NaQ's Complete Setup Guide for Linux Seedboxes (Fedora Core/CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu)

Yep, your tutorial is really great. These are my first steps with linux and it's not as bad as I thought it would be. I think it's thanks to your tut, that my experience was rather gentle. Just one thing I'm stuck at: I tried running firestarter for the first time with sudo firestarter and I got(and still get) a lot of windows with errors and this error in xterm: Please file an enhacement request (quoting the above) at:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=cairo
gnome_segv: /home/dajobe/dev/debian/cairo/cairo-1.2.4/src/cairo-image-surface.c:155: _cairo_format_from_pixman_format: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.
Error: Cairo does not yet support the requested image format:
Depth: 8
Alpha mask: 0x00000000
Red mask: 0x00000007
Green mask: 0x00000038
Blue mask: 0x000000c0
Please file an enhacement request (quoting the above) at:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=cairo
gnome_segv: /home/dajobe/dev/debian/cairo/cairo-1.2.4/src/cairo-image-surface.c:155: _cairo_format_from_pixman_format: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.
Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server
Xlib: Maximum number of clients reached

Can you(or any other linux-pro) help me? I'm sure it's just some minor detail I'm missing-_-

top marks for this
i have hit a bit of a problem in section 8 trying to change the ssh port
ichanged the port number from 22 to the one that i wanted to use restarted got the two oks but i cant connect from the port i selected it is still port 22
but when i go back to file it still says the port i selected any ideas guys

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top marks for this
i have hit a bit of a problem in section 8 trying to change the ssh port
ichanged the port number from 22 to the one that i wanted to use restarted got the two oks but i cant connect from the port i selected it is still port 22
but when i go back to file it still says the port i selected any ideas guys

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You didn't mention that you restarted vsftpd, make sure you do that and it should work.

About the cairo error, I'll look into it later.

Additionally: Firefox doesn't seem to work, too. That's the error:
sh-3.1$ firefox
Error: Cairo does not yet support the requested image format:
Depth: 8
Alpha mask: 0x00000000
Red mask: 0x00000007
Green mask: 0x00000038
Blue mask: 0x000000c0
Please file an enhacement request (quoting the above) at:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=cairo
firefox-bin: /home/dajobe/dev/debian/cairo/cairo-1.2.4/src/cairo-image-surface.c:155: _cairo_format_from_pixman_format: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.
Aborted
sh-3.1$

But I used Lynx, and it was pretty cool^_^

Thank you for even thinking about me:-)

sorted going like a dream cheers mate:)

Great tutorial! I have only one problem though.

How do I connect via FTP after setting the FTP port range in step 8, what port should I use to connect?

Great tutorial, naq!

Some applications I use are blockhosts, ncftp, and torrentflux b4rt (instead of using vnc/utorrent).

this guide is great! did this on my second seedbox.
but i have a question.... i also have kimsufi server with win2003.i would like it to be set up like this... but i have alot of rss feeds from different trackers in kimsufi... is there a way that rss will work in wine (linux) as i heard it doesn't work :S
i would need to backup rss.dat file, right? and then upload via ftp?

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Great tutorial! I have only one problem though.

How do I connect via FTP after setting the FTP port range in step 8, what port should I use to connect?

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You connect to the "listen_port=#" set in vsftpd.conf with your client.

Or port 21 if you haven't set that up. Remember to have whichever port that is forwarded in the firewall.

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If blockhosts or any other programs are worth using in your opinions, I'll look into adding them into the guide. But I'm real busy atm to work much with the guide. And sorry, I haven't had time to look into the cairo problem.

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A person I know got RSS to work with uTorrent/wine in bitmetv. But I personally haven't ever used this feature.

hm, can you ask that person to elaborate how did he made rss to work :D

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Great tutorial! I have only one problem though.

How do I connect via FTP after setting the FTP port range in step 8, what port should I use to connect?

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You connect to the "listen_port=#" set in vsftpd.conf with your client.

Or port 21 if you haven't set that up. Remember to have whichever port that is forwarded in the firewall.

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For some reason, that doesn't seem to work for me. Filezilla can't connect and CuteFTP prompts me for my password but my password still doesn't let me connect.

I get: "Non-Anonymous sessions must use encryption."

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You connect to the "listen_port=#" set in vsftpd.conf with your client.

Or port 21 if you haven't set that up. Remember to have whichever port that is forwarded in the firewall.

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For some reason, that doesn't seem to work for me. Filezilla can't connect and CuteFTP prompts me for my password but my password still doesn't let me connect.

I get: "Non-Anonymous sessions must use encryption."

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That error means you haven't select the "explict TLS/SSH" type of connection.

10x =]

Just to let you know about the command "ssh-keygen". Sometimes you need to specify a certain param on some distro's. Command works every time "ssh-keygen -t rsa" which is outlined here. http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc....et/node31.html

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hm, can you ask that person to elaborate how did he made rss to work :D

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It's not that hard. I followed the tutorial over at BitMETV and for some reason the utorrent/wine messed up the rss feed link.
Just make sure it's like this form ( BitMeTV|http://www.bitmetv.org/rss.php?feed=...xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ). I know it sounds stupid but when I looked back to the rss link I didn't write it correctly. :D

I have a VPS and it is running CentOS 4. It didn't come with yum, which threw me off. However, I found the following guide: http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/BrokenVserver This helps you restore yum in VPS systems where the reseller removed it for whatever reason. From there, I was able to follow your excellent guide.

