On 9/2/05, Michael Wiktowy <mwiktowy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>I have followed the instructions given in the section "Azureus for > >>>bittorrent" at > >>> > >>>http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Linux_Installation_Notes#Bittorrent_and_bittorrent-gui: > >>> > >>>to configure the firewall in order to have Azureus running on my > >>>computer. However, Azureus does not make connections after that > >>>configuration procedure. Any advice? > >> > > All should work fine, if not, write back and tell me what version of > >java you use, or start Azureus in the terminal and look for errors in > >the printout. > > Recent connection problems that I have had with Azureus had nothing to > do with the firewall and more to do with multiple version of java > installed on the same system. > Azureus should run and connect even incoming ports are blocked ... it > just won't run very quickly. If it is running on some old Java Runtime > Engines (JRE) it will start but then it will have a connection errors > when trying to connect to the tracker and the torrent won't start > properly. Other than that it seemed to be running fine. > My problem was resolved by noticing that there were multiple versions of > java installed and that the /usr/bin/java symlink was not pointing to > the new one and still pointing to the old one. > The main java stuff gets installed to a directory > /usr/java/<jre_version>/ (don't quote me on that though since I don't > have my system in front of my to check) and /usr/bin/java just points to > the java executable in that directly tree. > - Download the lastest JRE from Sun and install it. > - Uninstall all the old JRE > - Correct the link by removing the old /usr/bin/java and remaking using > the command "ln -s <location of the new java executable> /usr/bin/java" > > Just giving you something else to try. I keep around the python > bittorrent client included in the yum repository just as a backup (see > instructions on that just before the instructions regarding Azureus on > that link you quoted). It is much simpler and less flexible but is > really quite good. Useful when you are trying to troubleshoot whether it > is your firewall that is causing you grief or java. Thanks, Mike and Scott. I have just solved the problem by inserting the path to java in the script azureus. So, the problem was not caused by the firewall. Paul
