MLDonkey for DNS-323


    May 26th, 2007 | Tags: , ,

    FAQ

    The FAQ for setting up MLDonkey can be found here.

    Sample setting file(s)
    Sample downloads.ini file: Download file guide
    file_completed_cmd example: Download file guide
    mlnet-alternative Download file guide

    Various compiled versions
    2.8.5: download
    2.8.7: download blog entry
    2.8.7 (new): download blog entry
    2.8.7 (lite): download blog entry
    2.8.7 (new+gd): download blog entry
    2.8.7 (lite+gd): download blog entry
    2.9.0 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.0 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.1 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.1 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.1 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,directconnect,gnutella,g2,fasttrack,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.2 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.2 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.2 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,directconnect,gnutella,g2,fasttrack,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.2 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib)+funplug: download blog entry

    2.9.3 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib)+funplug: download blog entry
    2.9.3 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download blog entry
    2.9.3 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,gnutella,g2,fasttrack,gdlib): download blog entry

    2.9.5 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib)+funplug: download
    2.9.5 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,gdlib): download
    2.9.5 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,gnutella,g2,fasttrack,gdlib): download

    2.9.6: blog entry and download (*compiled for ffp 0.5)
    2.9.6: patched max_bt_uploaders bug (*compiled for ffp 0.5)

    MLDonkey is another client that supports a few Peer-to-Peer protocols (bittorrent, edonkey, …). Best of all, this bittorrent client has got a web interface for you to administrate the bittorrent client without the need to telnet in! So it makes torrenting easier. Wish that it was a desktop application instead? Use sancho to remotely administrate your bittorrent or edonkey download.

    The file above is MLDonkey compiled for use on my DNS-323. I don’t provide support for the compiled application. I compiled it for my own use and feel that others might find it useful, hence I am sharing it here. I do welcome pointers on the shell script (mlnet.sh).

    The script (mlnet.sh) included will attempt to do a symbolic link of the actual working directory (/.mldonkey) to the harddisk (/mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey) in DNS-323. Please refer to the support pages of MLDonkey for stuffs pertaining to it (e.g. configurations, usage). The quick start guide on their homepage is a nice start.

    I have only enabled edonkey, bittorrent, http and ftp download features in this binary so don’t bother trying out other supported protocols. The libraries required ate static linked (during compilation) hence it wont require additional configuration on the DNS-323. Maybe this is the factor that has contributed to the large binary size.

    If you do encounter “segmentation fault” after a few runs (which I hope you don’t). Back up your configurations (*.ini), downloads and file you think you would need before running the following commands (without mlnet running).

    / # rm -rf /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
    / # rm -rf /.mldonkey

    Pre-requisites
    You should be using the telnet daemon from the another telnet daemon post

    Installation Instructions
    Download and extract the contents of the archive to /mnt/HD_a2/. The location of the extracted files should look like the following

    /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
    /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet

    The next step would be giving the files permission to execute

    / # chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
    / # chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet

    The last step would be running the application by typing the following commands

    / # mkdir /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
    / # mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/logs
    / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh

    In the future after a reboot of the NAS, you might wish to start MLDonkey again by issuing the following command

    / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh

    Your mlnet should be running in the background by now. You can do a simple check by using the ps command.

    Next we shall do the initial setup of mldonkey by doing telneting to the administration port.

    / # telnet 127.0.0.1 4000
    Trying 127.0.0.1…
    Connected to 127.0.0.1.
    Escape character is ‘^]’.
    Welcome to MLDonkey 2.8.5
    Welcome on mldonkey command-line

    Use ? for help

    MLdonkey command-line:
    > auth admin “”
    Full access enabled

    MLdonkey command-line:
    > passwd newpasswd
    Password of user admin changed

    MLdonkey command-line:
    > set allowed_ips “127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255″
    option allowed_ips value changed

    MLdonkey command-line:
    > save
    options and sources saved

    MLdonkey command-line:
    > exit

    Next try going to the web administration port 4080 of mldonkey using your web browser.

    Hint
    You can use peerguardian format blocklist for MLD. If you don’t know what peerguardian is all about. Surf on to peerguardian.

    To set up ip blocking feature of MLD, you can refer to here

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    278 responses

    1. Gosh - i don’t care who you work for…

      Keep up the good work

       
      gbrugg May 29th, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    2. Thanks. :) Replied you in the forum as well.

       
      shadowandy May 29th, 2007 at 10:50 pm

    3. MLDonkey 2.8.7 for DNS-323

      MLDonkey for DNS-323: 2.8.7 Decided to compile MLDonkey 2.8.7 for DNS-323. Try it and see if it is working well for you. Setup instructions are pretty much the same as this…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories June 8th, 2007 at 1:05 am

    4. The downloadlink to version 2.8.7 seems to be broken. I get only a very small file that can’t be opened with Winzip…

      regards….keule

       
      megakeule June 16th, 2007 at 3:36 am

    5. no prob with my com

      try downloading using another browser or clear ur cache first before redownloading again

       
      richneo June 17th, 2007 at 3:28 pm

    6. i have a problem. when i enable the MLdonkey on my dns323 i can no longer access the network share ex: \\ip\volume_1. When i kill MLdonky evrything works. any hint?

