MD5 hash to confirm that the file has not been tampered with. I

Re: Bittorrent secure?

2005-01-25 Thread Miguel Mendez
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:22:53 +0100 Hanspeter Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how secure is Bittorrent? How can one know how trustworthy the stuff > downloaded from other Bittorrent fellows is? This a bit OT for a FreeBSD list, but I'll answer it anyway. A torrent file contains info about the tr

Re: Bittorrent secure?

2005-01-25 Thread cpghost
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 08:22:53PM +0100, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > Hello, > > how secure is Bittorrent? Do you mean the Bittorrent *protocol*, or a specific *implementation* thereof? And what do you mean with 'secure'? > How can one know how trustworthy the stuff > downloaded from other Bittorren

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-09 Thread David Jenkins
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:54:26 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wow, i think both name-calling and using 4 letter words is against the > "charter". > Lets see if they only practice selective enforcement. Can someone please ban him (her?). They never seem to have anything construct

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-09 Thread Quinn Ellis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wow, i think both name-calling and using 4 letter words is against the "charter". Lets see if they only practice selective enforcement. Is it too late to say it was just a passing curiosity and that if you boys can't play nice, then don't play at all?! Quinn

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-09 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/9/04 1:10:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >don't believe in democracy but in this case it could come handy. >Somebody could propose like: "let's get this fuck off the list" and we'd >say ... well ... I say YES! wow, i think both name-calling and usin

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Karel Miklav
I don't believe in democracy but in this case it could come handy. Somebody could propose like: "let's get this fuck off the list" and we'd say ... well ... I say YES! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Jonathan T. Sage
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a technical forum? Yikes! Is it, Mr./Ms. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? I remember a man. His name was Don. He called himself Rev. And then one day, god truly spoke to the dear Rev, or maybe just the rest of us, and we stopped feeding the troll. and for a time, it was g

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Thomas Lippert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/8/04 4:59:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is a technical forum? Yikes! Is it, Mr./Ms. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? Used to be Mr./Ms. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? and in a bit will be Mr./Ms. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? It would be nice if TM4

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 4:59:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > This is a technical forum? Yikes! >Is it, Mr./Ms. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? Well then why don't you fill Mr. "I pay my ISP so I should be able to use all the bandwidth I want" how things really work, because I don

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Matthias Buelow
This is a technical forum? Yikes! Is it, Mr./Ms. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? -- Matthias Buelow; [EMAIL PROTECTED],informatik.uni-wuerzburg}.de ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 1:23:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Its not a legal/illegal issue. Its a "using more bandwidth than you are > paying for" issue. Im sure if you were running bittorrent all day long > your ISP would be very glad to see you go. >I'm paying for a

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Matthias Buelow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its not a legal/illegal issue. Its a "using more bandwidth than you are paying for" issue. Im sure if you were running bittorrent all day long your ISP would be very glad to see you go. I'm paying for a flatrate (ADSL) at home. I don't use the bandwidth most of the time,

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 11:33:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Its become widely used for "sharing" in the same way as Kazaa and > other "point to point" as they're called protocols. Many ISPs block it, > or at least substantially slow it down. >Well. Of course it can

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Matthias Buelow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its become widely used for "sharing" in the same way as Kazaa and other "point to point" as they're called protocols. Many ISPs block it, or at least substantially slow it down. Well. Of course it can be abused for w4r3z aswell as used for legal purposes. If my ISP woul

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
Its become widely used for "sharing" in the same way as Kazaa and other "point to point" as they're called protocols. Many ISPs block it, or at least substantially slow it down. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Stijn Hoop
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 08:05:59AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No reputable organization would promote bittorrant for getting a release. This was the last straw for me. *PLONK* --Stijn -- "Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread Matthias Buelow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course anyone with an ISP that has a bandwidth management device, bittorrent (a cancerous protocol which wastes others bandwdith in the process of possibly saving yours) will likely either not work well or be very slow. No reputable organization would promote bittorr

