Questions on Transmission & WL500gp

[satjoey]

nothing there just this :

Unable to find recent transfer stats in syslog

21:03:23 up 1 day, 24 min, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00



XXXXXXXXX.XviD-DiAMOND.3882574.TPB .status not found for /tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/P2.DVDSCR.XviD-DiAMOND.3882574.TPB/P2.DVDSCR.XviD-DiAMOND.3882574.TPB.torrent Start: 01 Jan 01:00



/opt/share/www/cgi-bin/transmission.cgi: kill: 9: (699) - No such process this is on top when put a torrent in source

[EdSki]

(Re)Start Watchdog, give it some time and you have a new logfile!

Ed

[satjoey]

do not help
when i press update it says : Unable to find recent transfer stats in syslog

and log says :

Nov 16 14:30:02 transmission_watchdog: Removing .watchdog protection
Nov 16 14:30:07 transmissiond[5367]: Transmission daemon 0.82 (r) started - http://transmission.m0k.org/
Nov 16 14:30:07 transmission_watchdog: Transmission daemon restarted!
Nov 16 14:31:07 transmission_watchdog: Starting torrent /tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/XXXXXX.S02E08.HDTV.XviD-LOL.3887258.TPB/XXXXXX.S02E08.HDTV.XviD-LOL.3887258.TPB.torrent
Nov 16 14:33:12 transmission_watchdog: Transmission daemon restarted!
Nov 16 14:33:12 transmissiond[432]: Transmission daemon 0.82 (r) started - http://transmission.m0k.org/

Creating graph...
plot '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):2 title 'download' axis x1y1 with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):3 title 'upload' with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):4 axis x1y2 title 'load' with lines ^ "/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.gnuplot", line 13: warning: Skipping data file with no valid points plot '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):2 title 'download' axis x1y1 with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):3 title 'upload' with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):4 axis x1y2 title 'load' with lines ^ "/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.gnuplot", line 13: warning: Skipping data file with no valid points plot '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):2 title 'download' axis x1y1 with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):3 title 'upload' with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):4 axis x1y2 title 'load' with lines ^ "/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.gnuplot", line 13: warning: Skipping data file with no valid points plot '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):2 title 'download' axis x1y1 with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):3 title 'upload' with impulses, '/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.data' using ($1+86400++3600):4 axis x1y2 title 'load' with lines ^ "/tmp/harddisk/torrent/work/transfer.gnuplot", line 13: x range is invalid

[kaizen]

I've set UL limit in transmission.conf to 13

In transmission graph (log) looks OK.

But I've installed nload - and it shows avg UL transfer 25-30 kBps. After pausing transmission transfer drops to 2-4 kBps.

How solve this problem?

[oleo]

Press the Help button and read the FAQ. Limit is only for good packets. No handshaking.

[kaizen]

It means 10kBps overhead and 13kBps real data?

[ocelivise]

I'm using transmission 0.93, is it possible to select files for downloading instead of downloading whole torrent?

[oleo]

Simple answer is: No. libtransmission has this possibility though.

[oleo]

Yes. Unfortunately. For low speed lines the impact is big. For example try to download a file with ftp and see how much upload is taken.

[Pulver]

you might consider switching to rtorrent.

rtorrent lets you decide what files to download - and it works really well on a asus router

After using rtorrent for a couple of days I really dont miss a gui as much as I thought I would

[mitraku]

Is there any way setting up transmission to start more than 1 torrent every 30 min from the queue? I would like it to have 5 active torrents instead of one without having to start them manually.
Thank you.

[oleo]

No. But if you have slow torrents then you can mark them with Bypass. This way enqueuing will still work.

For example mark manually 4 active torrents as bypass and fifth will be enqueued by watchdog.

[mitraku]

Thanks. It would be interesting if transmission can mark a torrent as bypassed if it has a low download(defined) speed, but i suppose this can`t also be done.

[Arise]

I have some questions about transmission.

What makes a torrent an active one? Is it active if it downloaded right now, or is it active if it is in the seeding mode? (was already downloaded).

How many torrents should I keep at seeding? What is the max limit?

The interface PAUSE button is missinterpreted. If I click on the PAUSE button, I have to click again on the same button to resume the transfers. Took me about 1 hour to find out this. I tried to restart the router and I tried to restart the watchdog from ssh and admin interface over and over again only to find out by mistake that I have to push again on the pause button. Can the interface be adjusted to display "Resume" instead "Pause" ?

[oleo]

ACTIVE = downloading + seeding

Practical number depends on your hardware, bandwidth and type of torrents. I suggest up to 20 although this also depends on user experience. So go for as little as possible but not less than that.

Think of Pause button as Pause on tape recorder. It Stops/Starts activity of the transmission daemon. And yes, it is design problem of the static header that prevents Resume/Pause button.