Please help: transmission does not work !

[jrosado]

Ok..here goes nothing or all..

I followed this guide for my configuration using oleg firmware:

http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=5909

i installed gnuplot, logrotate and transmission:

ipkg install gnuplot
 ipkg install logrotate
 ipkg install transmission

(cron was already installed).

since i used marcnesium tutorial, my directories are:

/opt/share/torrent
 /opt/share/torrent/source
 /opt/share/torrent/work
 /opt/share/torrent/target

my transmission.conf file has the following:

#   Configuration
#   NOTE: no spaces around the = sign
#   the config will be sourced (eg. . transmission.conf)

SOURCE=/opt/share/torrent/source
WORK=/opt/share/torrent/work
TARGET=/opt/share/torrent/target
#MAILTO=torrent@somedomain.com
#MAILFROM=torrent@somedomain.com
MAILOPT="-smail.somedomain.com -f"
USER=admin
GROUP=root
DATE_FORMAT="%d %h %H:%M"

# Transmission daemon variables
PIDFILE=/opt/var/run/transmission.pid
ACTIVE=/opt/share/torrent/active-torrents.txt
HOME=/opt/share/torrent
WATCHDOG=300
LISTENING_PORT=65534
# set SPEED in kB/s or -1 for unlimited
UPLOAD_SPEED=10
DOWNLOAD_SPEED=-1
#UPLOAD_SPEED=41
#DOWNLOAD_SPEED=180
# change SYSLOG from /tmp/syslog.log to
SYSLOG=/opt/var/log/messages

#Uncomment the following for UPNP NAT traversal
#NAT_TRAVERSAL=--nat-traversal

# Seed torrent after completition (YES or NO)
AUTOSEED="YES"
# If the following limit is reached watchdog will not enqueue new one
MAX_ACTIVE_TORRENTS=10

# Creating graphical log of transfer with gnuplot
# can be very site specific issue. See transmission.cgi
# how this variables are used.
GNUPLOT=/opt/bin/gnuplot
GNUPLOT_COMMAND=${WORK}/transfer.gnuplot
GNUPLOT_DATA=${WORK}/transfer.data
GNUPLOT_OUTPUT=/opt/share/www/transfer.png
HTTP_IMG_LOCATION=../transfer.png
#TZ offset in seconds. Use +- sign. DST manually
TIMEZONE_OFFSET=+3600

#Colors for command line. # comment out if not needed
GREEN="\033[32;1m"
#NC="\033[0m"
#BACK_UP="\033[1K\033[0G"
NORMAL="\033[0m"
WARN="\033[33;1m"
BAD="\033[31;1m"
BOLD="\033[1m"
GOOD="\033[32;1m"

my crontab file has the following:

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/opt/usr/bin:/opt/usr/sbin
MAILTO=""
HOME=/
# ---------- ---------- Default is Empty ---------- ---------- #
# Syntax for lines is : minute hour day month dayofweek command #
*/5 * * * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.5mins
01 * * * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.monthly

*/30 * * * * admin nice /opt/sbin/transmission_watchdog

my S05syslogd has the following:

#!/bin/sh
 #
 # Startup script for syslogd
 #
 # Stop myself if running
 if [ -n "`pidof syslogd`" ]; then
   killall syslogd 2>/dev/null
 fi

/sbin/syslogd -m 0 -O /opt/var/log/messages -S -l 7

i put a .torrent file on the source directory, i force watchdog to start, then i select the .torrent file and make it active.

The .torrent file is copied to the work directory, but the torrent does not start downloading.

Here is my transmission.cgi page



I also get errors on the log page and no graphic. Here is a image:




So can please somebody tell me why is this not working

I'm getting mad

[jrosado]

I followed the German guide of wengi (with some help from babelfish) and now everything is working finally

Now i need to find out how to create ftp accounts with different directory access...

[wengi]

Seems that i have to do a translation... if i have the time.
wengi

[jrosado]

Seems that i have to do a translation... if i have the time.
wengi

Yes, you should

Now, my fight is with the ftp server. I found out the configuration file stupid-ftp.conf on the /etc folder.

I made changes to this file, save it, saved the flash and rebooted.

However, after the reboot the changes i made are gone and the file is equal to what it was

How can this be?

[IN70043]

Hi I followed the instructions and I get the following error trying to start transmissiond:

Jun 15 22:09:19 transmission_watchdog: Transmission daemon restarted!
Jun 15 22:09:19 transmissiond[546]: Transmission daemon 0.80-svn (1874) started - http://transmission.m0k.org/
Jun 15 22:09:20 transmissiond[546]: chdir - No such file or directory

Again and again and again.

The .torrent files are located in the source directory. Work directoru contains 3 directories with the same name like the torrents files, but transfer.data is empty. The conf file seems OK. Transmission.cgi works fine.

Any clue?

Regards

[avberk]

can you attach your transmission.conf file?

[kolp]

For some reason the graph in the log tab does not show anything. I have attached it. It just displays this every time i click log also i am not sure if my log i sclearing itself out or not because it still has logs from the Jun 18 till today. I don't know whats going as I am still trying to understand how this program works. Thanks in advance

1.9.2.7-9
Transmission daemon 1.22+ (6196)

[oleo]

at least you should get a dots. Maybe there is something wrong with syslog or transmissiond is not running.

