Questions tagged [transmission]

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 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, debian-...
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How to forward internet traffic of port 51413 to go through 127.0.0.1:8443?

I am on Ubuntu 22.04 MATE. I have installed the C library of shadowsocsk-libev, and I connect to my server using ss-local -c /etc/shadowsocks.json . and I get the following output: 2024-02-13 20:38:...
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Transmission reverse proxy wont to find peer's

I'm new in Ubuntu! Today I put transmission-daemon behind the apache2 web server using reverse proxy, get SSL certificate to my.domain.com and have https:// access using web interface with port 9091 ...
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Permission denied when downloading with transmission daemon

I installed Xubuntu and transmission daemon, set the download path to my home/user/TV shows, and get a permission denied when trying to download torrents through the transmission. I tried chmod -r 777 ...
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Transmission reports "Peer listening port" is "Closed"

After switching Transmission to run on a different Ubuntu host on the same LAN, it's now reporting that the "Peer listening port" is closed, however the port is being forwarded on the router ...
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Where are transmission-cli download saved?

I cannot find where my torrented folder is. I did transmission-cli file.torrent and it has finished.
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Memory leak in transmission-deamon?

My system had a scare last night, it apparently ran out of memory, the rtkit-deamon complained about the canary thread starving and the kernel killed a number of processes. The system is a Fujitsu ...
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Get transmission download directory from cli

Is there a way to see the current download location for a torrent using transmission-remote? In the web interface you can view and set the individual torrent's location, but unless i'm missing ...
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Transmission-daemon use a lot of cache memory [closed]

Can someone tell me why there is so much use of cache in my orange-pi when is running transmission-daemon, i'm not understanding really well if the problem is transmission-daemon or the cache used is ...
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Transmission-cli is leaving .part files

I recently developed a PHP script to automatically download torrents with transmission-cli. I did consider using deluge-console but that did not support download locations (-w), the problem is: ...
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What is "web seed"?

I'm downloading a file with Transmission. It shows a connection to a web seed. See the below screenshot: What is that "web seed", shown in the picture (which kind of seeders?)? Is it safe?
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Why setting a ratio of 2 in Transmission doesn't restrict the upload speed to 2 times the download speed?

In the Transmission application, I assumed you select a torrent and then select Properties → Options and there exists a Ratio option. If you go into the Seeding Limits settings, I thought if I set it ...
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Is there a way to know if transmission-daemon currently active?

I have a laptop that i use as a media station connected to my TV, occasionally i would fall a sleep and forget to shutdown the laptop and that is unwanted behavior. so i use crontabs to shutdown my ...
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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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Run service in its own ip netns namespace on Ubuntu 16.04

I used to run services in 14.04 by executing ip netns exec namespacename service start servicename But I realized that this doesnt work anymore on 16.04. The service starts in normal namespace. I ...
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Transmission 3 not recognising info hash

Just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04. Installed Transmission 3. When I try to use info hash Transmission says Unrecognized URL. In my previous Ubuntu transmission worked without fail using info hash. What do ...
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Removing Transmission Bit torrent client

Simply want to remove this client, don't really like it. Can't figure out what packages it's installed as, tried both transmission and transmission-daemon, the first not being anything and the second ...
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Transmission GTK errors - syslog contains millions (literally) of errors daily and in app labels and layouts regularly become confused

I have transmission running on this computer loading at startup. I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and have installed latest updates. When I access the app to inspect torrent properties the labels on the ...
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Permission Denied (Transmission WebUI)

So I have been playing with groups, users and permissions on my Home Server in order to use Transmission, to no avail. I want to have my 'download' folder in my 'home' folder. Why? Because I have my ...
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Transmission-daemon - Folder permissions issue

Transmission-daemon can't write to a Downloads folder. (I have installed and used transmission before, and i dont remember ever having trouble with it, i have read these forums and i cant find an ...
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Transmission-daemon: cannot edit settings.json

I want to edit Transmission-daemon's main config file located at /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json but I am unable to, due to its default permissions: /etc/transmission-daemon$ ls -lah total 16K ...
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Issue with if statment in bash

First time interacting here. it helped me several times, but I'm lost this time. I got a script to remove stalled/ended torrents from @bulljit. (I don't know if I can/should put his Github here. Sorry ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 - Requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker

I know there is another answer, but that doesn't answer to my trouble. This link: Requested download is not authorized for use with this tracker doesn't answer becase, at the time I'm writing - ...
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Transmission : Change Finished Downloads Colour

I have Ubuntu 22.04. Transmission works fine for me with torrents. But the same colour for active and finished downloads is a bit confusing. From Google search, I see a few requests on the same on ...
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How can I 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 retrieve magnet link from Transmission?

How do I get the magnet links from Transmission? I didn't realize that this information was even stored. I'd like to use just regular Transmission, rather than remote. What I've tried: thufir@dur:~$ ...
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Where does Transmission save my torrent files?

