Default settings prevent BitTorrent from downloading multiple files simultaneously

[galfed]

Bittorrent can't download more than one file simultaneously, trying to do results in the following error: (98, 'Address already in use').

From the comments below it seems like that's caused because each Bittorrent instance needs a different port, and the gconf setting "apps / gnome-btdownload / settings / max_port" has the same value as the min_port one (ie, it only allows it to use a single port).

[peter76 (pf-moll)]

Hi, I can confirm this bug; turns out that in the gconf settings for gnome-btdownload, the min_port and max_port are both set to 6881. If you change max_port to a higher number, the problem is solved.

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

So the max port has to be set higher to allow more than one torrent to run at the same time. Can we get that changed for the next release?

[galfed (galfed2000)]

(Hi, I can confirm this bug; turns out that in the gconf settings for gnome-btdownload, the min_port and max_port are both set to 6881. If you change max_port to a higher number, the problem is solved.)

no, don't work..

changed /usr/share/gconf/schemas/gnome-download.schemas .....don't work..

changed /usr/share/gconf/schemas/gnome-download.schemas with dapper...don't work.

[Roman Polach (rpolach)]

Hi, I had the same problem:

  Couldn't listen
  (98, 'Address already in use')

and changing value of
/ apps / gnome-btdownload / settings / max_port
from "6881" to"6886" solved it.

[VincentRC (vreneco1)]

Same problem (Feisty),

I can't download more than one torrent at once.
I did not have this problem on Dapper.

[Jesse Haubrich (jhaubrich)]

Confirmed error in Feisty. The above port change for "6881" to "6886" fixed it.

[Siegfried Gevatter (rainct)]

Is this still happening on Hardy?

[Alwi Oemar AS (oneasse)]

Thank's

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

This bug has been marked as Fix Committed for over a year. If the fix has made it into Ubuntu, please mark this bug as Fix Released. If the fix has been released upstream, but not Ubuntu, create a new bug asking for the new version and tag it with upgrade-software-version. If this bug stays inactive for a long period, it may be expired.

[Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)]

the fix has been committer nowhere. no clue why somebody would have marked it as such.