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 2:22:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> Lets do the math... >> you'll note that http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/ at this moment >> says there's been 1978 completed downloads. >> Lets pick an arbitrary average size for each file downloaded: 388MB

RE: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread Joseph H. Fry
Not to mention, if there are enough clients hosting, then downloads can often be faster. Why? Because partial downloads can be pulled from multiple sources. I just downloaded the miniinst iso in under 15min at an average rate of about 360KB/s from a pool of 10 servents (bittorrent server/clients

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread Nikolas Britton
Nikolas Britton wrote: Nikolas Britton wrote: Quinn Ellis wrote: Why do you download with bittorrent as opposed to FTP? Lets do the math... you'll note that http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/ at this moment says there's been 1978 completed downloads. Lets pick an arbitrary average size for each fi

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread Nikolas Britton
Nikolas Britton wrote: Quinn Ellis wrote: Why do you download with bittorrent as opposed to FTP? Lets do the math... you'll note that http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/ at this moment says there's been 1978 completed downloads. Lets pick an arbitrary average size for each file downloaded: 388MB 3

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread Nikolas Britton
Quinn Ellis wrote: Why do you download with bittorrent as opposed to FTP? Lets do the math... you'll note that http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/ at this moment says there's been 1978 completed downloads. Lets pick an arbitrary average size for each file downloaded: 388MB 388 * 1978 = 767.5GB 11/[

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread nbco
On Monday 08 November 2004 00:28, Quinn Ellis wrote: > nbco wrote: > >Hey list, > >I downloaded the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1 iso via bittorrent. > > > >The iso (644.91MB) downloaded in about 3 hours, over a 512/256 adsl > >connection. Which I think is pretty good. > > > >There don't seem to be that

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread Tim Aslat
In the immortal words of Quinn Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Why do you download with bittorrent as opposed to FTP? Distributed sources, this way FTP servers don't get as hammered if parts of the download are coming from multiple sources. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spyderweb

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread Dev Tugnait
Nice dude..well quinn the freebsd team is giving bitorrent a whirl! * nbco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey list, > I downloaded the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1 iso via bittorrent. > > The iso (644.91MB) downloaded in about 3 hours, over a 512/256 adsl > connection. Which I think is pretty good. >

Re: re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread Quinn Ellis
nbco wrote: Hey list, I downloaded the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1 iso via bittorrent. The iso (644.91MB) downloaded in about 3 hours, over a 512/256 adsl connection. Which I think is pretty good. There don't seem to be that many people uploading it from me at the moment. I'm impressed, .nbco

re bittorrent

2004-11-07 Thread nbco
Hey list, I downloaded the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1 iso via bittorrent. The iso (644.91MB) downloaded in about 3 hours, over a 512/256 adsl connection. Which I think is pretty good. There don't seem to be that many people uploading it from me at the moment. I'm impressed, .nbco __

Re: Bittorrent not in ports?

2004-06-21 Thread Gordon Freeman
Try: /usr/ports/net/ctorrent /usr/ports/net/py-torrent /usr/ports/net/qtorrent /usr/ports/net/torrentsniff I am currenlty using py-torrent. But I will be taking a look at the other two (ctorrent and qtorrent) shortly. On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:05:22 -0300, Joey Mingrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: Bittorrent not in ports?

2004-06-20 Thread Joey Mingrone
..or see: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=torrent&stype=all There are a few different options for torrent clients. On June 18, 2004 22:38, Julian M. Mason wrote: > ...is bittorrent really not in ports? > > my usual > # cd /usr/ports ; make search name="bittorrent" > and > # whereis bi

Re: Bittorrent not in ports?

2004-06-19 Thread Jez Hancock
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 06:38:23PM -0700, Julian M. Mason wrote: > ...is bittorrent really not in ports? > > my usual > # cd /usr/ports ; make search name="bittorrent" > and > # whereis bittorrent > > turned up nothing; nor did a wandering around /usr/ports/net. > > Do I have to actually go a

Re: Bittorrent not in ports?

