Hi feralertx!
Originally posted by feralertx
Can you give me a recipe to reproduce the bug? If this involves certain file names, you can send it to me in a private message
Well, at least for me, i can reproduce it everytime i run amule (with every cvs of amule since and including 2.0.3), and it doesnt happen in a concrete and/or specific moment but always. How to do it in other machines? no idea.
Well, I have never seen it happen here. I can't reproduce it. So I can't debug it.
Originally posted by feralertx
By the way, there is a known issue. After a few days working, aMule 2.0.3 does not download new files. To check that we are talking about the same issue, please tell me the value of these fields AT THE MOMENT OF FAILURE:
Statistics->Connections->Active Connections (estimate)
Statistics->Clients->Has Sockets: (only in debug enabled versions of aMule)
Preferences->Connections->Max Connections
This is a totally separate issue mate as anyone who had actually read the whole thread would now. The problem we are pointing out here is that amule doesnt find sources for new added files so they never get downloaded, doesnt matter whether amule has been running for 2 minutes, 2 days or 2 months, BUT if you restart amule, it will find sources for those files and download them as usual.
Maybe it is a "totally separate issue mate as anyone who had actually read the whole thread would know" but I tend to think this sentence is a bit ironic, anyway, let it go... What I mean is that aMule can add files to download queue, but will not start downloading new files because it thinks it has no available connections to use. Whether you can trigger this issue in a minute or in 10 days, I can't tell. And the net effect is that no new downloads start until you restart aMule. And once you are in the network, finding sources is a matter of beeing informed by the server. On a local search, only the server you are connected to will reply with his known sources. On a global search, all known servers will give you sources. If you get NO sources and then restart aMule and then DO get sources, then we might be able to reproduce your issue if you give us a step by step procedure.
Originally posted by feralertx
In my point of view we are just users with no technical knowledge so i think is you people who should tell us what to do and look for not to make this a 'vague statement', you have to help us help you.
So, we all agree it has nothing to do with caring, right?
Originally posted by feralertx
Fine, but i after his replys, i have tried to contribute with -what i think are- more and new details and thats when ive had no response. My point is that if you ask people to help you track down bugs, when they do so they deserve at least a reply, even if its a negative one. Because it would be easier for me and others to just wait until the problem gets resolved with the help of someone else and dont get involved and bothered, but we, on the other hand, take the time to post and be willing to do beta testing.
Well, like I said, it is a matter of resources. We must colaborate. I can't trigger the problem here. If you want us to solve it, you must find a way to reproduce or at least make it more probable to happen. Think about that, if I can trigger it, I can debug it.
A lack of response *is* a negative response, considering we all read the forums. Ok, this is a little rude, but it is also hard for every dev to keep answering the issues he cannot fix like: "sorry man, this one I can't fix". The forums would be filled with that reply...
Originally posted by feralertx
Please do not take me wrong, i do not demand the bug to get fixed, i just ask for a reply to let me know that the effort i take to try to find it and report it its not time wasted.
I really appreciate the efforts of all testers, where would this project be without you? But you said the "devs don't care". I say, "the devs do care". Just that.
Your time is not wasted, but unfortunately you still fail to give me detais necessary for me to reproduce your problem.
Originally posted by feralertx
And before all, im aware of your selfless hard work and do apreciate it a lot, and if you found my latest post offensive in any way i do apologize since it wasnt, at all, in that way.
No, I don't find it offensive. But I find it incorrect. That is why I replied.
Now, getting a little technical again, do you have IP filter on? IP filter is a must these days because of fake servers and RIAA nodes. Maybe you are connecting to a fake server, like Kry suspects. Try to use a good and recent ipfilter.dat file, maybe this will solve your issue. And please, do report your results
Cheers!