       
      Regal July 16th, 2007 at 3:41 am

    7. Regal: What other stuffs are you running on the DNS-323 besides telnet and mldonkey?

       
      shadowandy July 16th, 2007 at 7:11 am

    8. Iam only using MLdonkey with funplug 0.2 I have follow the guide at this page. MLDonkey works but it is very slow to download torrents get like 18KB/s with MLDonkey, when i use uTorrent om my PCa get 1.7MB/s

       
      Regal July 16th, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    9. Regal: type the following “ps | wc -l” and show me the number you see. I am running 42 processes. How about you?

      Regarding the slow download, did you play with the settings of MLDonkey? You need to set a port and port forward it on your router (if you got one).

       
      shadowandy July 16th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

    10. I have 46 processes running. If you want i can send you the hole list.

      Yes i have i FW and i have open a port for MLD.

       
      Regal July 17th, 2007 at 1:30 am

    11. I have take care of the speed problem. I had not look close enough at the settings.

       
      Regal July 17th, 2007 at 2:37 am

    12. Regal: Please do send me the output of “ps” and the file /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/mlnet.log

       
      shadowandy July 17th, 2007 at 11:07 am

    13. When i run the script my DNS323 reports that I don’t have the command ‘nohup’.

      Also I cannot telnet to my local box to set up the admin because i do not have a telnet command.

      I do have the telnet daemon setup to access the box.

      MLNet app does start ok from the command prompt.

       
      budda July 18th, 2007 at 8:30 am

    14. budda: use another telnet daemon. It comes with nohup and telnet and other stuffs. Courtesy of fonz.

       
      shadowandy July 18th, 2007 at 8:52 am

    15. Im a noob and am having trouble doing this command as per your instructions.

      / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh

      it prompts me with a

      chmod: /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/*: No such file or directory
      /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh cannot create /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/logs/mlnet: No such file or directory

      The files are there though.

       
      Hai Doan July 21st, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    16. Hai Doan: do a mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/logs

       
      shadowandy July 21st, 2007 at 2:18 pm

    17. Thanks for your help! I am also running into another issue.

      Telnetting works only if I have 1 hard drive installed. If I install two it wont start the telnet app. I do have it installed into the first volume also.

      But not only that, It does not list my 2nd hard drive when I am browsing for it through windows.

      Thanks a lot for this program by the way. I’m using it right now and it works great.

       
      Hai Doan July 21st, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    18. Hai Doan: I’ve only got single harddisk and hence unable to help you on the issue. But do take a look at this wiki for help on that issue. :)

       
      shadowandy July 21st, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    19. Thanks for the link. I decided to stick the funplug.tar on both drives and found out it only extracted on the 2nd volume and loaded from there.

       
      Hai Doan July 23rd, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    20. Hey man,

      Just wanted to tell you that this is pretty badass… I’m loving the torrenting capabilities while not having my machines up and running during hot weather (west coat of the US). I am going to experiment and see if the DNS survives 3 weeks of continuous downloading while I am away on vacation :o

       
      Fanel July 28th, 2007 at 12:11 pm

    21. Fanel: I hope that your DNS-323 is behind a uninterrupted power supply. Let see if your DNS-323 can survive three weeks. :) Good luck!

       
      shadowandy July 28th, 2007 at 3:39 pm

    22. It’s behind a UPS and a surge protector ;). I am having an interesting thing happening here - refer to the following screenie (i combined two together):

      http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5474/oddnessud4.jpg

      Essentially if you look at the top bar with the download stats - it shows I’ve downloaded over 10 gigs by torrenting a single torrent file. If you look at the torrent information itself - it shows I only got 70.4%, or 2.3 gigs out of the 3.27. The thing is it was at 70% about 4 hours before I posted this… what gives? Bad torrent that is loosing hashes? The client maybe freaking out? Any suggestions?

       
      Fanel July 29th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

    23. Ahhh I found out whats wrong - the availability was stuck at that percentage… lol nvm ^_^

       
      Fanel July 29th, 2007 at 3:44 pm

    24. Heh - sorry to bug you but I have seem to find yet another odd thing:

      When I torrent with MLDONKEY, after the torrent done downloading, it keeps seeding I can’t find any way of stopping it and taking it out of the queue unless I delete it from the incoming folder… also - why is every single file I download has a “read-only” mod attached to it with out any ability to change it unless I either chmod it through telnet or rm -rf it?

       
      Fanel July 30th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    25. Fanel: Under the options there is a settings where by you can make mldonkey run a command when torrent finishes, you can use that to shift it out of the incoming folder. Similarly you can set the required permission settings (for directories and files) in the options. Hope it helps

       
      shadowandy July 30th, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    26. What is wrong here ???