I have a lot of torrents and currently I use Transmission as my torrent client. However, there is a problem — After I change the folder name (which is important for me to organize my music folder), ...
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How do I open port 51413 for Transmission?

I just moved to Ubuntu on my MacBook and I spent the whole day trying to open port 51413 for Transmission. What I've already done: I have ufw but I opened ports there and tried without it - probably ...
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Transmission torrent client very inconsistent speeds

I have inconsistent download speed using the transmission bit torrent client. The speed will vary greatly between 400kb and 1kb per second (My internet is crap 400kb is a acceptable maximum). I also ...
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transmission-daemon: error loading working config-file. User priveliges?

Transmission-daemon has worked perfectly on a small headless server for a long time. However, it currently gives me the following error: transmission-daemon Error loading config file -- exiting. (...
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Transmission won't launch script after download on Ubuntu Server 18.04.2

I am on a completely fresh install. After installation I have only installed Transmission. (transmission-cli transmission-common transmission-daemon) Then I created a file under /var/lib/...
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How is transmission monitored from the console?

Normally I add magnet links from firefox to transmission via the GUI, but also want it to continue the downloads even when the GUI isn't running. I've also installed: transmission-cli transmission-...
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UFW not allowing Transmission to transfer

I have set the rules in ufw for Transmission but when I try to use it it will not transfer and it also says the port is closed when checked under preferences. If I turn the UFW firewall off it still ...
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Transmission dont start

I have tried to completely remove it through "purge" and reinstall, but in the end it does not open either. 
If I put "transmission-gtk" in the terminal, the response I get is &...
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Add multiple trackers at once with Transmission Remote

I recently bought a QNap I use as download station, so I switched from downloading files with uTorrent on my PC to downloading them with Transmission on the QNap. I use Transmission Remote to ...
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Transmission Gtk-WARNING **: <time> cannot open display: :0.0

Ubuntu 22.04 I'm trying to use crontab to launch Transmission at 22:04 and kill it at 07:00. To launch it at 22:04, I use: 04 22 * * * env DISPLAY=:0.0 transmission-gtk But I get the error: (...
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Use OpenVPN only for one application/service

I am using a ubuntu server hosted elsewhere. On that server one of the things running is transmission. I was wondering if I could have the VPN only for that application as once I enable the VPN, I ...
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How to eliminate TCP Retransmission/TCP DUP ACK from the server?

Introduction of the application We have an application which it receive data from a TCP protocol (IOT device) to our Ubuntu server. Both end send it's data receive confirmation to each other, in order ...
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Problem in downloading torrent file from a college network?

Today I have download a torrent file in my college from internet, so i decide it to download from college network (LAN / WI-FI) with the transmission in Ubuntu 18.04. 15 mins later, downloading status ...
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Transmission app update

I noticed the Transmission app in Lubuntu 20.04 currently updates to version 3.00. Meanwhile Kubuntu 20.04 doesn't offer its update, staying with 2.94 version. Tell me please, when would some changes ...
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Transmission daemon over OpenVPN

I have recently acquired a BeagleBone Black, onto which I've installed Ubuntu using this method. It has all worked so far. I want to use my BeagleBone as a torrent box, but I don't want to do it ...
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Why are my torrents not downloading?

I am using transmission-daemon and controlling it through the webgui. Currently I have two torrents from separate trackers that are on 0B of OB status. I am using transmission. On one torrent at last ...
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transmission-daemon ignoring settings.json

Since I upgraded my ubuntu server installation from 16.04 to 16.10, the transmission-daemon service seems to be ignoring settings.json. The symptom is that the web interface gives me: 403: Forbidden ...
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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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transmission on old /home to new install

ubuntu mate 20.04.3 LTS, transmission 2.94 wiped my root and installed new ubuntu and mounted on to old home. Now whenever i start transmission it defaults to an old list of torrents which need to be ...
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Transmission advertising IPv6 address despite not being bound to it

I am using Ubuntu 20.04.2 and transmission-daemon 2.94-2ubuntu3. Transmission is connected to a VPN over IPv4, and that works fine, except that — despite passing --bind-address-ipv6 fe80:: to ...
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Why does Transmission no longer open a port with Upnp enabled?

Transmission was working well until about a week ago, and then quit opening a port. Upnp is enabled in both the router and Transmission. All ports show stealth mode by grc. Had a friend check ...
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Enable logging for service

I'm trying to figure out how to enable logging in Transmission. I know I can run the daemon in the foreground: transmission-daemon -f --logfile /your/path/to/transmission.log But this is not what I ...
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How do I change which app Transmission uses on the "open folder" option?

When I right click on a torrent and use the "open folder" option on the drop-down it automatically opens in ranger (a terminal file browser) when I want it to open in the Dolphin file manager. When I ...
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transmission-remote: How to monitor list of torrents in terminal?

I have just installed transmission on my server which runs Ubuntu desktop. I have no issue with downloading files and so forth, but would like to keep a terminal window open on my work computer where ...

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