[wpte]

at least you should get a dots. Maybe there is something wrong with syslog or transmissiond is not running.

i suggest leaving it running a bit longer.
as you can see there is a red line close to the blue line at the end

make sure you have port 65545 (i believe) is opened and portforwarded to your router for better performance
it usually takes 10 to 30 minutes to get a sexy graph

[kolp]

1. It has been doing this for 2 weeks so yea, how do I check for transmissiond if it is active because all the downloads look good and uploadds too. Just the graph is not working.

This is the code I have for syslog:

nano /opt/etc/init.d/S05syslogd

#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for syslog
#
PATH=/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

LOGFILE=syslog.log
KERNLOGFILE=kern.log
LOG_OLD=/tmp
LOG_NEW=/opt/var/log

prefix=""
sbindir=${prefix}/sbin

NAME=syslogd
DAEMON=${sbindir}/${NAME}
DESC="syslogd"
OPTIONS="-m 0 -O $LOG_NEW/$LOGFILE -S -l 7 -s 0"

case "$1" in
start0)
printf "Starting ${DESC}: "
# Copy old syslog and create symlink to new
if [ ! -L /tmp/syslog.log ]; then
cat $LOG_OLD/$LOGFILE >> $LOG_NEW/$LOGFILE
mv $LOG_OLD/$LOGFILE $LOG_NEW/$KERNLOGFILE
ln -s $LOG_NEW/$LOGFILE $LOG_OLD/$LOGFILE
fi
${DAEMON} ${OPTIONS}
printf "${NAME}.\n"
logger -t ${NAME} "started."
;;
stop)
if [ -n "`pidof syslogd`" ]; then
printf "Stopping ${DESC}: "
killall "${NAME}"
printf "${NAME}.\n"
fi
;;
start|restart|force-reload)
$0 stop
sleep 1
$0 start0
;;
*)
printf "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}\n" >&2
exit
;;
esac

exit 0

[kolp]

So the syslog i posted is from wengi tutorial. I now change the syslog to Moody Blue's. The reason i did this is because I followed Moody's tutorial to get the hds working but because i thought wengi tutorial was much newer so i followed his tutorial after getting the hd back up with moody blue. Maybe this would be the problem U think. I changed the syslog identical to moody would this make a difference or not im not sure just trying things out here.

#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for syslogd
#
# Stop myself if running
if [ -n "`pidof syslogd`" ]; then
killall syslogd 2>/dev/null
fi

/sbin/syslogd -m 0 -O /opt/var/log/messages -S -l 7

Same problem I really dont know what is wrong with it. When i click log it takes a while to load because it shows me everything since Jun18th how do i get it so it clears. I am sorry for asking so many questions. I had this problem becausemy router stopped working and I thought it was a good chance to redo the new oleg version but i liked the older version1.9.2.7g better it worked with no flaws just tillt he router died. Thanks for all your help guys. But neways for now I will keep checkin on this post if there is a solution thanks again

[hweiee]

Hi,

I updated to the latest firmware and updated/upgraded all ipkg packages yesterday.

Currently, I am using Transmission 1.40 (7096)

Everything is working great. I can fetch torrents and start downloading/uploading. Then access the completed downloads with samba2.

My Transmission is started in POST-BOOT, with this line:
/opt/bin/transmission-daemon -g /usr/local/root/.config/transmission-daemon/

When I add a torrent, using the webinterface OPEN button at the top left corner, the download is added to the list in the webinterface. A torrent file is also created in both
/usr/local/root/.config/transmission-daemon/torrents
and
/tmp/local/root/.config/transmission-daemon/torrents


BUT, I realised that when I restart my WL500W, the torrents disappear. This means that when I go to
http://MY OWN IP ADDRESS:TRANSMISSION PORT/transmission/web/
I do not see any ongoing/seeding/paused/etc in the list at all.
It is totally blank.

There is also no torrent file in
/usr/local/root/.config/transmission-daemon/torrents
and
/tmp/local/root/.config/transmission-daemon/torrents


However:
My settings file in
/usr/local/root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json
and
/tmp/local/root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json
is perfectly file (not deleted, not changed).

The partially downloaded files in the torrent download directory are also still there (not deleted).


Therefore I suspect the issue is, when I reboot router (either by entering "reboot" in putty, or by physically switching off the electrical power supply), the torrents in the 2 "torrent" folders somehow got deleted.
Why?
How do I solve this problem?

Please help.



Thanks so much!
hweiee

[kaizen]

Hi,

I updated to the latest firmware and updated/upgraded all ipkg packages yesterday.

Your config file is in flash memory.

Read this (mainly move your config file to your pendrive/hdd in my example /tmp/harddisk/torrent/.config - I have mounted my harddisk in /tmp/harddisk)

BTW. Current version is r7132

[hweiee]

Hi kaizen

I think you are right. That's a really fast and accurate diagnosis

Thanks, I think it should solve the problem. But its my bedtime now, shall check it out tmr.



hweiee

[Heathen]

highjacking this thread as i have the same problem.

i have tried every thing i have found on this forum without any good result.

i still loose my .torrent files when i reboot?

i'm running the latest version.

and when i look for them via ssh i cant even find them?
(yes im newbie to linux)