      ————————————
      2007/08/01 15:10:56 [cO] Starting MLDonkey 2.9.0 …
      2007/08/01 15:10:56 [cO] Language EN, locale UTF-8, ulimit for open files 1024
      2007/08/01 15:10:56 [cO] MLDonkey is working in /.mldonkey

      2007/08/01 15:10:56 [cO] creating new MLDonkey base directory in /.mldonkey

      2007/08/01 15:10:56 [Gettext] Loading language resource mlnet_strings.EN_UTF-8
      2007/08/01 15:10:57 [cO] loaded language resource file
      2007/08/01 15:10:57 [DNS] Resolving [dlink] …
      2007/08/01 15:10:57 [DNS] Resolving [www.mldonkey.org] …
      2007/08/01 15:10:57 [cInt] WARNING: Directory /.mldonkey is full, MLDonkey shuts down

      2007/08/01 15:10:57 WARNING: Directory /.mldonkey is full, MLDonkey shuts down

       
      modrica August 1st, 2007 at 8:11 pm

    27. and hardisk is not full

       
      modrica August 1st, 2007 at 8:17 pm

    28. your / mount is limited in space. Please use the included mlnet.sh to invoke the binary mlnet

       
      shadowandy August 2nd, 2007 at 11:19 am

    29. thanks :)
      now i have another problem..
      when i enter web interface i get error:
      “DNS resolution does not work”

       
      modrica August 2nd, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    30. modriva: please check if your router has distributed a valid dns address to the device OR check if you have specific the correct dns entry for your DNS-323

       
      shadowandy August 3rd, 2007 at 10:52 am

    31. torrent stuck at 99%

      Do you have the problem of torrent stuck at 98% for MLDonkey on DNS-323? Or you are facing a problem that is more head banging, instead of the torrent stuck at 98% you have the torrent stuck at 99% for…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories August 11th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    32. Has anyone successfully implemented the “file_completed_cmd” script execution on mlnet running on the DNS323? (whatever I try, scripts or even simple echo/touch, I get “Exception execve failed on …”)

       
      cab007 August 19th, 2007 at 8:53 am

    33. cab007: yeap, I’m using file_completed_cmd to shift completed torrents out.

       
      shadowandy August 19th, 2007 at 4:36 pm

    34. Can you post your “file_completed_cmd” value and also possibly share your script? I would also like to move files from the incoming directory elsewhere.
      Thanks a much!!!

       
      cab007 August 20th, 2007 at 1:50 am

    35. cab2007: I created an entry regarding file_completed_cmd

       
      shadowandy August 21st, 2007 at 11:32 pm

    36. Hi all,

      mein english is very bad. I install MLdonky on my new CE3SNAS (Conceptronic) with fw 1.02beta. I use “another telnet damoen” and edit with vi 3 lines in the fun_plug. When i started on the command line “/mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh” the came the same as by “budda” >>nohup: appending to nohup.out.

      My soul ist broken down. Can you help me, thanks.

      Best regards form
      Bavaria, Munich

       
      Jimi Bondi September 2nd, 2007 at 12:37 am

    37. Hi Jimi Bondi,

      Your english is pretty ok. Try typing the following command.

      mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/logs

       
      shadowandy September 2nd, 2007 at 1:48 am

    38. how do you add a user without admin rights?

       
      rico September 12th, 2007 at 9:08 pm

    39. Hi, i’m running your pre compiled version of MLDonkey 2.9.0 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib) which runs smooth on the DNS323 (1.03/RAID0). Are you planning to try compiling other plugins such as DirectConnect? URL: http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/MLdonkeyPlugin

       
      rico September 12th, 2007 at 10:47 pm

    40. rico, thanks for trying out the MLDonkey 2.9.0 and letting me know that it is running smoothly on your DNS323 (1.03/Raid0). Unfortunately I won’t be compiling MLDonkey with other plugins (e.g. DirectConnect) unless there is a demand or I’ve the time to do it.

      Do check here often as I might compile when I finish up my stuffs. :)

       
      shadowandy September 13th, 2007 at 6:56 pm

    41. i understand you don’t want to spend time compiling if there is no demand. right now i dont have time but will try it soon. i’m sure the instructions on the dns323 wiki pages are sufficient to start compiling.

      FYI: i started using mldonkey 2.9.0 and dont know the previous versions. no additional mods have been done because it works very smoothly. all torrents finish, samba never disconnect. largest torrent size: over 7GB, fastest dl rate: 400KB/s, number of torrents simultaneously: about 10

       
      rico September 14th, 2007 at 12:35 am

    42. rico, infact I could try compiling one with DirectConnect but I won’t be able to test if it works or support it as I am unfamiliar with the protocol. Let me try compiling it when I am done with my assignments.

      Glad to know that MLDonkey is working great for you. The community have helped a lot to make MLDonkey on DNS-323 smooth and stable.

       
      shadowandy September 16th, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    43. Hi. I have a quick question. I recently bought the 323 and installed MLDonkey 2.9.0 right away.

      I am getting slow connections and even not connections at all with Bittorrent. I have like 15 files pending (All of them are series seasons with nice amount of seeds (Even the mldokney shows like 800 sources for the one that has less sources) and even after running for a day it cant connect.

      It only downloaded 80MB of 120GB that is in queue.

      Anything that could be wrong or maybe I have to add some bittorrent servers/trackers? Edonkey networks seems to work quite fine.

      Thanks!!!

