alan c wrote: > 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 > 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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