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[calmeacham]

I wonder whether someone could give me insight into the following problem;

 I have just upgraded to the latest version of amule (2.2.3), running on OSX. When I attempt to connect to a server, I instantly get this message;

Connecting to Byte-Devils (38.107.164.4 - 38.107.164.4:4661)
Connected to Byte-Devils (38.107.164.4:4661)
Lost connection to Byte-Devils (38.107.164.4:4661)
Connection lost

This is the same message for all servers. I have tried various server.met files without success.
My first thought was to simply use KAD on its own, however when I try using nodes.dat files it doesn't seem to connect properly. It goes up to about 150 or so and then falls off. As I can't connect to servers I am unable to bootstrap it, either.
I'm sure that the ports on my router are correctly configured, but I am no expert so I am left a bit baffled by this problem.

If anyone out there knows how I might fix it I'd be ever so grateful for a solution

[wuischke]

Maybe it's your firewall: http://www.amule.org/amule/index.php?topic=15831.0

[Stu Redman]

Someone posted that disabling the "check for new version at startup" helped him. Could you try that please?

[calmeacham]

Hi, thanks for getting back so quick. I unticked the check for new version and restarted amule. Still no server or Kad, and the following message;

Loaded 248 flag bitmaps.
Loading server.met file: /Users/aMule/server.met
239 servers in server.met found
Found 21 part files
Found 27 known shared files
Connecting
Connecting to eDonkeyServer No2 (212.63.206.35 - 212.63.206.35:4242) using protocol obfuscation.
Read 155 Kad contacts
Connected to eDonkeyServer No2 (212.63.206.35:4242)
ThreadScheduler: Completed task 'AICH Syncronizing', 0 tasks remaining.
Lost connection to eDonkeyServer No2 (212.63.206.35:4242)
Connection lost
 Error: Could not unlock mutex (error 0: Unknown error: 0)
Connection attempt to eDonkeyServer No2 (212.63.206.35:4242) timed out.

I've no idea what this means but in the meantime I'll check out that wiki link about firewalls.
Many thanks people

[calmeacham]

I followed the link and adjusted the firewall settings so that they apply to the 2.2.3 version. No difference yet.
Thought this may be important;

Universal Plug and Play: UPnP Error: CUPnPControlPoint::AddPortMapping: WAN Service not detected.

?Hmm.

[Stu Redman]

I followed the link and adjusted the firewall settings so that they apply to the 2.2.3 version. No difference yet.

There's no change in firewall settings required for 2.2.3. (Except if your firewall triggers on a certain app, then you have to enable it after update again.)
What version did you have before? Was it working?

Universal Plug and Play: UPnP Error: CUPnPControlPoint::AddPortMapping: WAN Service not detected.

It works fine without UPnP too, you just have to forward the ports yourself in your router.

[gtoso]

239 servers in server.met found

239 server all timeout?
Delete all servers and download a new list, at example from:
http://peerates.net/servers.php
http://gruk.org/server.met.gz

Ensure that you have forwarded the correct ports in your router and try to disable OSX Firewall.

[calmeacham]

Hello there, I had 2.1.x running before upgrading to 2.2.2 which was when I first encountered this problem.

239 server all timeout?
Delete all servers and download a new list, at example from:
http://peerates.net/servers.php
http://gruk.org/server.met.gz

Thanks for these, however i've tried them before and this time they still make no difference.
It seems that regardless of the server, my amule won't connect to anything.
Disabling my firewall completely also makes no difference.

I'm starting to think this could be something really simple, with stupidity on my part?

[gtoso]

Yet this test:
move/rename this folder "~/Library/Application Support/aMule"
~ means your home (/Users/YOURLOGIN)
and start aMule
then let amule download servers list from default url

[calmeacham]

Hello, there is no folder named 'aMule' in Library/Application Support/

Should I create one and move some files there or something?

[gtoso]

Hello, there is no folder named 'aMule' in Library/Application Support/

Should I create one and move some files there or something?

No, normally in OSX amule store preferences in ~/Library/Application Support/aMule
(~ the home of the user that launch amule, "Library" in Finder is localized in your language).

But in your case:

Loading server.met file: /Users/aMule/server.met

So it seems that the dir with preferences that I suggested you to backup and remove is /Users/aMule.
But it's strange:
Do you have an user named aMule?
Are you logged in as aMule?

[littleb2005]

Do you have an user named aMule?
Are you logged in as aMule?

