rTorrent help! Not reading .torrent.rc

Please help me, I've been staring at rtorrent for hours. I cant get it to read the config file that i've made changes to. As soon as i run "rtorrent" from the teriminal the first message says "Could Not read Resource file: ~/.rtorrent.rc"

Lets see, other helpful info...debian etch, rtorrent 0.6.4 libTorrent 0.10.4. and Im a linux noooob.

The whole reason for this is its saying port 6881 is blacklisted.

Thanks in advance and Good night for now.


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here is the .rtorrent.rc im using.



# 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 = 100

# Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
#min_peers_seed = 10
#max_peers_seed = 50

# Maximum number of simultanious uploads per torrent.
#max_uploads = 15

# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited.
#download_rate = 0
#upload_rate = 0

# 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 = ./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=

# 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
#schedule = ratio,60,60,"stop_on_ratio=200,200M,2000"

# 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 = 43555-4358

# 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 = no

# 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 = off

# UDP port to use for DHT.
#
dht_port = 96785

# 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

Type "cd ~" to go to your home directory then "ls -la | grep rtorrent" to see if the file exists.

Then try to run rtorrent from the home dir again.

BTW to avoid black listed ports set the port range to:

Code:

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port_range = 65500-65505

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I just realized that Im using version 0.6.4. What are the commands to install/run the new version ? Thanks for baring with my linux noobness

"sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade" to upgrade every packages in your system.

If you installed rtorrent with apt-get or aptitude it maybe the newest version in the debian repository. To install the newest version ( 0.80 ? ) you must compile from source. There is already a guide on FST:

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-gui...-centos-265027

yeah, once your .rtorrent.rc is in your home directory, it should work fine. As far as I know, the default sample for ubuntu (so probably debian too), is hidden somewhere else. You can just create a new one in your home directory and that should solve your problem.

If you can't make one/don't know how to, pm me and I can send you one :)