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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: jerry...@speakeasy.net

<size=5>FIGHTING "CONNECTION REFUSED" in the REMOTE GUI</size>

Maybe these commands will help you get the Remote GUI admin page connected to a Linux-based Transmission pgm, and get past "Host not found" and "connection refused" problems

sudo service transmission-daemon startb?

No harm to try this command; will say "already running" if it is. This is the software on the Linux host of Tranmission Rev 2.8x that fields the connection to the remote GUI and gets answers to the GUI's rpc's (Remote Procedure Calls).

LONGER SET OF COMMANDS TO CHECK VITALS

sudo service transmission-daemon stop

transmission-daemon -d

Dump the parameters; Everything you could ever screw up by directly editing the .json file is here. Note the user ("transmission") and a few of the final chars of his hashed password. People who edit "the" .json file sometimes find they massaged the right filename in the wrong folder. That cannot happen to you if you ask the daemon to edit itself.

transmission-daemon -u transTEST -v transTEST transmission-daemon -d

Trust but verify -- look at the dump and be sure the user name and the hash of his pwd have both changed.

transmission-daemon -u transmission -v transmission

Once we connect, there will be no doubt about the verification (user, pwd) needed by the program. Note that this is **not the user/pwd you use to log onto the PC where the transmission torrent pgm runs. **

Now let's fix the connection.

transmission-daemon -a "127.0.0., 192.168.1."

Allow a connection to the transmission client by the remoteGUI running on the same PC, or running on any other PC of the home LAN.

Now click the GUI's upper left-most signals, get dropdown MANAGE CONNECTIONS and add a connection using something in the allowed IP range. Leave TOOLS / APPLICATION (i.e., the gui) / TRANSMISSION alone for now.

I hope this lowers the frustration out there. :

Unlike little appliances like the ReadNAS NV+, Transmission is native to Ubuntu/Kubuntu, so you can get a manual page man transmission-daemon

Repeating some things others have said; A "deeper" way to see that the daemon is really running: ps aux | grep transmission-daemon

ps = process snapshot; aux lists everything; grep filters out the impt data

In order to see if transmission-daemon is receiving commands, you can check for the list of torrents: transmission-remote -n transmission:transmission -l

transmission-remote -h for help above, -n set user name and password; list torrents

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: jerry...@speakeasy.net

[size=5]FIGHTING "CONNECTION REFUSED" in the REMOTE GUI[/size]

Maybe these commands will help you get the Remote GUI admin page connected to a Linux-based Transmission pgm, and get past "Host not found" and "connection refused" problems

b?sudo service transmission-daemon startb?

No harm to try this command; will say "already running" if it is. This is the software on the Linux host of Tranmission Rev 2.8x that fields the connection to the remote GUI and gets answers to the GUI's rpc's (Remote Procedure Calls).

LONGER SET OF COMMANDS TO CHECK VITALS

sudo service transmission-daemon stop

transmission-daemon -d

Dump the parameters; Everything you could ever screw up by directly editing the .json file is here. Note the user ("transmission") and a few of the final chars of his hashed password. People who edit "the" .json file sometimes find they massaged the right filename in the wrong folder. That cannot happen to you if you ask the daemon to edit itself.

transmission-daemon -u transTEST -v transTEST transmission-daemon -d

Trust but verify -- look at the dump and be sure the user name and the hash of his pwd have both changed.

transmission-daemon -u transmission -v transmission

Once we connect, there will be no doubt about the verification (user, pwd) needed by the program. Note that this is **not the user/pwd you use to log onto the PC where the transmission torrent pgm runs. **

Now let's fix the connection.

transmission-daemon -a "127.0.0., 192.168.1."

Allow a connection to the transmission client by the remoteGUI running on the same PC, or running on any other PC of the home LAN.

I hope this lowers the frustration out there. :

Unlike little appliances like the ReadNAS NV+, Transmission is native to Ubuntu/Kubuntu, so you can get a manual page man transmission-daemon

Repeating some things others have said; A "deeper" way to see that the daemon is really running: ps aux | grep transmission-daemon

ps = process snapshot; aux lists everything; grep filters out the impt data

In order to see if transmission-daemon is receiving commands, you can check for the list of torrents: transmission-remote -n transmission:transmission -l

transmission-remote -h for help above, -n set user name and password; list torrents

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: jerry...@speakeasy.net

USING REMOTE GUI LOCALLY

Installing Transmission and its Remote GUI on the same Linux (Kubuntu/Ubuntu) box.

You can access over a Web browser at <code>http://localhost:9091/transmission/web </code>

or you can run the Remote GUI directly as another Ubuntu installed program.

Get the Kubunt/Ubuntu APPLICATION LAUNCHER MENU icon onto a panel or your desktop, start it, see if INTERNET / TRANSMISSION (BitTorrent Client) is listed. If not, install it.

sudo apt-get install transmission

Next problem: getting transgui to make a connection to machine running transmission:

The Remote GUI is not remote, both are on a machine which you can ping on a terminal running on that machine as

--Wilbur or

--192.168.1.142 (its reserved address on LAN)

--127.0.0.1

If the Remote GUI TOOLS / APPLICATION OPTIONS / TRANSMISSION / Remote host says "Connection refused" (or maybe "Host not found" ) for all of these valid "remote" host names, then perhaps you forgot to install the daemon that services connection requests:

sudo apt-get install transmission-daemon

Sometimes you have to be sure the service is started:

sudo service transmission-daemon start (or stop)

(tips on other commands to work with daemons would be appreciated)

If the daemon is runing, your connection is accepted and listed in the drop-down menu of valid "remote" connections in the upper extreme left of GUI ("New connection" "Manage connections")

After connecting comes the password challenge "Unauthorized user".

Remote GUI TOOLS / APPLICATION OPTIONS / TRANSMISSION / Authentication required.

If the correct user and password on your very own machine are not accepted, its because transmission GUI is entirely setup by its own configuration file "transmission.json" and knows nothing about the machine it has been installed into. Use the default user/pwd,

--transmission

--transmission or change it:

Edit transmission.json as usual:

sudo service transmission-daemon stop

do your edits, typing user and pwd in plain text

sudo service transmission-daemon start (daemon converts plaintext pwd to a hashcode)

To make a spare safety copy before editing:

_sudo cp /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json.backup_

(Thank you papibe on this 2010 forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1605096.html)

I hardly know what I'm doing and other commands and tips are welcome.

Can anyone figure out why <b>Wiki syntax</b> is not working ?

--jerry

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: ASamarts...@gmail.com

Hi adding files are not on a magnet link, and on hash?

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: sampoill...@gmail.com

Hi there , Can i Organize my download into separate folders ( for example /pdf; /mp3) after they have been downloaded ? Thanks :)

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: david.mr...@gmail.com

Hi! I just finished translating the application to Spanish and I would like to give it to you. How I can do it?

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: tankist....@gmail.com

Hi. Can do that would be a possibility to rename the file when you add a torrent file!? Thanks!

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: hbar...@gmail.com

Как расшифровываются флаги на пирах?

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: graysha...@gmail.com

How can I create a magnet link from already downloaded file, or a file that I already have?

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2015 20:26:11 -0000

Originally posted by: do...@canus.com

How can I download a torrent file?