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

You have to edit your fluxbox menu:

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nano ~/.fluxbox/menu

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then, under the section titled [encoding] add this line:

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[exec] (uTorrent) {wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/uTorrent/uTorrent.exe}

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Assuming that you have installed uTorrent in the default path of course.

I have a problema:
when I login in vncview and then click in xterm under terminals nothing happen.
Anyone knows why?

please help me
thanks in advance

super thanks for u:)

I'm using now a nice seedbox for a low price. Very nice for users who cannot wait for the long OVH setup-time or when your country is not listed on their webpage: www.epicseeds.com

when are you going to add the truecrypt encription guide?

anyone know how to encrypt my linux seedbox with truecrypt?

nvm..

very nice guide, cheers.

When I download via FTP, my speeds barely hit 100k/bs. Is there anyway to speed this up?

Great post Thank you, Helped alot

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Originally Posted by DJDaveX

Trying to connect usng RealVNC Viewer comes up an error

Log says this:

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16/12/08 00:10:15 Xvnc version 3.3.7 - built Dec 30 2006 12:50:35
16/12/08 00:10:15 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.
16/12/08 00:10:15 Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
16/12/08 00:10:15 All Rights Reserved.
16/12/08 00:10:15 See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC
16/12/08 00:10:15 Desktop name 'X' (djdavex.santrex.net:1)
16/12/08 00:10:15 Protocol version supported 3.3
16/12/08 00:10:15 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
failed to set default font path ''
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

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# apt-get install xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi

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Did you do that part? When I got that error I didn't do that part.

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Originally Posted by kraudlem

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-_-

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You want to run

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vncserver -depth 24 :1

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that fixed that error for me.

great, i've never seen before, like that.
Thank you so much.

i keep getting error Can't write to control socket. Socket error = #2000 when i try to connect with ftp. i have followed the directions for setting up the firewall and i keep getting the error.

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apt-get install vncserver wine xterm fluxbox vsftpd firefox vnstat
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package vncserver is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package vncserver has no installation candidate

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Hi guys it seems i fall over at step three! I can and have installed all programs except vncviewer! Please help pulling my hair out over this!

my server has 2 750 hdd...is there another guide on how to partition, format, and make /dev/sdb like it is just additonal 750 gb and not a second drive?

Im having some problems with the HDD space of my box. I have an OVH box (seedhost.eu) that is supposed to come with a 250gb HDD. I'm sharing with one person and we've dl'ed over 500gb. To delete the stuff we no longer need, we've either used winscp and just deleted like that or used utorrent to remove torrent and data. However, I've encountered a Disk full error, although only 120gb is being used combined presently. I had a torrent with 2.5gb left to dl that gave me the error, so i removed and deleted via utorrent a 6gb torrent. I then resumed the torrent, but 10 seconds later, i get the Error: Disk full msg as the torrents status. Can anyone help me out here? BTW, I'm using Debian Etch and I'm a complete linux noob.

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Originally Posted by twoscoops

Im having some problems with the HDD space of my box. I have an OVH box (seedhost.eu) that is supposed to come with a 250gb HDD. I'm sharing with one person and we've dl'ed over 500gb. To delete the stuff we no longer need, we've either used winscp and just deleted like that or used utorrent to remove torrent and data. However, I've encountered a Disk full error, although only 120gb is being used combined presently. I had a torrent with 2.5gb left to dl that gave me the error, so i removed and deleted via utorrent a 6gb torrent. I then resumed the torrent, but 10 seconds later, i get the Error: Disk full msg as the torrents status. Can anyone help me out here? BTW, I'm using Debian Etch and I'm a complete linux noob.

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type in a terminal:

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$ df -h

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and you will se the available space. If the available space is much lesser than you expected you will have to clean the trash folders:

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$ sudo rm -rf /home/<username>/.local/share/Trash/files
$ sudo rm -rf /home/<username>/.local/share/Trash/info

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Also check the advanced settings of utorrent:
gui.delete_to_trash must be set to false.

maybe someone can help me here:
i installed everything as the tuturial says, firefox and the other programs
but after i finished, i could start a ssh session,when i tried to connect and run command line it says that the server doesnt support the terminal
and i tried all the 3 terminals.
if someone can help me with that it will be great
thanks in advance1

Which 3 terminals are you referring to?

