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BigHands

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Can't connect on OSX
« on: September 18, 2005, 03:54:20 AM »
I can't seem to connect to any servers on Mac OSX (10.3.9).  I don't have the Mac firewall turned on, and I don't connect to a router (only directly to my cable modem).  If I connect a Windows PC with eMule installed to the same ethernet jack, I can connect to servers (eg. Sonny Boy 1).  I also tried bringing the Mac into my work to see if somehow my cable modem was the problem, but I still had the same connection problems.

Can anyone offer me any hints?  I'm fairly new to the Mac and aMule, but have been using eMule for years on my PC.

Thanks guys
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Re: Can't connect on OSX
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2005, 02:00:09 PM »
What error message do you get when trying to connect? Maybe you tried connecting to fake servers / servers that don't exist any more?
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Re: Can't connect on OSX
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2005, 07:27:57 PM »
BigHands, are there messages in the log explaining the problem in some more detail?  How about console.log (run /Applications/Utilities/Console.app)?

We don't have many specifics to go on.

By the way, the Sonny Boy servers are fake servers.  Don't connect to those.
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Re: Can't connect on OSX
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2005, 01:25:39 PM »
hi!

i got exactly the same problem on my new mac (os x tiger). i am using a cable modem which works fine with a windows pc. my osx-firewall is also not activated.

all amule says is "timed out".
it looks like this:
2005-10-03 13:30:12: Connection attempt to pr0nMaSter 1 (199.249.181.10:4661) timed out.
2005-10-03 13:30:12: Servers: Trying to connect
2005-10-03 13:30:12: Connecting to .>|<. slashBud .>|<. (216.156.142.15 - 216.156.142.15:0)
2005-10-03 13:30:37: Connection attempt to eHorse2000 (216.156.142.13:4661) timed out.
2005-10-03 13:30:37: Servers: Trying to connect
2005-10-03 13:30:37: Connecting to eMulerack 2 (63.217.27.7 - 63.217.27.7:0)

the only server i can connect to is:
LH
IP: 84.184.94.103
port: 50135
( ed2k://|server|84.184.94.103|50135| )
and at version it says: 17.7 (lugdunum)

btw under kad info it says "running" but status is "disconnected"
i was just wondering what kad or kadmelia exactly is... ;-)
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Re: Can't connect on OSX
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2005, 01:29:59 PM »
maybe this is also of use. (i deleted all files in .amule, restarted amule and added the server.met link):

2005-10-03 13:17:59:  - This is aMule CVS using wxMac v2.6.2 (Unicoded) (Snapshot: rev. 5389) based on eMule.
2005-10-03 13:17:59:    Running on MacOS (Darwin 7.9.0 Power Macintosh)
2005-10-03 13:17:59:  - Visit http://www.amule.org to check if a new version is available.

2005-10-03 13:17:59: Loading ipfilter.dat files.
2005-10-03 13:17:59: Loaded 0 IP-ranges from 'ipfilter.dat'. 0 malformed lines were discarded.
2005-10-03 13:17:59: Loaded 0 IP-ranges from 'ipfilter_static.dat'. 0 malformed lines were discarded.
2005-10-03 13:17:59: Loading server.met file: /Users/Timm/.aMule/server.met
2005-10-03 13:17:59: Server.met file not found!
2005-10-03 13:17:59: No file parts found
2005-10-03 13:17:59: External connections disabled in config file
2005-10-03 13:17:59: Found 0 known shared files
2005-10-03 13:17:59: Connecting
2005-10-03 13:17:59: No valid servers found in server list
2005-10-03 13:17:59: CFile: Failed to open file '/Users/Timm/.aMule/preferencesKad.dat'!
2005-10-03 13:17:59: CFile: Failed to open file '/Users/Timm/.aMule/load_index.dat'!
2005-10-03 13:17:59: CFile: Failed to open file '/Users/Timm/.aMule/key_index.dat'!
2005-10-03 13:17:59: CFile: Failed to open file '/Users/Timm/.aMule/src_index.dat'!
2005-10-03 13:17:59: CFile: Failed to open file '/Users/Timm/.aMule/nodes.dat'!
2005-10-03 13:17:59: AICH Thread: Syncronization thread started.
2005-10-03 13:17:59: AICH Thread: Masterhashes of known files have been loaded.
2005-10-03 13:17:59: AICH Thread: No new files found.
2005-10-03 13:17:59: AICH Thread: Terminated.
2005-10-03 13:22:58: Loading server.met file: /Users/Timm/.aMule/server.met.download
2005-10-03 13:22:58: 102 servers in server.met found
« Last Edit: October 03, 2005, 01:37:14 PM by timmz »
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Re: Can't connect on OSX
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2005, 12:02:51 AM »
I think the problem is probably that your server.met has lots of dead servers.  aMule tries them in more or less random order, timing out for each dead one, and then proceeding to the next.  If you leave it for long enough, it will eventually find ones which are alive and use those.

Which URL are you using for your server.met?  The gruk.org one?  That one should have mostly good servers.
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Re: Can't connect on OSX
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2005, 04:43:45 PM »
*shameonme*
thanks so much...
...must have been a fakelist
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