2004-06-18 Thread Danny Pansters
On Saturday 19 June 2004 03:38, Julian M. Mason wrote: > ...is bittorrent really not in ports? > > my usual > # cd /usr/ports ; make search name="bittorrent" > and > # whereis bittorrent > > turned up nothing; nor did a wandering around /usr/ports/net. > > Do I have to actually go and get something

Re: Bittorrent not in ports?

2004-06-18 Thread Chris
On Friday 18 June 2004 08:38 pm, Julian M. Mason wrote: > ...is bittorrent really not in ports? > > my usual > # cd /usr/ports ; make search name="bittorrent" > and > # whereis bittorrent > > turned up nothing; nor did a wandering around /usr/ports/net. > > Do I have to actually go and get somethin

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-20 Thread Andreas Kohn
Am Wed, 2003-07-16 um 07.30 schrieb Dragoncrest: > Is there a copy of BitTorrent that will run on Freebsd? Is it in the > Ports cause if it is, I certainly haven't found it yet. I'd like to run my > BT downloads on my bsd box as that's the only machine that's ever up 24/7 > hence the per

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread Vulpes Velox
more pkg-plist On 17 Jul 2003 00:45:42 +0800 Edy Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the main file which run bittorrent after installing it from port > ? > > Thanks! > On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 14:09, Vulpes Velox wrote: > > Yeah... > > /usr/ports/py-bittorrent > > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 01:

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 16 July 2003 22:05, Dragoncrest wrote: > > > What is the main file which run bittorrent after installing it > > > from port ? > > > >/usr/local/bin/btdownloadgui.py > > GUI? Can this run in console or does it have to run under a WM like >

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread lewiz
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 01:30:48AM -0400, Dragoncrest wrote: > the Ports cause if it is, I certainly haven't found it yet. I'd like to cd /usr/ports make search key=bittorrent will help you ;) Best wishes, -lewiz. -- An effective way to deal with predators is to taste terrible. -

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread Dragoncrest
> What is the main file which run bittorrent after installing it from > port ? /usr/local/bin/btdownloadgui.py GUI? Can this run in console or does it have to run under a WM like KDE? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 16 July 2003 18:45, Edy Lie wrote: > What is the main file which run bittorrent after installing it from > port ? /usr/local/bin/btdownloadgui.py Antoine -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/FYMeY3Hnhkr+

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread Edy Lie
What is the main file which run bittorrent after installing it from port ? Thanks! On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 14:09, Vulpes Velox wrote: > Yeah... > /usr/ports/py-bittorrent > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 01:30:48 -0400 > Dragoncrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a copy of BitTorrent that wi

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread Joshua Lokken
Antoine Jacoutot wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 16 July 2003 07:30, Dragoncrest wrote: Is there a copy of BitTorrent that will run on Freebsd? Is it in the Ports cause if it is, I certainly haven't found it yet. I'd like to run my BT downloads on my bsd

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-16 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 16 July 2003 07:30, Dragoncrest wrote: > Is there a copy of BitTorrent that will run on Freebsd? Is it in > the Ports cause if it is, I certainly haven't found it yet. I'd like > to run my BT downloads on my bsd box as that's the o

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-15 Thread Vulpes Velox
Yeah... /usr/ports/py-bittorrent On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 01:30:48 -0400 Dragoncrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a copy of BitTorrent that will run on Freebsd? Is it in the > Ports cause if it is, I certainly haven't found it yet. I'd like to run my > BT downloads on my bsd box as

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-15 Thread mpd
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 01:30:48AM -0400, Dragoncrest wrote: > Is there a copy of BitTorrent that will run on Freebsd? Is it in > the Ports cause if it is, I certainly haven't found it yet. I'd like to > run my BT downloads on my bsd box as that's the only machine that's ever up >