       
      Sebasss September 23rd, 2007 at 2:38 am

    44. Hi, i’m now running your pre compiled version (MLDonkey 2.9.0 bittorrent) which runs well on my Conceptronic CH3SNAS RAID1 (same hardware as the DNS 323, just cheaper….).
      No problems installing, thanks for this!

       
      Highandstoned September 23rd, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    45. Sebass, some trackers actually bans MLDonkey client. :(. Do check if the trackers you are connecting to have policies on bittorrent client usage. You can also check if your router is blocking the connections.

      Highandstoned, glad to know that MLDonkey is running for your CH3SNAS! Maybe I should get my hands on that! I need another NAS!

       
      shadowandy September 23rd, 2007 at 6:07 pm

    46. MLDonkey 2.9.0

      MLDonkey 2.9.0 has been released! You can view the full changelog at MLDonkey’s website. Compiled a version for use on DNS-323 and realized that the binary is smaller! Download the new MLDonkey 2.9.0 for DNS-323 Do take note that it…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories September 26th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    47. MLDonkey 2.9.1

      The folks over at mldonkey have released MLDonkey 2.9.1. Compiled 2.9.1 for DNS-323 in the following two flavors - one with bittorrent and edonkey, one without edonkey. Download the new MLDonkey 2.9.1 for DNS-323 Like what I have mentioned for…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories September 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    48. Shadowandy,

      Truely some awsome info here–thanks for the guidance!

      Was wondering if there is any chance we could get 2.9.1 complied with all p2p networks (eDonkey2000, Overnet, Kad, Gnutella, Gnutella2, BitTorrent, etc…) for use on the DNS-323? That way we could turn ‘um on/off via the .ini to play ’round w/ the various networks. I’d greatly appreciate your help!

       
      ad October 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    49. Hi ad, I do release binary with edonkey support. As for Overnet and Kad, it seems like mldonkey have dropped it off. I do have a copy of binary which has edonkey, Gnutella, Gnutella2, BitTorrent, DirectConnect, … I won’t be able to test it as I am unfamiliar with other file sharing protocols other than edonkey and bittorrent.

       
      shadowandy October 21st, 2007 at 12:19 am

    50. okay, thanks neways. ill keep looking…

       
      ad October 21st, 2007 at 2:36 am

    51. MLDonkey 2.9.1 with most plugins

      There has been several request for MLDonkey with other network plugins. I had a little free time between rushing my reports so tried my hands at compiling them. The stuffs that are supported in this release are - Direct Connect,…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories October 21st, 2007 at 11:49 am

    52. ad, I have release a binary which you might be interested. Do test it out.

       
      shadowandy October 21st, 2007 at 11:53 am

    53. MLDonkey 2.9.2

      The folks over at mldonkey have release MLDonkey 2.9.2. Didn’t realize that there is a new release until this morning. I have compiled this version in 3 flavors - lite, normal, everything. The file size of each binary is different…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories October 22nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    54. MLDonkey 2.9.2 Real Simple

      Everybody was once a newbie in Linux command. I been through the terrors of following long set of commands, following guides just to get a simple thing up. How I wish there was one person/guru to help me then. I…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories October 29th, 2007 at 7:58 pm

    55. Hi Andy in the shadows, thanks for MLDonkey 2.9.2(edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,directconnect,gnutella,g2,fasttrack,gdlib), I installed it thanks to your instructions. For directconnect, I frwd the TCP port but can’t connect to any servers. On other directconnect clients, you enter the serverlist in the prefs and then can visualize servers and connect to them according to their minimal share rates and other criterias. anyone have it working fully on MLDonkey?

       
      Rico October 30th, 2007 at 8:42 pm

    56. Rico, welcome. I wouldn’t be able to help you on protocols other than donkey and bittorrent as I don’t really know how to operate other plugins. Perhaps somebody can shed some light on this issue of directconnect?

       
      shadowandy October 30th, 2007 at 10:41 pm

    57. Cheers ShadowAndy. With a bit of tinkering I’ve been pulling torrents via the box now for a few days. Tis class. Brings back some Linux memories too.

       
      Greg November 28th, 2007 at 2:57 am

    58. Greg, have fun with mldonkey. ;)
      You should have used the realsimple edition. Setting up DNS-323 for torrenting would be much simpler.

       
      shadowandy November 28th, 2007 at 9:38 am

    59. Do you compile this version “2.9.2 (edonkey,bittorrent,filetp,directconnect,gnutella,g2,fasttrack,gdlib):” to *.exe file for Windows and send me on my e-mail?

       
      Johnny December 12th, 2007 at 11:54 pm

    60. Johnny,

      Surf on to MLDonkey’s website and download the binaries they’ve compiled for win32 systems.

       
      shadowandy December 13th, 2007 at 12:43 pm

    61. The newest version hasn’t got Gnutella and G2. I need this networks. It’s possible to run this files on PC? What command must I use?

