When starting bittorrent an error dialog appears then eventually BitTorrent crashes. The error dialog reads: "BitTorrent core initialization failed!" Terminal output is: >>> unable to setrlimit not allowed to raise maximum limit Exception in thread bittorrent:259 in ?: threading.Thread(target=init_core, args=(mainloop,)).start(): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/bittorrent", line 259, in ? threading.Thread(target=init_core, args=(mainloop,)).start() File "/usr/bin/bittorrent", line 211, in init_core init_torrents=False) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/BitTorrent/MultiTorrent.py", line 167, in __init__ self._restore_state(init_torrents) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/BitTorrent/MultiTorrent.py", line 816, in _restore_state t = decode_line(line) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/BitTorrent/MultiTorrent.py", line 751, in decode_line t.working_path = t.working_path.decode('utf-8') File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/BitTorrent/Torrent.py", line 256, in _set_working_path self.config['working_path'] = value File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/BitTorrent/prefs.py", line 49, in __setitem__ assert not isinstance(self._options[option], str) or \ AssertionError: 'working_path' is not str non-daemon threads not shutting down in a timely fashion: <StackThread(disk_thread-1, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-10, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-2, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-3, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-4, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-9, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-5, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-6, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-7, started)> <StackThread(disk_thread-8, started)> You have no chance to survive make your time. Killed emerge --info: Portage 2.1.2_pre3-r9 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.18-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo-r1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:50:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.60 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.gentoo.no/ http://ftp.romnet.org/gentoo/ http://gentoo.scphost.com" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X a52 aac acpi alsa apache2 avahi berkdb bzip2 cairo cdr dbus dlloader dmi dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds elibc_glibc encode ffmpeg firefox flac gcc64 gif gnome gnutls gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal howl-compat input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse jpeg kernel_linux libnotify mad matroska mp3 mpeg mpm-worker msn nautilus ncurses nptl nptlonly ogg opengl pcre pdf physfs png python readline reiserfs samba sdl spell ssl startup-notification svg symlink tcpd theora threads totem truetype unicode usb userland_GNU userlocales vcd video_cards_nvidia vorbis xforms xml xorg xv xvid zip zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I'm getting the same error on x86.
The offending code starting at line 43 in /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/BitTorrent/prefs.py: if self._options.has_key(option): # The next two asserts are a short-term hack. A more general # solution is to associate allowed type(s) for each option, and # then have the Preferences object enforce those types. --Dave. assert not isinstance(self._options[option], unicode) or \ isinstance(value, unicode), "'%s' is not unicode" % option assert not isinstance(self._options[option], str) or \ isinstance(value, str), "'%s' is not str" % option Note that the comment states this is a hack. As a quick fix to get Bittorrent working, just commment it out thus: #if self._options.has_key(option): ## The next two asserts are a short-term hack. A more general ## solution is to associate allowed type(s) for each option, and ## then have the Preferences object enforce those types. --Dave. #assert not isinstance(self._options[option], unicode) or \ # isinstance(value, unicode), "'%s' is not unicode" % option #assert not isinstance(self._options[option], str) or \ # isinstance(value, str), "'%s' is not str" % option
I'm getting this problems on stable x86: with bittorrent-curses: >>> unable to setrlimit not allowed to raise maximum limit Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/bittorrent-curses", line 45, in ? from BitTorrent.RawServer_twisted import RawServer, task ImportError: cannot import name task and launchmany-curses: >>> unable to setrlimit not allowed to raise maximum limit Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/launchmany-curses", line 318, in ? config['torrent_dir'] = \ AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'decode_from_filesystem' Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.4.25 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.25 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:00:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.26-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ ftp://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Gentoo" LANG="et_EE.utf-8" LINGUAS="" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 apache2 apm berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cli cracklib crypt curl dlloader dri eds elibc_glibc emboss encode ethereal exif expat foomaticdb ftp gd gdbm gif gmp gstreamer gtk2 hardened idn imap imlib innodb input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog jpeg kernel_linux libg++ libwww logrotate mad maildir mcal memlimit mikmod milter mmx motif mp3 mysql ncurses no-htdocs ogg oss pam pcre pdflib perl php pic png postfix pppd python quicktime readline reflection sasl session snmp spamassassin spl sse ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode userland_GNU vhosts video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo vorbis webdav xml xml2 xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLA
I had the same problem until I did a rm -rf .bittorrent* Seemed to work, sadly thought it does not seem to honor my upstream limit. I set it to 30k/s and it's pushing 70k/s :(
> I'm getting this problems on stable x86: > with bittorrent-curses: this is unrelated to original bug report ... ive filed a new one: Bug 153482
According to mainstream, and from what I saw, this bug is fixed in release 5.0.3
fixed with 5.0.3 now in portage