Sorry but I don't understand. you are referring to the terminal emulator (ssh client)?

I use putty as most people do:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html

yeah the ssh
i used putty also
it gives me this error in putty:
server refused to allocate pty

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Originally Posted by gunitsouth

yeah the ssh
i used putty also
it gives me this error in putty:
server refused to allocate pty

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Hmmm, if you can't run any command there is nothing you can do. Try restarting the server from your manager, if that doesn't work submit a support ticket and wait for a reply.

Edit: I have found this http://www.tektonic.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1296
but try restarting first as I said

well thanks it did worked
but now i have a problem when i try to remote access the server
im using vnc as the tuturial said and i can connect to the server
but all i get is a brown screen with nothing that i can do
just the cursor and an empty brown screen
do you know whats the problem?

well i solved that also
right now im stuck in the remote desktop without a taskbar
i can see the desktop and i have a command line open
but i cant do anything else

I think you are doing good, that's how fluxbox works. You have to click on any blank space of the desktop to see the fluxbox menu.

If you type this in terminal:

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$ cat ~/.vnc/xstartup

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You should see only this:

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fluxbox

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If not, edit this file:

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$ nano ~/.vnc/xstartup

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There must be only one word:

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fluxbox

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You have to edit your fluxbox menu:

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$ nano ~/.fluxbox/menu

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This is an example:

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# Generated by fluxbox-generate_menu
#
# If you read this it means you want to edit this file manually, so here
# are some useful tips:
#
# - You can add your own menu-entries to ~/.fluxbox/usermenu
#
# - If you miss apps please let me know and I will add them for the next
# release.
#
# - The -r option prevents removing of empty menu entries and lines which
# makes things much more readable.
#
# - To prevent any other app from overwriting your menu
# you can change the menu name in .fluxbox/init to:
# session.menuFile: /home/dag/.fluxbox/my-menu
[begin] (Fluxbox-1.0.0)
[encoding] {UTF-8}
[exec] (firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (xterm) {xterm}
[exec] (uTorrent) {wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/TuTorrent/uTorrent.exe}
[submenu] (fluxbox menu)
[config] (Configure)
[submenu] (System Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles)
[end]
[submenu] (User Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles)
[end]
[workspaces] (Workspace List)
[submenu] (Tools)
[exec] (Screenshot - JPG) {import screenshot.jpg && display -resize 50% screenshot.jpg}
[exec] (Screenshot - PNG) {import screenshot.png && display -resize 50% screenshot.png}
[exec] (Run) {fbrun }
[exec] (Regen Menu) {../util/fluxbox-generate_menu }
[end]
[submenu] (Window Managers)
[restart] (mwm) {mwm}
[restart] (kde) {startkde}
[end]
[commanddialog] (Fluxbox Command)
[reconfig] (Reload config)
[restart] (Restart)
[exec] (About) {(fluxbox -v; fluxbox -info | sed 1d) 2> /dev/null | xmessage -file - -center}
[separator]
[exit] (Exit)
[end]
[endencoding]
[end]

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When you right click on the desktop the vnc desktop should look like this:
http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?i...luxboxmenu.jpghttp://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?i...luxboxmenu.jpghttp://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3...boxmenu.th.jpg

If you want to see a full desktop, read this post :)
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-see...-281331/page22

I am getting "error 10061", when I try to login via VNC.
Anybody has any idea what to do?

EDIT: Solved.

pffff
im stuck here
i want to remote control on the vps, that has centos installed on it.
but i dont know what to do now...
maybe you can help?

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Originally Posted by Cr3sp0

I am getting "error 10061", when I try to login via VNC.
Anybody has any idea what to do?

EDIT: Solved.

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I see you solved your problems, you probably hadn't installed vnc server or hadn't started a vnc session right?

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Originally Posted by gunitsouth

pffff
im stuck here
i want to remote control on the vps, that has centos installed on it.
but i dont know what to do now...
maybe you can help?

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Please provide more information, did you get any error message ?

Have you already started a vnc session?

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$ vncserver :1

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what vnc client are you using? have you read my previous posts?

