On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 12:17, russell wrote: > Scott Talbot wrote: > > >On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 22:49, russell wrote: > > > > > >>I installed the BitTorrent client via Yum using the FreshRpms > >>repository. I can't seem to get the program to run. I'm probably > >>overlooking something obvious but can't seem to figure it out. Any help > >>would be most appreciated. > >> > >>tia > >> > >>r. > >> > >> In Mozilla-->Preferences-->HelperApps Associate > >>application/x-bittorrent to run with btdownloadheadless.py > >> > >> > > > >Scott > > > > > > > > > First, thanks to those that have tried to help me so far. I still > haven't got this client to run. What is happening is that when I go to > download a bt file i get a small donwload and that's it. Also, I can't > seem to run bt from a terminal. CDing to the path and invoking > bittorrent doesn't bring up anything. I have Python installed and also > have installed wxPython and all the dependencies. Perhaps someone knows > of a URL that can help me figure out what is going on? > > tia > r When a torrent is clicked you should get a file downloading to your home directory. Keep an eye on it, as it should update (how fast depends on how many seeds/leaches). I haven't seen many that are very fast, maybe the last fedora d/l i did was, but I don't use it that often. I believe the Java implementation, Azureus(?) has a front end that will show you the progress of your download, but I usually just open up a nautilus window on my home directory, look at it in detail view to see the progress HTH Scott
