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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preventing transmission-daemon from auto start?
On Xubuntu 14.04 I have installed the package transmission-daemon. It appears to start automatically when I start the computer. Is it possible to prevent this from happening and instead I would like ...
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transmission "Permission denied" error
I installed web version of transmission on my Ubuntu Server 14.10
To make it work with my home folder I did this:
cd /home/nat/Downloads
mkdir transmission
sudo usermod -a -G debian-transmission nat
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Starting/removing/upgrading transmission-daemon wont work
When I type sudo apt-get upgrade the following is output:
Setting up transmission-daemon (2.84-0ubuntu0.14.10.1) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript transmission-daemon, action "...
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Transmission-daemon - dangling symlink and dpkg error
After some attempts to install Transmission I couldnt get the webUI working. This made me want to make a fresh start by removing all my transmission files. I encounter the following on my Ubuntu 14.10 ...
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transmission-cli connected to peers but not downloading
I'm using my Ubuntu-Server and transmission-cli to download torrents overnight. When I try to download the Ubuntu 12.04.5 Server torrent transmission connects to various peers, but doesn't download ...
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Is it possibile to put two transmission servers in a cluster?
I have two servers in two different lan's. The servers are connect with openVpn.
Is it possible have the servers operate as a cluster with 1 server as master and 1 server as slave? They would both ...
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transmission-gtk before login
I know, probably Im asking too much, but...
is there any chance to run transmission-gtk even if any user is logged in?
I should have transmission-daemon installed instead of gtk, but I love GUI..
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changing default program
I accidentally changed my torrent magnet link default file to terminal instead of transmission, and the remember this application check box is checked. So now i am stuck in opening up terminal ...
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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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Can I unencrypt a specific directory under home directory while the entire home directory is encrypted?
The reason why I'm asking this is that the encryption leaves up to a length of 143 characters to be used as filename. While normally it doesn't seem like a trouble, it becomes one when the name of a ...
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Default program for downloading torrents changed, can't download
I was having no trouble downloading torrents with the default program in Ubuntu 14.10, Transmissions, but then I changed something, don't ask me what, and now it defaults to Videos, which of course ...
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Transmission fails to start on Ubuntu 14.04
I haven't used Transmission for a few months. Today I needed to download something and Transmission does not start (no error dialogues or exceptions are displayed in the DE). Trying it from the ...
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Torrent doesn't upload
I have a laptop which has windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04LTS installed. Windows seeds the torrent back but Ubuntu doesn't. I have tried several client on Ubuntu but I got the same issue. It can Download ...
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Set turrent client to automatically start downloading a torrent when it's available
It's tedious to continue checking for a movie until it has a torrent. Is there a plug in (for transmission) that will save my "wanted" list and look for my movies automatically?
And notify me when I ...
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How to use proxy for Transmission?
I have heard that Proxy Support in Trasmission has been removed as of version 2.12. Is it possible to use proxy by any other method?
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Torrent client that saves files to torrent location
I currently use Flexget to download torrent files from an rss feed. Flexget automatically saves each torrent in its subfolder, according to a set of rules and names it accordingly.
Now, what I want ...
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Networking Transmission Details
Is there some way in Ubuntu(commands or tools) to find Network Connection data packet's detail at Physical layer or Upper layers(Data, Network, Transport) up-to bit level. I want to analysis the whole ...
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Installed app with weird problem: Text entry doubles keystrokes - EExxaammppllee
I installed the app transgui on a couple of machines with Ubuntu 14.10. On one (and only one) of the machines, each and every text field exhibits the strange behaviour of all keystrokes counted double ...
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Transmission. Started with a "permission denied", now it won't even run
So I just ventured into the land of Ubuntu. It was a pleasant stroll until I came onto the chasm of users and permissions.
I installed transmission-daemon. Everything looked nice and easy, but once ...
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Torrents don't download in Kubuntu
I've been using Linux (Kubuntu) for about two months. I liked the torrent client that came with it (ktorrent), but recently I've noticed that ktorrent doesn't download again even if the torrent has ...
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I cannot download torrents any more! Files I download from torrent sites have the extension .exe
I recently tried to download a few torrents from various sites and found that the file extension of all the files I try to download is .exe, which neither transmission nor vuze nor I know what to do ...
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Transmission keeps crashing when a web seed is connected
For some reason Transmission is crashing when I download a torrent file with a web seed. For example: I wanted to download the Netrunner 14 release as a torrent file and Transmission said there was 1 ...
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How to exclude files in torrent from download?
Is it possible to exclude certain files within a torrent from downloading using the Transmission client? I can't seem to be able to find any such option. If I go to Properties → Files, there are no ...
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What does "Seeding to 3 of 4 connected peers 7kB/s ▲" mean?
This is Transmission BitTorrent Client:
What does the "Seeding to 3 of 4 connected peers 7kB/s ▲"?
