Bittorrent - how to use on Linux?

[Paul Howarth]

Andrea Montenegro wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>> Andrea Montenegro wrote:
>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has experience the same problem with 
>>> bittorrent and FC3: I installed the version 3.4.2-1-1 from a rpm I 
>>> found on Internet; the program seems to work fine using the command 
>>> line "/usr/bin/btdownloadcurses --max_upload_rate 32 <torrent file>", 
>>> except for the fact that after a few hours my operating system stop 
>>> responding and I'm forced to shut down the machine using the power 
>>> button. I tried to login through ssh when the computer hang, but even 
>>> that didn't work.
>>>
>>> The operating system is very stable until I run bittorrent, and it 
>>> runs 24 hours a day without a glitch. Is there a log file that can 
>>> help to better understand what causes the problem?
>>
>>
>>
>> This isn't something I've noticed but perhaps you could give the new 
>> beta version (3.9.1) a try and see if that's any better?
>>
>> I have RPMs for it at:
>> http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/bittorrent/BETA/
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> Thanks Paul, I'll give it a try.

Did this help?

FWIW, I now have an FC3 package of the new BitTorrent 4.0.0 client (no 
longer a beta) at:
http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/bittorrent/

Paul.