       
      Johnny December 13th, 2007 at 11:44 pm

    62. Hi, i’m a newbe in linux. I just bought the ch3snas and tried to install mldonkey following the steps on this site.
      when i execute the script mlnet.sh,i get an error at the “nohup” command. It seems that this command does not exist.
      anybody know what to do?

       
      picmaster December 22nd, 2007 at 5:12 am

    63. picmaster,

      Probably you missed out that it requires Another Telnet Daemon. Try using fonz’s fun_plug and it would provide you with nohup.

       
      shadowandy December 22nd, 2007 at 10:56 am

    64. Thanx shadowandy !

      Now i have “BusyBox v1.6.1 (2007-07-22 13:51:10 CEST) Built-in shell” , when starting the telnet session with CH3SNAS!
      But when executing mlnet.sh i get : “nohup: appending to nohup.out” , when i then check with ps i dont see the mldonkey service running.
      When i execute “telnet 127.0.0.1 4000″ i get this respons :
      “telnet: cannot connect to remote host (127.0.0.1): Connection refused”

      Any idee whats going wrong?

       
      picmaster December 22nd, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    65. picmaster

      probably you have a case of segmentation fault. Follow the instructions above to solve it. :)

       
      shadowandy December 22nd, 2007 at 10:10 pm

    66. Hi Shadowandy , thanx again. I removed everything and tried again.
      these are the exact steps am i doing :
      a) i use the two files in the 2.9.0 (bittorrent,filetp,gdlib) dowload
      b) And copy those files within xp , mlnet.sh in “Volume1″ and mlnet in “Volume1\lnx_bin”.
      c) i login with telnet troug putty and check the files are in :
      /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet
      wich is ok.
      d) i do :
      / # chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      / # chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet
      / # mkdir /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
      / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh

      When executing mlnet.sh i get :”chmod: /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/*: No such file or directory”.
      I checked if mldonkey exists, and it does!
      What am i doing wrong?

      sorry for this idiot questions! People learn the most by there mistakes :-)

       
      picmaster December 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 am

    67. picmaster,

      Well, probably it is the first time it starts up then it would throw this message. On future startups, it wouldn’t show you that message anymore.

       
      shadowandy December 23rd, 2007 at 11:02 am

    68. Hi shadowandy,

      it still does not work, would u like to have a chat with me?
      dpsven@hotmail.com

      Thanx !

       
      picmaster December 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 pm

    69. picmaster,

      responded to you in your email. :)

       
      shadowandy December 25th, 2007 at 1:24 am

    70. hi shadowandy
      I’m having the same issues exactly as picmaster… did you work out a solution with him?

      when executing mlnet.sh i get : “nohup: appending to nohup.out” , when i then check with ps i dont see the mldonkey service running.
      When i execute “telnet 127.0.0.1 4000″ i get this response :
      “telnet: cannot connect to remote host (127.0.0.1): Connection refused”

       
      chrisb December 27th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    71. chrisb,

      Could you paste me the result of your “ps” after running mlnet.sh?

       
      shadowandy December 27th, 2007 at 4:34 pm

    72. Sure Thing…. Here’s the telnet session from running mlnet.sh:

      / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      nohup: appending to nohup.out
      / # ps
      PID USER COMMAND
      1 root init
      2 root [ksoftirqd/0]
      3 root [events/0]
      4 root [khelper]
      5 root [kthread]
      11 root [kblockd/0]
      14 root [khubd]
      50 root [pdflush]
      51 root [pdflush]
      53 root [aio/0]
      52 root [kswapd0]
      190 root [scsi_eh_0]
      191 root [scsi_eh_1]
      192 root [scsi_eh_2]
      193 root [scsi_eh_3]
      201 root [mtdblockd]
      221 root [kcryptd/0]
      222 root [kmirrord/0]
      250 root [loop0]
      874 root atd
      877 root smbd -D
      879 root nmbd -D
      1150 root chkbutton
      1157 root /sys/custom/upnp/upnp 0 D-Link Corporation http://www.redsonic.com DNS-323 DNS-323 103
      1166 root /web/webs
      1175 root fancontrol
      1197 root op_server 3 3 3
      1203 root -sh
      1241 root lpd Waiting
      1257 nobody mt-daapd
      1258 nobody mt-daapd
      1260 root mt-daapd
      1261 root mt-daapd
      1284 root crond
      1337 root /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/bin/telnetd -l /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/bin/sh
      1348 root mt-daapd
      1429 root /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/bin/sh
      1461 root ps
      / # telnet 127.0.0.1 4000
      telnet: cannot connect to remote host (127.0.0.1): Connection refused
      / #

       
      chrisb December 28th, 2007 at 12:21 am

    73. Is this the same problem that picmaster was having? how did you solve it?

       
      chrisb December 29th, 2007 at 4:55 am

    74. chrisb,

      can you try typing the below 3 lines and paste me the result.

      export MLDONKEY_DIR=”/mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey”
      export TMPDIR=”/mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/temp”
      /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet

      Unfortunately, I’ve yet to contact picmaster as I am still busy with my stuffs. Don’t really have a timeslot at night to have a nice chat with him.

       
      shadowandy December 29th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    75. hi, just installed mldonkey. how do i connect to servers?

       
      ronjon December 30th, 2007 at 5:44 am

    76. chrisb,

      Just rectified picmaster’s CH3NAS. His problem is not like yours. Perhaps you wish to contact me through email?

       
      shadowandy January 5th, 2008 at 12:37 am

    77. Hi

      Can you make DC++ for this device?

