Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form). It is Ubuntu's default BitTorrent client since Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
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How to configure chrome to open magnet url's with deluge?
After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) from 10.10, I can no longer open magnet (torrent) links in Chromium, and set deluge to automatically open and accept the url.
(Edit: currently ".torrent" ...
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Transmission not downloading
I'm using the Transmission which was shipped in 11.10.
All the configurations in Ubuntu 11.10 are the same as they are in my Mac OS.
In Ubuntu, Transmission is not downloading at all: 0 peers at all ...
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Is there a way to schedule the downloads in Transmission BitTorrent Client?
I have added a couple of torrent files to Transmission BitTorrent Client to be downloaded.
I have a limited internet speed so I can't start all of them in a single go; so I have to peep in after ...
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How to make Firefox open magnet-links in Transmission
I can't find out how to make Firefox open magnet-links in Transmission. There is no option to make it the standard program for magnet-links in its properties, and as I am not experienced with the ...
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How to make Opera open magnet links?
I have Transmission 2.52 and Opera 11.64 x64, when I try to open a magnet link from The Pirate Bay, Opera says it cant recognize that protocol, how to set up?
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Why does Transmission BitTorrent client say “could not connect to tracker”?
I recently cannot download anything via transmission and the download process remains idle("downloading from 0 of 0 connected peers").
Going through properties> trackers, I see "could not connect to ...
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Why doesn't Transmission respect my 1 KB/sec upload limit?
I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, and have a question about the network activity of Transmission 2.22. Even though I set the global upload limit to 1kbs/s or even 0kb/s, my System Monitor/Conky shows a steady ...
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Some windows aren't recognised by Unity
Some apps, including Transmission in particular, are not recognized by the Unity window manager.
I am not able to focus or select certain windows.
Curiously, I also can't drag it to the launcher.
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How to get rid of Transmission zombie process? [closed]
Problem:
I was downloading a file over Transmission when I noticed that the Transmission window was grayed out and not responding. On clicking it, Ubuntu (10.04) asked to force-close which I did. What ...
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Transfer partially complete torrent from Windows to Ubuntu?
I have started a torrent in Windows (Vuze) and it is at 18%, however I wish to continue the torrent in ubuntu on another computer.
Can I simply copy the so-far-completed downloaded files to ubuntu, ...
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How do I limit the upload speed of Transmission client to below 5kB/s?
I want to restrict the upload speed of my transmission client to 1kB/s, is it possible?
What changes do I need to make to lower the upload speed?
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How can I start transmission-daemon service before login?
I want to run transmission-daemon as a service so that any user can log in and access the same instance of Transmission (via the browser or Transmission remote GUI).
Is this possible, and how can I ...
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Transmission webui problem - Conflict 409
I am running the latest stable version of Transmission (version 2.31 from the Transmission ppa). Any time I try to log in to the web user interface, I get hit with this:
409: Conflict
Your ...
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How do I compile & install the newest version of Transmission?
I'm trying to install Transmission 2.51 on Ubuntu 10.04. Compiling the source goes fine, but I can't seem to get it to compile the GUI as well. This is the configure output:
Configuration:
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How do I change the user Transmission runs under?
I installed Transmission through a PPA and the daemon starts on boot. I want to change the user that runs the daemon because I want the downloaded files to be under the same user as my XBMC ...
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Can I share the two lists of downloads with Transmission and Transmission-daemon?
I just discovered transmission-daemon so I installed it to use RPC calls. I successfully added a torrent, but when I launched Transmission in Unity, there was no trace of the download.
I discovered ...
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Where is Tor Browser opening Transmission from? How can I open the “same” Transmission?
When I launch Tor-Browser, it first launches Vidalia, then a special version of Firefox bundled with the Tor Browser package. If I try to download a (legal!) torrent in the Tor Browser version of ...
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Transmission causes internet to stop working - log off required to make it work again
After some time of downloading torrents via Transmission the internet connection stops working, causing both torrents and sites to not load. This only happens on my machine (meaning other ...
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How can I insure transmission traffic uses a VPN?
I'd like to insure that transmission only sends/receives traffic when the server it runs on is connected to a VPN.
I found this question which is similar but I don't want to force all traffic ...
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Configuring Transmission for faster download
I have tested on the same PC with the same torrent/magnet links the following Torrent Clients:
Transmission
Ktorrent
Deluge
qBittorrent
Vuze
After 7 days of testing I noticed that the only one ...
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Transmission won't connect to any peers
After my upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 12.10, Transmission won't download from an anti-leech tracker (ALT). If I download a torrent via Magnet Link, everything works fine, but if I download from ...
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How to have transmission in ubuntu 12.04 proxy the tracker requests? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Transmission tracker and/or torrent traffic through proxy
I cant find any settings in transmission preferences to proxy the tracker requests.I am behind a firewall and ...
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How do I open port 51413 for Transmission?
Just moved to ubuntu on my macbook and spend whole day trying to open transmission port 51413.
Already done:
I have ufw but i opened ports there and tried without it - probably not the problem
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How to transfer transmission configuration to another machine?
I'd like to know how can I keep my old Transmission data when I do a new system installation.
