Hi there,
I Had the same error:
2007-01-12 23:06:37: Error: Failed to convert file "/home/.users/amule/.aMule/ipfilter_static.dat" to Unicode.
2007-01-12 23:06:37: Failed to load ipfilter.dat file '/home/.users/amule/.aMule/ipfilter_static.dat', could not open file.
And it's nothing to do with file rights:
-rw-r--r-- 1 amule nobody 13906899 Nov 25 07:18 ipfilter_static.dat
Well I still don't know what is causing this (it was working fine before), but using an editor to trim all non needed text like this :
000.000.000.000 - 002.255.255.255 , 000 , B
003.000.000.000 - 003.255.255.255 , 000 , G
004.000.025.146 - 004.000.025.148 , 000 , s
004.000.026.014 - 004.000.029.024 , 000 , p
004.000.032.062 - 004.000.033.004 , 000 , s
004.002.144.000 - 004.002.144.031 , 000 , E
004.002.144.032 - 004.002.144.047 , 000 , I
004.002.144.064 - 004.002.144.095 , 000 , C
004.002.144.224 - 004.002.144.231 , 000 , D
004.002.144.248 - 004.002.144.255 , 000 , U
004.002.145.000 - 004.002.145.063 , 000 , H
004.002.145.096 - 004.002.145.127 , 000 , I
004.002.145.224 - 004.002.145.239 , 000 , C
004.002.153.032 - 004.002.153.063 , 000 , C
004.002.153.064 - 004.002.153.127 , 000 , P
004.002.160.032 - 004.002.160.063 , 000 , C
004.002.160.064 - 004.002.160.079 , 000 , W
004.002.161.000 - 004.002.161.007 , 000 , P
004.002.161.032 - 004.002.161.039 , 000 , A
004.002.161.064 - 004.002.161.071 , 000 , D
004.002.161.080 - 004.002.161.095 , 000 , E
004.002.161.096 - 004.002.161.127 , 000 , U
004.002.161.128 - 004.002.161.255 , 000 , A
004.002.162.128 - 004.002.162.135 , 000 , B
004.002.162.144 - 004.002.162.151 , 000 , P
004.002.162.160 - 004.002.162.191 , 000 , C
004.002.163.000 - 004.002.163.063 , 000 , W
004.002.163.096 - 004.002.163.127 , 000 , C
004.002.168.000 - 004.002.168.255 , 000 , M
004.002.169.000 - 004.002.169.031 , 000 , C
004.002.169.032 - 004.002.169.063 , 000 , H
004.002.169.064 - 004.002.169.095 , 000 , C
004.002.170.000 - 004.002.170.031 , 000 , E
004.002.170.032 - 004.002.170.063 , 000 , C
004.002.170.144 - 004.002.170.151 , 000 , D
004.002.171.000 - 004.002.171.255 , 000 , R
004.002.172.000 - 004.002.172.255 , 000 , S
004.002.173.016 - 004.002.173.023 , 000 , A
004.002.173.032 - 004.002.173.063 , 000 , P
004.002.173.080 - 004.002.173.087 , 000 , S
004.002.173.096 - 004.002.173.127 , 000 , U
004.002.174.000 - 004.002.175.255 , 000 , S
004.002.176.000 - 004.002.176.007 , 000 , W
004.002.176.008 - 004.002.176.015 , 000 , P
004.002.176.032 - 004.002.176.063 , 000 , C
004.002.176.064 - 004.002.176.071 , 000 , U
Besides making the file smaller it did the job
2007-01-13 00:22:15: Loading ipfilter.dat files.
2007-01-13 00:22:15: Loaded 0 IP-ranges from 'ipfilter.dat'. 0 malformed lines were discarded.
2007-01-13 00:24:08: Loaded 205348 IP-ranges from 'ipfilter_static.dat'. 0 malformed lines were discarded.
You can try it too...
Got the newest version from :
w w w . o p e n m e d i a . i n f o
Best Regards,