Rutorrent getting started
Common ruTorrent errors and how to fix them
23 min
rutorrent is known for the vast functionalities it provides with many features, there is a higher probability that you will run into some errors these errors are small and their fixes are even smaller in this article, we will address all the common rutorrent errors and how you can fix them error bad data from the tracker or bad tracker data solution it occurs when the tracker is overloaded the ideal solution is to be patient and wait for the torrent to stabilize if it error remains after some time too, then you might want to consider changing the torrent file error problem connecting to tracker – timeout exceeded problem connecting to tracker – http error 503 connect failed problem connecting to tracker – \[errno socket error] (10061, “connection refused” problem connecting to tracker – (111, ‘connection refused’ solution this again needs patients from your end when trackers are facing heavy traffic, some connection issues may take place in such cases, just keep your rutorrent running, the error will be resolved once the connection is back error problem connecting to tracker – http error 404 not found solution the torrent file is no longer available error problem connecting to tracker – http error 400 not authorized solution the torrent file is very old and has been removed error problem connecting to tracker – http error 407 proxy authentication required solution check and very your login credentials of the server to re establish connection with the tracker error (ioerror – \[errno13] permission denied) solution rutorrent is running and another rutorrent instance is opened this is not allowed by the trackers therefore restart your rutorrent error connecting to peers solution there might not be any peers available at the moment leave the rutorrent on and the error will be gone when peers are found error problem connecting with tracker – (10054,’connection reset by peer’) solution the connection has been shut down by the remote computer it cannot be resolved error php module pcre is not installed rutorrent will not work solution a php module is missing, please raise a ticket and mention the error error rejected by tracker – port xxxx is blacklisted solution one of the default ports is being used to establish the connection the tracker won’t allow such a connection with a client as these are the common ports that are throttled by the isp you should contact the tracker and request the ports that are ideal error web server can’t access rtorrent’s session directory for reading rutorrent will not work solution this is usually caused by settings of permissions contact support in case of such an issue error rtorrent’s user can’t access settings directory for read/write/execute rutorrent will not work rtorrent’s user can’t access file /test sh for read/execute rutorrent will not work rtorrent’s user can’t access torrents directory for read/execute you can’t add torrents through rutorrent web server can’t access settings directory for read/write/execute rutorrent can’t save own settings web server can’t access torrents directory for read/write/execute you can’t add torrents through rutorrent solution these errors point out that the installation of rutorrent is not done correctly please contact support in case of such issues error bad link to rtorrent check if it is really running check $scgi port and $scgi host settings in config php and scgi port in rtorrent configuration file solution this means that the rutorrent instance is terminated or did not start if you are able to see the list of torrents with this error then there is an issue with the rutorrent configuration file error rtorrent is compiled with incorrect version of xmlrpc c library, without i8 support version must be >= 1 11 some functionality will be unavailable solution old forms of xmlrpc c don’t uphold long integers so numbers more noteworthy than 2g will be appeared as negative furthermore, the exchange window @settings@ won’t work as expected note – it isn’t sufficient to have quite recently the library xmlrpc c variant >=1 11 in the framework it is important to have rtorrent assembled with it error plugin rtorrent’s user can’t access php interpreter plug in will not work solution this error is identified with php running on the framework note – if php is working in the framework, it doesn’t generally imply that the interpreter exists in the framework as well the bundle php cli is important web worker may utilize e g php fcgi which doesn’t contain an interpreter again in the event that you are inexperienced with this, if it’s not too much trouble, contact us by opening a help ticket so we settle this for you error xxx plugin plugin will not work web server can’t access to external program (program name) solution some plugins are missing to work properly contact support and we will resolve the issue for you these are the top and most common errors, if you have found anything apart from this, please contact support team for assistance