currently I'm using rtorrent svn from the AUR. which made thing even worse
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my hosts.allow has no entries regarding rtorrent and after upgrading to rtorrent-svn, even as root there are a lot of "handshake failed network error"
BTW: Vuze seems to work fine.
# This is an example resource file for rTorrent. Copy to
# ~/.rtorrent.rc and enable/modify the options as needed. Remember to
# uncomment the options you wish to enable.
# Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent.
min_peers = 40
max_peers = 150
# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
min_peers_seed = 10
max_peers_seed = 50
get_log.handshake = yes
# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
max_uploads = 5
# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
#download_rate = 0
upload_rate = 40
# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents.
#directory = ./
# Default session directory. Make sure you don't run multiple instance
# of rtorrent using the same session directory. Perhaps using a
# relative path?
session = /home/isaac/session
# Watch a directory for new torrents, and stop those that have been
# deleted.
#schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=./watch/*.torrent
#schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=
#schedule = watch_directory_1,10,10,"load_start=~/torrents/tvshows/*.torrent,d.set_directory=~/disk/Tvshows/"
#schedule = watch_directory_2,10,10,"load_start=~/torrents/anime/*.torrent,d.set_directory=~/disk/anime/"
#schedule = watch_directory_3,10,10,"load_start=~/torrents/movies/*.torrent,d.set_directory=~/disk/movies/"
#schedule = watch_directory_4,10,10,"load_start=~/torrents/*.torrent,d.set_directory=~/"
schedule = watch_directory_1,10,10,"load_start=~/torrents/*.torrent,d.set_directory=/media/download/"
# Close torrents when diskspace is low.
#schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=100M
# Stop torrents when reaching upload ratio in percent,
# when also reaching total upload in bytes, or when
# reaching final upload ratio in percent.
# example: stop at ratio 2.0 with at least 200 MB uploaded, or else ratio 20.0
#ratio.enable=
#ratio.min.set = 101
#system.method.set = group.seeding.ratio.command, d.close=
# The ip address reported to the tracker.
#ip = 127.0.0.1
#ip = rakshasa.no
# The ip address the listening socket and outgoing connections is
# bound to.
#bind = 127.0.0.1
#bind = rakshasa.no
# Port range to use for listening.
port_range = 52412-52412
#port_range = 30147-30150
# Start opening ports at a random position within the port range.
#port_random = no
# Check hash for finished torrents. Might be usefull until the bug is
# fixed that causes lack of diskspace not to be properly reported.
check_hash = yes
# Set whetever the client should try to connect to UDP trackers.
use_udp_trackers = yes
# Alternative calls to bind and ip that should handle dynamic ip's.
#schedule = ip_tick,0,1800,ip=rakshasa
#schedule = bind_tick,0,1800,bind=rakshasa
# Encryption options, set to none (default) or any combination of the following:
# allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry, prefer_plaintext
#
# The example value allows incoming encrypted connections, starts unencrypted
# outgoing connections but retries with encryption if they fail, preferring
# plaintext to RC4 encryption after the encrypted handshake
#
encryption = allow_incoming,enable_retry,prefer_plaintext
# Enable DHT support for trackerless torrents or when all trackers are down.
# May be set to "disable" (completely disable DHT), "off" (do not start DHT),
# "auto" (start and stop DHT as needed), or "on" (start DHT immediately).
# The default is "off". For DHT to work, a session directory must be defined.
#
dht = auto
# UDP port to use for DHT.
#
dht_port = 52412
# Enable peer exchange (for torrents not marked private)
#
peer_exchange = yes
#
# Do not modify the following parameters unless you know what you're doing.
#
# Hash read-ahead controls how many MB to request the kernel to read
# ahead. If the value is too low the disk may not be fully utilized,
# while if too high the kernel might not be able to keep the read
# pages in memory thus end up trashing.
#hash_read_ahead = 10
# Interval between attempts to check the hash, in milliseconds.
#hash_interval = 100
# Number of attempts to check the hash while using the mincore status,
# before forcing. Overworked systems might need lower values to get a
# decent hash checking rate.
#hash_max_tries = 10