What is seeding and what are peers? And why does this only appear after it has downloaded? Before ...
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What is the difference between the "start" and "start now" options in Transmission?
In Transmission, if you right-click on a paused torrent, you will get a menu. One option is "Start" and the one below that is "Start Now".
Neither of these options have any tooltips associated with ...
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How to control a torrent file to be downloaded item by item
Look at this img:
Generally, Transmission tries to download all of items which are defined in a torrent file, concurrently. For example, if we have 10 item in a torrent file, after 1 hour, they can ...
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Transmission download doesn't work when on other user
Transmission doesn't work when logged in as a normal user. Same magnet link, from the same website downloads when I use the computer as administrator, and doesn't work when I use it from a different ...
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How to make transmission work for all users
I tried opening a magnet link from a different (standard) user I created and it didn't work. It asked me to choose a program to open it with. There was no list of programs to choose from.
I also ...
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Start a transmission-gtk using a cron job
I'm trying to start my torrent client using a cron job. Following is the job I added to crontab file(contab -e)
00 20 17 07 * transmission-gtk
I waited for the time but transmission-gtk didn't ...
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Upstart does not satisfy resources usage requirements set by "limit" stanza
I am experiencing problems with Upstart.
I am trying to start the transmission-daemon (a BitTorrent client) with a limit on the maximum resident set size (rss).
This is the /etc/init/transmission-...
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Transmission tracker "Could not connect to tracker"
I just upgraded to ubuntu 14.04 and updated transmission to 2.82
adrian@my-little-friend:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Torrent applications getting slow download speed?
Allowed port in iptables with this command sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6881 -j ACCEPT.
After ran this command, Transmission client port shows open but in next 30 seconds it's shows closed.
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Set individual file priority (single torrent): Transmission
Is there a way to set priorities per file in a given torrent? The files tab only lets me change the names of files and has no other option. If not, is there other software that will do this?
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Am failing to download torrents
I recently moved on from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 13.10. I torrented a lot of files but I can't seem to get it work. I tried qBittorrent and the files only stayed at 'stalled'. I tried Deluge but the files ...
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Firewall rules for transmission
I have transmission installed, which listens on the default port 51413.
I have tried opening everything for this port.
iptables:
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source ...
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Magnet link sometimes does not open Transmission
After doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04, Magnet links sometimes do not open Transmission, Its my only torrent client and i need to restart mt computer to get it working.
How can i fix this? Im ...
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Can't set Transmission to download files [duplicate]
Just installed Ubuntu 12. on my new computer. When trying to download files I want to use Transmission but after I choose a file to download Transmission is not in the list of programs to run with (...
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Scheduling torrents in Transmission - using WD My Cloud
is there a way that I can Schedule downloads in the Transmission app to take place only during certain hours of the day.
For example: from 19:00 - 08:00
That way when I use my internet the most it ...
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How do I stop transmission-daemon?
How do I stop transmission-daemon?
I've ran sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop and after a while I get confirmation that it completed [ OK ]:
greg@VManage:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-...
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How can I change the default downloading folder for Transmission?
I would like to change the folder but I don't know where can I configure Tranmission.
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How can I prevent hibernating if CPU usage is above say 40%? (Plex, Couchpotato, Transmission)
I am using a netbook as Plex Media Server.
I use wake on lan to start Ubuntu when I feel like watching a movie. Windows prevents my pc from going into hibernation when Plex is streaming a video to a ...
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Torrent box, Torrentwatch-x setup install help
I'm trying to set up a ubuntu "torrent box" ,
samba file sharing
transmission remote
torrentwatchX - and this is where I am stuck,
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I have 3 different distros in use and I want to refer 3 Transmissions to one config file?
On my machine, 3 different Linux distributions are installed: Ubuntu + Magiea Gnome + Manjaro KDE
I use a torrent client (called Transmission) within them. So I want to use one config directory for ...
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Changing my default bittorrent?
My deluge would not launch.
I uninstalled it thinking that another one of my programs, i.e. . transmission, ktorrent would start opening my magnet links. I did not change my default program for ...
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Transmission says port is closed but seeding is happening
I'm using Transmission right now.
The Transmission's test of the port says: port is closed. But there is seeding activity (around 160KB/s).
I re-checked the port with an online site. It says ...
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How to download torrents from the command line?
I want to download a large file through bittorrent on my server. For doing this, I downloaded the transmission command line client and the relevant .torrent file on the server, and then I run the ...
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How to get wlan tranmission statistics?
How to get the actual number of transmission by the hardware of wlan0?
When a device communicates with other over wireless network, the actual data transfer and the actual wireless transmission on ...
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Transmission stops responding frequently / slowing down Ubuntu
So I'm using Transmission to download some files but it has been acting really weird recently.
On the program, I'm getting a bit of slow download speed and the program freezes a lot, and sometimes ...
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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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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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