Ktorrent xpert needed.

[Eberhard Roloff]

Steven Vollom wrote:
>> I would expect that this one will work out very smart for you. If this
>> happens, we will imho have to have a close look at your directory
>> permissions for the download locations that you usually use.
> 
> There is a movie download that is 90% complete with 1.2gb downloaded already.  
> I would like to restore the download if possible.  If what you say is correct 
> that I should be able to turn the computer off, reboot and the such without 
> stopping the function, of the torrent, perhaps there is a way to restart  the 
> package.
Over here, with KDE 4.2 on Intrepid 32, I simply restart the torrent (by 
right click) after I powered down/restarted my machine and that's it.

> 
> I really don't understand the report I get from ktorrent.  I have almost 
> completed downloads in the folder I keep downloads while they have not 
> completed their downloads.  The titles of the files is the same as the titles 
> that ktorrent do not exist.  The files are in the location that ktorrent says 
> they are not.  I know they are there, because I can start them to play even 
> though  they are not downloaded completely.  They play until there is a 
> missing file then pause until they come to the next playable file.

ok, this looks good.
> 
> Reading the error.  Why does ktorrent need to recreate the missing files.  They 
> are right where they were before the error engaged.  There must be a way to 
> repair rather than remove.  I just went to the other primary partition to move 
> some data so that it could be used by this partition.  Because of that the 
> problem occurred.  Are you sure it can not be reclaimed?
I do not know.
Just to be safe, you could keep the data that you downloaded and maybe 
try to reinitiate ktorrent. For this you probably simply can delete the 
ktorrent directory. I just did it on my machine.

1.)
So stop ktorrent and also close it from your panel

2.)
open konsole

3.)
cd .kde/share/apps

4.)
rm -rf ktorrent/

DISCLAIMER:
Please take care:
The last "rm -rf" command is VERY DANGEROUS, if used incorrectly.

If you can use a graphical filemanager like konqueror or krusader to 
navigate to ".kde/share/apps" and then delete the "ktorrent" directory, 
this might be preferable.


On a more general note, you should probably think of a directory and 
disk structure that does not force you to continuously shuffle data around.

Kind regards and good luck

Eberhard