Loading server.met file: /Users/aMule/server.met

it look like it

best thing for him to do is remove this account u do not need to create a new account to ran amule

amule should run on a standard account

log back in to ur standard account and use something like appcleaner to get rid of amule files and start from scrath

i had this error in the past and sometime just double click again fixes it

the setting i use are

peerates for server list dont trust gruk but that my own opinion

disabling Protocol Obfuscation for outgoing connections some reason one of the edonkey server throw a daily fit of low id because of this

and if that dosn't work try unticking use smart low id on connect and try safe connect instead


edit ditch that it dosn't work am suffering the same as the poster who create the topic

[calmeacham]

Hello, there is no folder or user named aMule in /Users/

Does that mean aMule is trying to load the server.met from a directory that doesn't exist?

I'm not sure what is meant by 'account' in this instance.

I tried disabling Protocol Obfuscation and smart lowid but no joy there either

[calmeacham]

Here is everything that aMule is telling me when I start up. Just in case it sheds any light

Starting aMule 2.2.3 using wxMac v2.8.9
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Creditfile loaded, 61829 clients are known
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Loading IP-filters 'ipfilter.dat' and 'ipfilter_static.dat'.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Loaded 0 IP-ranges from '/Users//Library/Application Support/aMule/ipfilter.dat'. 193 malformed lines were discarded.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Loaded 0 IP-ranges from '/Users//Library/Application Support/aMule/ipfilter_static.dat'. 0 malformed lines were discarded.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: External connections disabled in config file
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Could not bind ports to the specified address: 59901
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Created Server UDP-Socket at port 59901
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Created Client UDP-Socket at port 59595
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: bound to 192.168.1.66:50000.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: UPnP Error: CUPnPControlPoint::AddPortMapping: WAN Service not detected.

2009-01-11 17:12:36:  - This is aMule 2.2.3 using wxMac v2.8.9 based on eMule.
2009-01-11 17:12:36:    Running on Mac OS X (Darwin 9.6.0 i386)
2009-01-11 17:12:36:  - Visit http://www.amule.org to check if a new version is available.

2009-01-11 17:12:36: Loaded 248 flag bitmaps.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Internet Gateway Device Detected.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Uninteresting service detected: 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:LANHostConfigManagement:1'. Ignoring.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Uninteresting service detected: 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:WANDSLLinkConfig:1'. Ignoring.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: WAN Service Detected: 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:WANPPPConnection:1'.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Internet Gateway Device Detected.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Successfully retrieved SCPD Document for service urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:WANPPPConnection:1, absEventSubURL: http://192.168.1.254:8000/upnp/event/igd/wanpppc_1_1_1.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Error subscribing to service urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:WANPPPConnection:1, absEventSubURL: http://192.168.1.254:8000/upnp/event/igd/wanpppc_1_1_1, error: UPNP_E_SUBSCRIBE_UNACCEPTED.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Uninteresting service detected: 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:WANCommonInterfaceConfig:1'. Ignoring.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Universal Plug and Play: Uninteresting service detected: 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:Layer3Forwarding:1'. Ignoring.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Loading server.met file: /Users//Library/Application Support/aMule/server.met
2009-01-11 17:12:36: 10 servers in server.met found
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Found 21 part files
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Found 27 known shared files
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Connecting
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Connecting to eDonkeyServer No2 (212.63.206.35 - 212.63.206.35:4242)
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Read 85 Kad contacts
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Deleted stale lock file '/Users//Library/Application Support/aMule/muleLock'.
2009-01-11 17:12:36: Connected to eDonkeyServer No2 (212.63.206.35:4242)
2009-01-11 17:12:37: ThreadScheduler: Completed task 'AICH Syncronizing', 0 tasks remaining.
2009-01-11 17:12:37: Lost connection to eDonkeyServer No2 (212.63.206.35:4242)
2009-01-11 17:12:37: Connection lost
2009-01-11 17:12:38: Error: Could not unlock mutex (error 0: Unknown error: 0)/quote]

[gtoso]

PLEASE POST FULL and UNTOUCHED logs and output messages!

Summary:
You use amule 2.2.3 (official package?) on Leopard 10.5.6 on an Intel Mac (is correct?).
Indipendently from the correct port forwarding settings in your router, you should be able to connect to ed2k (low id at least) and to kad (firewalled).
At least if your provider doesn't filter your connection or your router restricts your internet access.
But if I understand correct with the older amule version all is ok, right?

Are you sure that this is not your case?

Read this, too.
It seems that the protocol obfuscation can create problems.

After this,
I have just tried on Leopard server 10.5.5, just for few minutes, and after less then 5 minutes it was connected,
ed2k low id and kad firewalled, but it's ok: I haven't open/forwarded any ports, it's just a test, I even started amule from the diskimage without copy it.
I simply open DMG, start amule, let it download servers list, connect, wait: ed2k connected, download kad nodes, wait: kad connected, disconnect, exit, eject diskimage.