       
      Andrey Rogovsky January 6th, 2008 at 2:23 am

    78. Andrey Rogovsky,

      Is it the same as DirectConnect? If it is, then it has already been compiled.

       
      shadowandy January 8th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    79. MLDonkey for DNS-313

      Some users has feedback to me that DNS-313 can also run the MLDonkey compiled for DNS-323 (due to the similar architecture)! MLDonkey would allow your DNS-323, DNS-313, CH3NAS, DNS-312H, etc to use various Peer-to-Peer protocols like Bittorrent, edonke…

       
      shadowandy - my life stories January 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    80. I am having the same issue with chrisb.

      I have followed your steps mentioned above:

      # export MLDONKEY_DIR=”/mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey”
      # export TMPDIR=”/mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/temp”
      # /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet
      2008/01/16 18:33:01 [cO] Starting MLDonkey 2.9.2 …
      2008/01/16 18:33:01 [cO] Language EN, locale UTF-8, ulimit for open files 1024
      2008/01/16 18:33:01 [cO] MLDonkey is working in /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
      2008/01/16 18:33:01 [Gettext] Loading language resource mlnet_strings.EN_UTF-8
      2008/01/16 18:33:01 [cO] loaded language resource file
      2008/01/16 18:33:01 [DNS] Resolving [ppnas01] …
      2008/01/16 18:33:01 [DNS] Resolving [www.mldonkey.org] …
      2008/01/16 18:33:02 [cO] Logging in /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/mlnet.log
      2008/01/16 18:33:02 [dMain] Core started

      Then the “#” doesn’t show anymore and i can’t do anything else. Please advise.

       
      Philipcs January 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    81. Phillipcs,

      execute the mlnet.sh found in /mnt/HD_a2/ instead of executing mlnet.

       
      shadowandy January 16th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

    82. Hi, I am a very newbie and have zero experience with Linux. In fact, I don’t understand any of the codes that you all have been talking about - I clearly need help! I am looking to install mldonkey to do bittorrent downloading without the PC. Can you please see if my understanding is right. Download mldonkey_292_real_simple.zip. Extract (using winzip) into the roof directory of the harddisk in the NAS. Reboot and wait before going into ipaddress:4080 using the browser?

       
      Rick January 17th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    83. Rick,

      Yes. Most of the users have zero experience with linux and followed the instructions and got it to work. In fact, most of the problems users encountered were because they skipped some steps .

       
      shadowandy January 17th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    84. Thanks for your reply.
      I have start all over again.

      Confirmed the files in:
      /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet

      Start:

      # rm -rf /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
      # rm -rf /.mldonkey
      # chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      # chmod a+x /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet
      # mkdir /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
      # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/sh: /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh: Text file busy

      Have missed anything?

       
      Philipcs January 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    85. Philipcs,

      Are you using fonz’s fun_plug package? I noticed a handful of users encountering problem because they are not using fonz’s fun_plug.

       
      shadowandy January 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm

    86. Hi, I have successfully installed mldonkey - thanks for your advice. I have another silly question. I have created a directory on volume_1 called torrents where all the torrents are kept. If I am using the torrents in that directory, shouldn’t the dl command be dllink /Volume_1/torrents/abc.torrent? or should it be dllink /ipaddress/volume_1/torrents/abc.torrent? I have tried both and both times it says No such file or directory - please help.

       
      Rick January 18th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    87. Hi, me again… I have downloaded mldonkey-2.9.2-ALL-graphical-DNS-323.zip, extracted it and replaced the realsimple version of lnx_bin and mlnet.sh already in the volume_1 directory. I rebooted and have been able to login via broswer but I can no longer view the drive using windows explorer or map the drive. The error message is saying that the drive is not accessible. Please help! Thanks.

       
      Rick January 18th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    88. Rick,

      Volume_1 is actually /mnt/HD_a2. So technically you should supply it as /mnt/HD_a2/torrents/abc.torrent
      it is a common problem and is documented in various sites. Try typing “smb restart” in your telnet session and wait a couple of minutes before accessing your share.

       
      shadowandy January 18th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    89. Shadowandy is indeed a guru in this dns323! Thanks for the effort!

       
      alex January 18th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    90. Thank you. I now have another question about how to start a telnet session. You see, I have read the howto:telnet webpage. It says to install fun plug, then install telnet, then use the Putty to access. Since I don’t have access to the NAS, there is no way I am extract the telnet installation files. I am using the fun plug from mldonkey_292_real_simple.zip. Can you please tell me how to start a telnet session to run the “smb restart” command? Many thanks.

