rTorrent: The Definitive Guide for the WDTV

[chameleon_skin]

Since rTorrent is probably one of the applications that users are most interested in, I've created a guide on the Wiki for instaling, using, and troubleshooting it. You can find it here:

http://wiki.wdlxtv.com/How_to_use_rTorrent

In order to keep us from having to answer the same questions over and over again, I'm going to nominate this post for a stickie

[PaulF]

Since the GUI is ruTorrent see; http://forums.rutorrent.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=f4e59d3c470d69d7186ba794149b295c&board=4.0 for GUI guides. Excellent work on the wiki.

[iMax]

It's all nice but: how do you create a .mnt folder or file with a windows machine?
It will not let me do that...or is it like "whatever.mnt" ??
Just a noob fuming...

[RMerlin]

It's all nice but: how do you create a .mnt folder or file with a windows machine?
It will not let me do that...or is it like "whatever.mnt" ??
Just a noob fuming...

Upload whatever.mnt using FTP, then use your FTP client to rename it to just ".mnt" on the WDTV.

[chameleon_skin]

Or you can just telnet into the WDTV and change into the drive by typing:

cd /tmp/media/usb/USBX/ABC123-XYZ

where "USBX" will be "USB1", USB2", etc. (depending on how many drives you have), and ABC123-XYZ is a random-looking directory name on that drive. Then type "touch .mnt" and you're good to go.

[iMax]

Thank you;
I will do that...great help !
iMax

[iMax]

Success and disaster...
I have managed rTorrent going and it was downloading nice....
Then I did the encryption thing and stopped rTorrent...
Now I don't have the rTorrent icon in the WEB interface.
What did I do wrong and how can I get that back?
In the left side pane the red button is lit in front of rTorrent; when I start it it will say "started" but the rTorrent GUI is still missing

[chameleon_skin]

Which version of the firmware are you running?

[iMax]

Running 0.4.2.1.
Reinstalled and still no RTorrent icon (
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updated to 0.4.2.9 and no rTorrent icon either (

[iMax]

WHAT IS GOING ON????????????????/
Installed 0.4.2.1 on a second box, set up rTorrent and after the last reboot the icon has disappeared....
All this after giving the chmod 777 permission to the box

I don't have any other box so someone please tell me how to fix this!

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managed with re-loading; I have the rTorrent but not doing anything;
error:XMLRPC Error;Call XML not a proper XML-RPC call. Unknown value type -- XML element is named <i8> [setsettings]
Do I need to change anything in default settings?