| Atharva | hi... | 04:34 |
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| Atharva | ubottu : 11.04 has gnome or unity ? | 04:35 |
| ubottu | Atharva: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :) | 04:35 |
| Atharva | <ubottu> : ok | 04:35 |
| Atharva | dude : does 11.04 has unity ? | 04:35 |
| Atharva | !classic | Atharva | 04:48 |
| ubottu | Atharva, please see my private message | 04:48 |
| imtheBOSS1 | hey, do any of you guys know how to use rtorrent? | 13:45 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: ? | 13:45 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i cant figure it out | 13:45 |
| imtheBOSS1 | where do i save the config file? | 13:45 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: looks like rtorrent is in the repos | 13:46 |
| holstein | i would just install it, and look for the config file | 13:46 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i did but what does ~/. mean? | 13:47 |
| holstein | something like "~/.rtorrent.rc | 13:48 |
| holstein | ~ = /home | 13:48 |
| imtheBOSS1 | oh | 13:48 |
| holstein | /home/username/Documents = ~/Documents | 13:48 |
| imtheBOSS1 | thank you that helped me alot | 13:48 |
| holstein | :) | 13:48 |
| imtheBOSS1 | one more question; what does the dot after the / mean? | 13:52 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: if you make a directory... say one on the desktop | 13:52 |
| holstein | either right-click and make it, or | 13:53 |
| holstein | mkdir ~/Desktop/.whatever OR mkdir /home/yourusername/Desktop/.whatever | 13:53 |
| holstein | that directory .whatever will be hidden | 13:53 |
| holstein | if you are in nautlius, you can hit control+h to show hidden files | 13:54 |
| holstein | .directories are hidden | 13:54 |
| imtheBOSS1 | ok, but rtorrent is telling me to save the config to ~/.rtorrent.rc | 13:54 |
| imtheBOSS1 | im new to linux sorry | 13:55 |
| holstein | sure | 13:55 |
| holstein | theres already a config firl there right? | 13:55 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i dont think so | 13:55 |
| holstein | nano ~/.rtorrent.rc | 13:55 |
| imtheBOSS1 | one sec | 13:55 |
| holstein | nano or whatever you want to use | 13:55 |
| imtheBOSS1 | nothings there | 13:56 |
| holstein | not sure where you are expected to get the config information | 13:57 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i have it, it came in some example folder | 13:57 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i just need to copy it | 13:58 |
| holstein | http://grenage.com/rtorrent.html | 13:58 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: OH... you can just copy it over then | 13:58 |
| imtheBOSS1 | how? ... im clueless | 13:59 |
| holstein | cp /path/to/config /where/ever/you/want/it | 13:59 |
| holstein | cp /path/to/config ~/.rtorrent.rc | 13:59 |
| imtheBOSS1 | ok let me try that | 13:59 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: or just open nautilus and right click on it | 13:59 |
| holstein | copy | 13:59 |
| holstein | go to your home directory | 14:00 |
| holstein | paste | 14:00 |
| holstein | and rename as needed | 14:00 |
| imtheBOSS1 | yea, but putting a dot makes it hidden? | 14:00 |
| holstein | right, and thats what rtorrent is looking for | 14:00 |
| holstein | it'll look by name | 14:00 |
| holstein | so, you need to have the name/location right | 14:01 |
| imtheBOSS1 | oh.... that makes sense | 14:01 |
| imtheBOSS1 | thanks let me try that | 14:01 |
| holstein | you dont have to do it in the terminal | 14:01 |
| imtheBOSS1 | to open nautilus you do... | 14:01 |
| holstein | but, i figure if you are learning an ncurses torrent system, you must want to be in the terminal | 14:02 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: nautilus is a filemanager | 14:02 |
| holstein | im assuming you are using ubuntu or ubuntustudio | 14:02 |
| imtheBOSS1 | yes | 14:02 |
| holstein | open whatever file manager you are using | 14:02 |
| holstein | you just open up places - home | 14:02 |
| holstein | or whatever | 14:02 |
| holstein | thats nautilus | 14:02 |
| holstein | OR, do it in the terminal | 14:03 |
| imtheBOSS1 | ? | 14:03 |
| holstein | otherwise, im not clear on why you dont just use transmission | 14:03 |
| holstein | transmission has a nice GUI | 14:03 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i just use terminal and type in gksu nautilus | 14:03 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: ? | 14:03 |
| holstein | why? | 14:03 |
| holstein | you dont need root permissions | 14:03 |
| imtheBOSS1 | thats the only way i know | 14:03 |
| holstein | this is all in your home directory | 14:04 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: you can just type nautilus if you want ;) | 14:04 |
| holstein | BUT, its the file manager | 14:04 |
| holstein | up at the top | 14:04 |
| holstein | you see the 'places' menu | 14:04 |
| holstein | when you click that, and go *anywhere* | 14:04 |
| holstein | home | 14:04 |
| holstein | documents | 14:04 |
| holstein | pictures | 14:04 |