       
      Rick January 19th, 2008 at 4:22 am

    91. Alex,

      Thanks for the compliment. There are lots of people who are great at compiling stuffs for DNS-323.

       
      shadowandy January 19th, 2008 at 10:50 am

    92. Rick,

      Just use any telnet client and telnet to your DNS-323’s IP. The MLDonkey real simple starts telnet session.

       
      shadowandy January 19th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    93. Hi, first off good work on the client.
      Sadly i cant seem to get it to work, i also get the following error:
      / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      nohup: appending to nohup.out

      Already tried the segmentation fault commands but still doesn’t work. Hope you can help me out

       
      DyStiC January 20th, 2008 at 2:46 am

    94. Same problem as many others. I got a:
      nohup: appending to nohup.out
      and mlnet doesn’t show on ps.
      I have tried everything mentioned in these pages. The DNS-323 is pretty new and I have just copied some files, nothing else. What I’m doing wrong?

       
      Fran January 20th, 2008 at 3:24 am

    95. btw, I’m using fun_plug by fonz

       
      Fran January 20th, 2008 at 3:30 am

    96. DyStiC and Fran,

      Can you type the 3 commands that I wanted Chrisb to type? Please paste me the results after that.

       
      shadowandy January 20th, 2008 at 10:45 am

    97. Sure, thanx for your time.

      Here is the result:

      / # export MLDONKEY_DIR=”/mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey”
      / # export TMPDIR=”/mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/temp”
      / # /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet
      2008/01/20 16:51:55 [cO] Starting MLDonkey 2.9.2 …
      2008/01/20 16:51:55 [cO] Language EN, locale UTF-8, ulimit for open files 1024
      2008/01/20 16:51:55 [cO] MLDonkey is working in /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
      2008/01/20 16:51:55 [Gettext] Loading language resource mlnet_strings.EN_UTF-8
      2008/01/20 16:51:55 [cO] loaded language resource file
      2008/01/20 16:51:55 [cO] PID file /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/mlnet.pid exists.
      2008/01/20 16:51:55 [cO] Checking whether PID 2786 is still used…

      This means another MLDonkey process could still be working
      in this directory. Please shut it down before starting
      a new instance here. If you are sure no other process uses
      this directory delete mlnet.pid and restart the core.
      / #

      I already deleted everything and started over again, but still the same problem. btw i have a CH3SNAS, don’t know if that makes any difference.

       
      DyStiC January 21st, 2008 at 12:05 am

    98. Hmm no i also have another error:

      / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      chmod: /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/*: No such file or directory
      nohup: appending to nohup.out
      / # /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh
      nohup: appending to nohup.out
      / # /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/mlnet
      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [cO] Starting MLDonkey 2.9.2 …
      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [cO] Language EN, locale UTF-8, ulimit for open files 1024
      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [cO] MLDonkey is working in /.mldonkey

      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [cO] creating new MLDonkey base directory in /.mldonkey

      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [cO] loaded language resource file
      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [DNS] Resolving [CH3SNAS] …
      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [DNS] Resolving [www.mldonkey.org] …
      2008/01/20 22:45:17 [cInt] WARNING: Directory /.mldonkey is full, MLDonkey shuts
      down

      2008/01/20 22:45:17 WARNING: Directory /.mldonkey is full, MLDonkey shuts down

      Same error after:
      / # rm -rf /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey
      / # rm -rf /.mldonkey

      Hope this helps.

       
      DyStiC January 21st, 2008 at 5:47 am

    99. DyStiC,

      Well you are suppose to invoke mlnet through mlnet.sh as it solves the /.mldonkey directory is full problem. That is why I wrote mlnet.sh. Can you paste me the result of the following command.

      which sh

      Seems like most of the problems are from CH3SNAS.

       
      shadowandy January 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am

    100. They are just exploiting you shadowandy! You don’t really need to accede to their request. I wont be surprised if they are not using the correct telnet client.

       
      Alex January 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am

    101. Shadowandy, i ran the command here the resuylt:

      / # which sh
      /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/bin/sh

      Hope you can make something out of it.

       
      DyStiC January 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    102. Thanks for your help. I think I have started to download now. However, I can’t actually see the finished file. I am seeing how fast I am downloading but the actual downloaded file can’t be located. Where should I be looking?

       
      Rick January 21st, 2008 at 6:53 pm

    103. DyStiC,

      Execute the following 2 commands

      mkdir -p /mnt/HD_a2/lnx_bin/logs
      /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh

       
      shadowandy January 21st, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    104. Rick,

      It is located in /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/incoming/

       
      shadowandy January 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    105. Thanks. The torrent which I used contains 4-5 files one of which is a RMVB file with a chinese character filename. My statistics show that I have finished downloading it but it is not in /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/incoming/ as you say. Is there anywhere else I should be looking?
      How do you just download only 1 of 5 files from a torrent using mldonkey?
      I am trying to conserve upload data usage. Is the simpliest way to stop seeding a torrent to delete the torrent or is there a mldonkey command for it?
      Many thanks for your assistance.

       
      Rick January 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 am

    106. Shadowandy,
      I deleted everything and started again and now it works. I’m still getting the “nohup: appending to nohup.out” message but mldonkey is running now, I get the web interface and it’s downloading. Is this message an error or just some info?

      Thanks for your time!

       
      Fran January 22nd, 2008 at 4:21 am

    107. Shadowandy:
      Oops, I ansered too fast. Torrent files do download, but I have no servers in the list so I can’t search in edonkey. I’ve tried with some server.met files withoput success, “No such command servers” is the answer I’m getting.