Yeah walkman, thanks anyway :)
Another problem, why the speed is suck, just the upload speed..
Download speed is great, there is any way to solve it ?

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Originally Posted by Cr3sp0

Yeah walkman, thanks anyway :)
Another problem, why the speed is suck, just the upload speed..
Download speed is great, there is any way to solve it ?

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Well, the upload speed usually depends on the amount of leechers, and also depends on the ratio seeders/leechers, that is if the torrent in question has more seeders than leechers you will "struggle" against the other seeders to upload every bit :P

I usually check the peer table on the torrent description page if it's available (not all trackers has that feature). Take into consideration that some of the leechers could be really partial seeders and that's why it's a good habit to check the peer table.

These are my settings:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1337/...ndwidth.th.jpg

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Originally Posted by Cr3sp0

Yeah walkman, thanks anyway :)
Another problem, why the speed is suck, just the upload speed..
Download speed is great, there is any way to solve it ?

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Hi, are you from Israel? Your download speed from ftp great?

mavr15, hmm the maximum that I can get.
Walkman: it doesn't matter, any torrent. I get 13 Kb/s :/
I will try to use your settings and what OS do you have on your server ?

Cr3sp0, I downloaded about a week with max speed, and today in evening i get 10-15Kb/s. Few times i reconnect to my ISP, and now i have max speed. And so repeating standing.

im running centos 5.2
and my problem is that i cant see the taskbar
well i think that i didnt even started the kde/gnome
i can see grey blank page with options on the left top corner...

If you have followed this guide to set up your seedbox you haven't installed any desktop, neither kde nor gnome.

What do you see when you right click on grey blank page? Please post a screenshot.

If you want a full desktop please read the previous page here, I've already posted how to install xfce which is a ligther desktop than gnome.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks naq!

thx man rely good work :D
btw i tried this before and try again and ...... but the fking error 10061 ?
any idea why keep gettin this error !??! i start vncserver and wverything was ok ..
no firewall at centos5 and my pc ... ( have router but i open 5500 5800 5900 port test them and works fine ,,,)

peace :(

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Originally Posted by mo3adz

thx man rely good work :D
btw i tried this before and try again and ...... but the fking error 10061 ?
any idea why keep gettin this error !??! i start vncserver and wverything was ok ..
no firewall at centos5 and my pc ... ( have router but i open 5500 5800 5900 port test them and works fine ,,,)

peace :(

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thats was at the logs

Thu Mar 5 17:45:13 2009
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
Error: Couldn't connect to XServer

UPDATE (new error )

Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root

Xvnc Free Edition 4.1 - built Mar 3 2005 13:13:52
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 40201000, The XFree86 Project, Inc


Thu Mar 5 20:41:08 2009
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server "2.kimsufi.com:1.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

Hey,
After I follow the guide for the Utorrent WebUI everything works fine.
But every three days or so, I cannot access WebUI and need to change the WebUI port number through VNC.
Anyone know how to fix the problem?


And how could you connect through SSL?

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Originally Posted by ShadowScout379

Hey,
After I follow the guide for the Utorrent WebUI everything works fine.
But every three days or so, I cannot access WebUI and need to change the WebUI port number through VNC.
Anyone know how to fix the problem?


And how could you connect through SSL?

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I had the same issue and looked at the services running.
Utorrent was still running but taking quite a lot of CPU ressources 98% lol
Each time WebUI is unavailable was for the same reason.

The memory came from Utorrent running under Wine...so I switched to rTorrent and since then no problem.

Jontox

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Originally Posted by ShadowScout379

Hey,
After I follow the guide for the Utorrent WebUI everything works fine.
But every three days or so, I cannot access WebUI and need to change the WebUI port number through VNC.
Anyone know how to fix the problem?


And how could you connect through SSL?

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Try increasing the cache to 1024 MB and limit your Download Rate to 11000 kB/s

how do you increase the cache?

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Originally Posted by ShadowScout379

how do you increase the cache?

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options > preferences

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7...rrentcache.jpg

Thanks walkman, but it is not doing it.
Every time I reopen Utorrent after WebUI didn't work anymore, Utorrent says I should change the listening port.

Any ideas?