| holstein | whatever | 14:04 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i know, but sometimes it needs permision | 14:04 |
| holstein | the thing that opens to show those locations to you... thats nautilus | 14:05 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: sure... but you dont | 14:05 |
| holstein | and you dont want to run as root unless you need to | 14:05 |
| holstein | if you have the config file created as root | 14:05 |
| holstein | and you rut rtorrent as normal user | 14:05 |
| holstein | which you should | 14:05 |
| holstein | then, rtorrent wont have permission to read the config file | 14:05 |
| holstein | you *dont* want gksudo nautilus | 14:06 |
| holstein | you want to either open nautilus and click around OR | 14:06 |
| holstein | open the terminal, and use cp | 14:06 |
| holstein | cp /path/to/demo/config ~/.rtorrent.rc | 14:06 |
| imtheBOSS1 | ok thanks | 14:07 |
| holstein | ^^ that command | 14:07 |
| holstein | cp is copy | 14:07 |
| holstein | the first is what to copy | 14:07 |
| holstein | and the 2nd is the destination | 14:07 |
| holstein | and, rtrorrent is ncurses | 14:07 |
| holstein | so, that will be running in the terminal | 14:07 |
| holstein | if you are not wanting to use the terminal, i would just use transmission | 14:07 |
| holstein | transmission is the default torrent client in normal ubuntu | 14:08 |
| holstein | its GUI, and quite simple | 14:08 |
| imtheBOSS1 | im using rtorrent so i can acess it through ssh | 14:08 |
| holstein | right, so, that will be in the terminal | 14:08 |
| holstein | you will need to navigate the file system | 14:08 |
| holstein | i would start using the terminal for everything then | 14:08 |
| holstein | i have a server machine i put online a year+ ago | 14:09 |
| holstein | its headless, and x-less | 14:09 |
| holstein | forces me to use the terminal | 14:09 |
| imtheBOSS1 | im only using this for a testing and torrent box | 14:09 |
| imtheBOSS1 | same thing as you | 14:09 |
| imtheBOSS1 | its headless | 14:09 |
| imtheBOSS1 | using it through vnc and ssh | 14:09 |
| holstein | sure, but, it this is *all* you are doing in the command line, you can do VNC over ssh | 14:09 |
| holstein | or some other easier remote desktop setup | 14:10 |
| holstein | teamviewer even | 14:10 |
| holstein | that'll let you use transmission remotely | 14:10 |
| holstein | otherwise, it might be a little overkill | 14:10 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i think i figured it out... now im going to test a torrent | 14:11 |
| imtheBOSS1 | rtorrent is too hard... im going to try and config transmission web gui | 14:23 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: i didnt want to say that... but the transmission webgui is easy :) | 14:24 |
| imtheBOSS1 | lol | 14:24 |
| imtheBOSS1 | listening port is the port i need to foward right? | 14:25 |
| holstein | prolly | 14:25 |
| holstein | i did it local, so im not sure | 14:25 |
| holstein | that should be the only one | 14:25 |
| holstein | and if i were putting that outside my firewall, i would change it from the default | 14:26 |
| imtheBOSS1 | thats what im doing | 14:26 |
| holstein | something not too common from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers | 14:26 |
| imtheBOSS1 | hmmmm | 14:27 |
| imtheBOSS1 | il do 80 | 14:28 |
| holstein | lol | 14:29 |
| imtheBOSS1 | why cant anything just work... | 14:32 |
| holstein | test it local with the defaults | 14:33 |
| imtheBOSS1 | it wont let view it locally or externallu | 14:33 |
| imtheBOSS1 | externally | 14:33 |
| holstein | when i set it up, it was literally check-a-box easy | 14:33 |
| holstein | that was a few versions ago though | 14:33 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i had it working locally yesterday | 14:34 |
| holstein | cool | 14:34 |
| holstein | you restarted it since changing the settings? | 14:34 |
| imtheBOSS1 | no.. let me try that | 14:35 |
| imtheBOSS1 | still not working ughhh | 14:40 |
| holstein | yeah... step back through what you have changed | 14:41 |
| holstein | consider removing whatever configs you have edited | 14:41 |
| holstein | maybe resintalling | 14:41 |
| imtheBOSS1 | reinstall transmission? | 14:41 |
| holstein | you can always fire up a different (temporary) user account | 14:41 |
| holstein | that will tell you if its the system, the software, or your own config error | 14:42 |
| holstein | imtheBOSS1: yes... reinstalling transmission *should* reset the config files | 14:42 |
| imtheBOSS1 | i didnt touch the config files | 14:42 |
| imtheBOSS1 | should i do it anyway? | 14:43 |
| holstein | if you checked a box in the GUI, that edits config files | 14:43 |
| holstein | i mean, you should do what makes you feel comfortable | 14:43 |
| holstein | im just offering troubleshooting suggestions | 14:44 |
| holstein | if transmission is broken, you cant break it anymore by reinstalling it ;) | 14:44 |
| imtheBOSS1 | ok.. im gunna try | 14:45 |
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