Hi, I've found ubuntu's default bittorrent client to be a bit rubbish, try another client, there are quite a few in the repos and you'll get much better results.
Ciarán On 10/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm downloading via Virgin, and so far its taken over two hours, and it says > another hour to go! > > Must be the load!! > > James. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg K Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:52 PM > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] BitTorrent: "Problem connecting to tracker" (Re: > Downloading Ubuntu 7.10 CD image) > > > > When trying to download the CD image from > > > http://torrent.ubuntu.com/simple/gutsy/desktop/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso. > torrent > > the BitTorrent client immediately complains: "Problem connecting to > > tracker" and "urlopen error (111, 'Connection refused')". > > > > Is this simply because the load on the server is too high? (It worked > > fine at about 03:00 BST this morning, which I think was before the > > official release.) > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/