[ATrpms-users] Re: mlgui -- Can't get it to do anything

[Axel Thimm]

Upfront: DeXteR <dexter at beetjevreemd.nl> has submitted some
fixes/upgrades that will soon surface at the master site.

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 12:29:52PM +1000, Marco Nadal wrote:
> I'm using Fedora Core 3 and JRE 1.5.
> 
> I have installed version 2.5.28.1-43.rhfc3.at of
> mldonkey
> mldonkey-backend
> mldonkey-frontend
> 
> I added an entry to my KDE menu that runs command "mlgui" as root.

You don't need to run this as root.

> I have not been able to find a webpage or instructions for this frontend.
> I got this far:
> 
> - I run the backend mldonkey daemon (Services)
> 
> - I can connect to 10 servers on the eDonkey network
> 
> - edk: links in Firefox automatically appear in the "Downloads" tab in 
> mlgui, but they wait and never download

check out mldonkey-mozilla (http://atrpms.net/name/mldonkey-mozilla/)

> - I opened ports TCP 4662 and UDP 4369 to incoming traffic in Linux (set 
> in webmin)
> 
> - I forward the ports above in my ADSL modem/router

Don't know if natted mldonkey works at all.

> However, I have the following problems:
> 
> 1) I cannot share directories/files : I go to the Uploads tab, and click 
> on the "add folders to share" button, but try as I might, it won't share 
> the chosen directory -- the list remains empty and the status bar always 
> displays: "Shared 0/0"
> 
> 2) Searches don't do anything
> 
> 3) Right-click context menu in the Servers list displays for a tenth of 
> a second. If you hold down the right mouse button and release above the 
> desired choice, such as "View users", nothing happens.
> 
> 4) It doesn't download anything. Everything just says: "Waiting" forever.
> 
> 5) How do I configure where downloads are saved?
> 
> 6) The Gui - port scan causes my HardDisk to crunch a little, but 
> produces no output.
> 
> 7) Does mlgui have a project homepage? The about box only displays the 
> general MLDonkey sites.
> 
> 8) Does the mlgui package contain other frontends? Some of the 
> documentation at /usr/share/doc/mldonkey-backend suggests I can talk to 
> the mldonkey daemon using http (like webmin?). I have tried 
> http://localhost:4001 but that doesn't work.

Try 4080 instead.

> Thanks to anyone taking the time to reply to this.

-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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