Is there any way to keep my statistics, rate upload/download, etc., and use them in my new installation?
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How to change the default permissions of files created by transmission-daemon?
I have a machine running Ubuntu 12.04 server with transmission-daemon running to handle bitorrents. Everything works fine except the transmission-daemon creates files as the user/group, ...
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Running Transmission depending on which wi-fi you are connected to
I wish to set up Transmission so that it always runs on my home wi-fi network, but does not when I'm connected to any other networks.
Is there a way to set things up so that this is the case?
Thank ...
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Backup torrents for clean install
Tomorrow I'm going to do a clean install of Ubuntu 12.10, since I've been playing with some internals and now my system is quite messy. Everything is prepared, my files backed up and I've already made ...
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Transmission started to detect torrents bigger than they are
When I add a torrent the program works fine but after a few minutes it increases the value of total size. Right now I am downloading a torrent of size 5.08 GB, but the program detects it as 5.45 GB.
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application locked to launcher without icon [closed]
I tried to drag and drop transmission to my launcher in Ubuntu 12.04, and this is what I got:
As you can see - there is an icon shaped space where an icon ought to be. Transmission is locked to ...
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Where does Transmission save my torrent files?
I have a lot of torrents and currently I am using transmission as my torrent client, there is a problem that after I change the the folder name (this is important for me to organize my music folder) ...
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Is it needed to set Static IP and Port to get best performance from Transmission?
I've recently migrated to Linux from Windows and I work on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I am trying to preserve my usual habits of Windows so that I can use Linux more regularly. One of those habits is P2P ...
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Transmission continues downloading even after Paused
Using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit with Transmission version 2.51 (13280)
I am uploading screens for better understanding.
Transmission continues to Download the torrent even after Pausing .
Not just with ...
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Wifi don't work when I use bittorrent apps!
When I use apps like Deluge, Transmission or KTorrent, the wifi stop working!
Someone know why?
(sorry for my english, in not a native)
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Permissions issue with symlinks over samba
I'm having trouble accessing some files over a samba share. Here's my setup:
I have shared /shared as Shared
I have a user with the same name and pwd as my Linux user in my Windows machine
I made ...
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How to make Transmission download torrents behind a proxy?
Can anyone help me configure Transmission to download torrent files behind a proxy?
I have http_proxy set in my .bashrc.
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Unable to save resume file. Too many open files
Every time i am getting Unable to save resume file. Too many open files error in transmission application. I got solution in this post.
sudo sh -c "echo fs.file-max=$(dc -e '2 20 ^ p') > ...
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Transmission tracker and/or torrent traffic through proxy
I am trying to get Transmission to connect through a SOCKv5 proxy.
I am not able to find any settings in the graphical interface to Transmission that allows me to change proxy server for the program. ...
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Upstart script for a transmission-daemon executed as a normal user
I have done a script to start transmission-daemon as a normal user:
start on filesystem
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
pre-start script
test -x /usr/bin/transmission-daemon ...
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Transmission - settings.json
I'm a totally noob (sorry) - i bought a Raspberry pi...and i have managed to install xbian, samba and bittorrent (transmission).
All the fun showed up when i tried to upgrade the older version from ...
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Can transmission automatically move a download after it's done seeding, again? [closed]
I have setup transmission so that it initially downloads to a hidden file. After the download is done it gets moved to my Downloads folder, for immediate using. However i want transmission to move the ...
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Transmission Remote GUI setup hangs on DHT attempting to bootstrap
I'm trying to install transmission on Ubuntu Server 12.04. But I'm running into few issues, The main one now is that the setup seems to hang on:
DHT Attempting bootstrap from dht.transmissionbt.com ...
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Why is the version of transmission not the most recent?
Why is in Natty old version of Transmission 2.13?
Current version in 2.22 released on March 4th.
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Mr Transmission, please turn off the PC after all downloads are completed!
#!/bin/bash
echo "password" | sudo -S halt
I pointed this script to "Call script when torrent is completed" option under: Edit > Preferences > Downloading
Problem: this script shut-downs the ...
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Transmission shutdown script for multiple torrents?
I have written a shutdown script for transmission. Transmission calls the script after a torrent download finishes. The script runs perfectly on my machine (Ubuntu 11.04 & 12.04).
#!/bin/bash
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How do I get an application to display on a “dummy monitor”?
I have a GTK program(transmission-gtk) which I would like to run from a console in one of the virtual terminals (over SSH, and locally). Is there a way to get this application(or any other GTK ...
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Can I get transmission to quit instead of minimize?
Transmission has this incredibly aggravating tendency to not stop when I click the exit button.
Instead, it minimizes. When I click to exit, I want the program to cease immediately, but I can't ...
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WebSeeding Transmssion Client
I want to make a torrent file with web seed enable. Where is can find this setting in Transmission bitorrent client.
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How to download torrents with long filenames?
There is a known problem with transmission: it can't download torrents with filenames longer than 255 bytes. What are the workarounds?
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Transmission torrent client hangs up after upgrade
I had a 10.10 ubuntu installation and upgraded to most recent 11.04. After the upgrade when I start the transmission the window appears but no components inside and after a while it becomes grey and ...