       
      Fran January 22nd, 2008 at 4:48 am

    108. Rick and Fran,

      Please refer to FAQ and forum on MLDonkey (sourceforge) for the usage of MLDonkey and its plugins.

      I only use the bittorrent protocol. Other plugins are compiled due to request from users.

       
      shadowandy January 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 am

    109. Shadowandy, I use chinese files and directories. I am noticing that as I copy them onto my DNS323 the chinese characters don’t show. Do you know if there is anything that I can do to fix this?

       
      Rick January 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 am

    110. Rick,

      Upgrade to the latest 1.04 firmware (for DNS-323) to fix unicode issue.

       
      shadowandy January 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 am

    111. Thanks Shadowandy. Stupid question again - where do you download 1.04 firmware from? I have looked at dlink and google. All that I can get is the beta version. Please point me in the right website to download from. Many thanks. Rick.

       
      Rick January 23rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    112. Shadowandy, I think I have really stuffed it up. Because i have a hidden file which keeps seeding in mldonkey, I decided the get rid of it by formatting the harddisk. When I logged into the admin page and did a format, it starts and then tells me that the format has failed. I then have no way of accessing the drive again. Any ideas?

       
      Anonymous January 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    113. Rick,

      1.04 is in beta stage. That version have the unicode support. If you don’t wish to use beta version, then perhaps you need to do without unicode support.

       
      shadowandy January 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    114. Shadowandy,

      I have now installed 1.04beta. However, I am still unable to see chinese characters. Perhaps I need to reformat the harddisk first before unicode support becomes active? I actually tried formating. To do this, I first kill the mldonkey software, then delete the mldonkey program files in the volume_1 root directory. However, everytime I try to delete the mldonkey files, it says “access denied”. Have I not killed the program entirely? Any suggestions?

      Many thanks.

      Rick.

       
      Rick February 2nd, 2008 at 6:18 am

    115. Hi guys, tryed version 2.9.3,2.9.2 and 2.9.1 always got the same errors… maybe all the ones listyed here:
      - “chmod: /mnt/HD_a2/mldonkey/*: No such file or directory” every time, nothing changed when i created manually the directories with the proper chmod
      - segmentation fault every time…
      All these issues solved uploading the mldonkey files using user admin via samba… previously i was using another user uploading via http://ftp..
      Strange indeed.

       
      jules February 2nd, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    116. I have wierd problems due to repeat segmentation fault. I found out that my ftp client program, filezilla, change the mlnet file when I upload it. Only when I did a mapped network drive , I realised mlnet filesize is different from the original. Spend a few days troubleshooting and now it’s working with the original file, copied over via mapped drive.

       
      kahuna February 18th, 2008 at 10:33 am

    117. kahuna,

      thanks for sharing! FTP can transfer files in either ASCII or binary mode, that’s why the filesize changes and sometimes it doesn’t work.

       
      shadowandy February 18th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    118. Shaowandy, something very strange has happened. I downloaded a BT that contains a few files in a directory. Once the downloading stopped, mldonkey creates a directory in “incoming/directories”. For some reason I cannot delete the directory or the files contained in it. I’d be grateful for your troubles. Rick.

       
      Rick February 19th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    119. Hello,

      I’m keep getting the same error messages

      CH3SNAS_1:/mnt/HD_a2# /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh

      /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh: line 15: syntax error near unexpected token `else’

      /mnt/HD_a2/mlnet.sh: line 15: `else’

      Can somebody tell me what it meens
      CH3SNAS_1:/mnt/HD_a2#

       
      Getyours February 20th, 2008 at 6:23 am

    120. Rick,

      Telnet into your DNS323 and chmod the folder and directories to 777.

       
      shadowandy February 20th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    121. Getyours,

      Are you using the fun_plug package from fonz?

       
      shadowandy February 20th, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    122. Hi Shadowandy,
      Last night I downloaded your build of MLdonkey 2.9.2, and installed it, following your instructions, on my DNS-323. It worked without a glitch. It took me a little tinkering with the MLdonkey settings to get it the way I wanted but once configured it’s been running perfectly :-). Great work!!! This is really useful and your effort is greatly appreciated.

       
      Miraelsol February 21st, 2008 at 12:18 am

    123. shadowandy,

      How can I check te funplug version?
      Is it posible to exucute te funplug from a usb disk?

       
      Patrick February 21st, 2008 at 3:24 am

    124. Oke I’ve got it to work
      still getting the same error but it seems to work

      next thing to do is setting up Image Gallery

      But I’m not getting futher than

      /mnt/HD_a2 # funpkg.sh lighttpd-1.4.17.tgz

      system doens’t reconize funpkg.sh

       
      Patrick February 21st, 2008 at 9:35 am

    125. Patrick,

      Type the following command to check your fonz’s fun_plug version

      cat /mnt/HD_a2/fun_plug.d/etc/funplug-version

      funpkg.sh is one of the shell scripts that come with fonz’s fun_plug. If you don’t have it, most likely you are not using fonz’s fun_plug.

       
      shadowandy