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 lately. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