You may want to link to that in your guide for others that may have my problem.

needed for my new server thanks

cant start sesion on VNC

Starting applications specified in /etc/X11/Xsession <----why here¿¿¿
Log file is /root/.vnc/********.log

THANK YOU!

I really don't have a clue about any flavour of linux... but upon finding (via Google) and reading this tutorial a few times, I decided to give it a go because it's easy to read to follow.

Trying to keep up ratio on 5 trackers with a residential pipe has taken it's toll for far too long.

I ordered a Kimsufi server from OVH, and followed your guide, never having used linux before...

EVERYTHING IS WORKING BEAUTIFULLY!

It's like a dream come true.



God bless you NaQ.

how do u setup ftp on fedora so i can use download manager from home

Huge guide
I'm going to sped hours reading it
thanks for this great effort

Thanks, AWESOME manual !!! Respect to naq ! :D

I used it on seedbox with CentOS. I don't understand linux at all but this manual ROCKED, I did a Torrent Station per 30 minutes! :D

... aaaaand bookmarked :D

awesome guide guys !

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cant start sesion on VNC

Starting applications specified in /etc/X11/Xsession <----why here¿¿¿
Log file is /root/.vnc/********.log

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i get the same thing

i'm using ubuntu

i can't connect to the vncserver

someone help please

edit: nm, i found that vncserver doesn't work with ubuntu 6.0.6.1 so i used vnc4server

also, how do you get flash to work in ubuntu 6.0.6.1

it said it installed and everything but when i run firefox, speedtest.net won't load the flash, says i should install flash

edit: nm, just used firefox in wine to browse to a site that used flash, used the firefox popup bar to install it

Sorry if you're running into problems with ubuntu, since that's the distro I didn't have much access to while writing the guide.

Thanks for the guide....very useful for me.

need help, with fedora 8, vncserver doesn't work, i cant conect to vnc

what's the problem?

when you do the "vncserver :1" part

where does it place the new server file?

nice guide thanx

That's a great job, Thanks is not enough for this huge effort.

Thanks for the awesome guide, but does anyone know if this will work on a leaseweb express server? I plan on purchasing one this week.

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Thanks for the awesome guide, but does anyone know if this will work on a leaseweb express server? I plan on purchasing one this week.

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yes it works perfect

i salute you

Im thinking about getting a server, 2.0Ghz + 512mb and I have never used linux before. Which would be best for use: Fedora 2, Fedora 4, Debain 3.1, or CentOS. Thanks in advance :)

What a great tutorial is this one ,i am one step away from buying a seed box and i was lacking a lot of necessary info and thanks to you i am now able buy it .thx

Hey, bought a server off Layered Tech.
Tried following the guide.
Think I set it up right but can't seem to be able to save my torrents.
i.e: downloads the file halfway and gives me an Error, file not found or can't save to disk.

how do i solve this problem?

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Im thinking about getting a server, 2.0Ghz + 512mb and I have never used linux before. Which would be best for use: Fedora 2, Fedora 4, Debain 3.1, or CentOS. Thanks in advance :)

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In fact, when I was in the situation like you now I have chosen CentOS and without any problems I configurated it using this manual.
Good luck.

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Im thinking about getting a server, 2.0Ghz + 512mb and I have never used linux before. Which would be best for use: Fedora 2, Fedora 4, Debain 3.1, or CentOS. Thanks in advance :)

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In fact, when I was in the situation like you now I have chosen CentOS and without any problems I configurated it using this manual.
Good luck.

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Thanks KiNdZiUs, I think ill go with CentOS then :)

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In fact, when I was in the situation like you now I have chosen CentOS and without any problems I configurated it using this manual.
Good luck.

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Thanks KiNdZiUs, I think ill go with CentOS then :)

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Ive got utorrent gui running on centos, it runs really well and I haven't had any problems.

Hi, I have been using the guide on this topic and I'm facing a problem on step 6. steup utorrent & webui. When I use VNCviewer, I can log in my server successfully, but all I can see is a black screen and there is no desktop.

I have been following the guide exactly like it's stated and have not encountered any errors until the 6th step. Well, I did encounter an error but I fixed it (said "cannot Find A Valid Baseurl For Repo: Livna" but I deleted the repository and the "yum update" command started working.)
I would post a log but I can't have access to it, it says the file doesn't exist. And when I try the command the server gives me to check the log, it says "access denied".

I don't know if this is an error, but I get this line when I type "vncserver :1":
xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "server.ip.here" in "add" command
New 'server.ip.here (user.name.here)' desktop is server.ip.here

And then there's the normal 2 lines:

Starting applications specified in /home/user.here/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/user.here/.vnc/server.ip.here.log


So if anyone can help me get rid of this black screen when viewing the desktop of my server by VNCviewer, I would be very very VERY grateful.:D
Oh yeah, I'm using a vectoral VF$bandwidth sever with fedora core 4.
Edit: Ohh I use windows vista x64.