mldonkey -> help me and each other, tips & tricks

NeoCORE

Hey all,

Well, i have been rrunning mldonkey for a while. I find it a throughly brilliant client.... one which I can't get to download to well.... otherwise it's amazing

Anyway I have a request and a tip to get this post started.

Request: I am getting good downloads with the bittorrent network, but the edonkey network (my preference) not so much. I believe it is due to the lack of sources mldonkey finds for (very) popular files. As far as I know, when running overnet/edonkey for windows, I get around and up to 150 sources per file... mldonkey gets me around 30... so obviously downloads are a lot slower. Any tips to increase the sources?

Tip: disable networks you are not using. Not only does it take more processor usage (small amount comparing to most cpu's) but it also loses a lot of bandwidth (not in transfering files) but in performing server requests etc.
You should share your files, just do it on the network you are currently benefitting from. You and the network will benefit more

Tip: run mldonkey as a service:

nx12 · Apprentice Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 193

Hi there!
Well, I don't know if it's a trick or a tip, but I found that thing desperately trying to make my mldonkeey to work normally.
The problem was that mldonkey didn't dowload with speed more than 13-14 kb/s though I have 256/128 DSL line. The only one solution I found is to set max download speed twice higher than your real download limit. E.g. now I have stable 23-25 kb/s downstream with 50 kb/s hard download limit. :wink:

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KenTI · n00b Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Italy

i used mldonkey too, but it was soooooo slow...

now i'm using amule for the edonkey network, version 1.2.6 works great and doesn't overload the cpu as the previous one

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Mr. Garr · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 7:54 am Post subject:

I've just set my mldonkey to launch as a service, earlier everything was ok, but now it don't connect to any servers (I'm running donkey and bittorrent on it)
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disi · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:52 pm Post subject:

which version ? i tested nealry every version out there from 2.5.4 till 2.5.20

the best i found was 2.5.10, download the sources from www.mldonkey.org configure the networks you want to use make your own binary and replace with the other in /usr/bin

the init-script is cool from portage :wink:

Mr. Garr · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject:

hmm that's weird (i think)
everything is working when I launch mlnet from the command line, but when I Launch it as a service, it's not :\
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nx12 · Apprentice Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 193

You checked the settings in /etc/conf.d/mldonkey?
What do the logs say?
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Mr. Garr · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 8:08 am Post subject:

now it doesn't start anymore

manuels · Advocate Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 2146 Location: Europe

check rights.

probably you started mldonkey as root.
then root owns all config files

Mr. Garr · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 9:50 am Post subject:

it's working now

there was something wrong with baselayout-1.9.0 (now removed from portage)
but i have another problem, or even two

when i launch it as a service it doesn't connect to any servers

another thing (i know there was sone topic about this, but i can't find it), i had a power down and after i turned my computer on again and launched mlnet, all my files in "downloads" changed names to sme weird strings of numbers and letters, can i rescue them somehow?
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ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

thats because their not finish yet.
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nx12 · Apprentice Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 193

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you should check mldonkey wiiki on its homepage. But just opening mldonkey console and doing "reover_temp" there should be enough.

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