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SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: April 9th, 2012, 7:12 pm
by horn34
I got sabnzbd installed correctly with no errors and it appears to be running fine. I can connect remotely via the web gui and upload nzb's to be downloaded. Unfortunately, it doesn't download anything. It creates a folder correctly, then never populates it. It looks like this, regardless of what nzb I load. As far as I know, the seedbox port range is wide open. If there are errors in the log, I have no idea what or where they are. I've done config>server>test server, and it works. Under Status, it shows zero connections. Any ideas?
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: April 10th, 2012, 12:14 am
by sander
Well done: config>server>test server is a good test. What is the resulting message?
And what is the number of connections you have filled out for your newsserver?
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: April 10th, 2012, 8:55 am
by horn34
sander wrote:Well done: config>server>test server is a good test. What is the resulting message?
And what is the number of connections you have filled out for your newsserver?
config>server>test server returns "Connection Successful!"
connections you have filled out = 50. I also tried with 20, 30 and 40
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: April 10th, 2012, 9:10 am
by sander
horn34 wrote:sander wrote:Well done: config>server>test server is a good test. What is the resulting message?
And what is the number of connections you have filled out for your newsserver?
config>server>test server returns "Connection Successful!"
connections you have filled out = 50. I also tried with 20, 30 and 40
I would lower that to 3.
Is the 'seedbox' running on a Linux/Unix system? If so, what happens when you open a command line and type "telnet news.astraweb.com nntp" and then "help" and then "quit"?. See my output below.
BTW: is your seedbox a VPS system?
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sander@R540:~$ telnet news.astraweb.com nntp
Trying 216.151.153.55...
Connected to news.astraweb.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 news.astraweb.com NNRP Service Ready (posting ok) (yEnc enabled).
help
100 Legal commands
article [MessageID|Number]
body [MessageID|Number]
date
head [MessageID|Number]
help
mode reader|stream
slave
quit
group newsgroup
last
next
list [active|active.times|newsgroups|extensions|distributions|distrib.pats|moderators|overview.fmt|subscriptions]
listgroup newsgroup
newgroups yymmdd hhmmss ["GMT"] [<distributions>]
post
stat [MessageID|Number]
xgtitle [group_pattern]
xhdr header [range|MessageID]
xover [range]
xzver [range]
xzhdr header [range|MessageID]
xpat header range|MessageID pat
authinfo user Name|pass Password
.
quit
205 Transferred 702 bytes in 0 articles, 0 groups. Disconnecting.
Connection closed by foreign host.
sander@R540:~$
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 1:10 am
by horn34
I tried lowering it to 3, no change.
Yes, it's a Linux seedbox.
I don't have direct access to the box, just SSH/FTP.
It's so damn frustrating because it seems like I'm the only person on earth having this problem.
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 2:14 am
by sander
horn34 wrote:I tried lowering it to 3, no change.
Yes, it's a Linux seedbox.
I don't have direct access to the box, just SSH/FTP.
It's so damn frustrating because it seems like I'm the only person on earth having this problem.
Is it really frustrating and relevant to you? Because if it takes you more than a month to followup to my post, I've the feeling it is not relevant for you at all ...
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 2:50 pm
by horn34
The drive crashed that held my slice and they don't keep backups. It took them a week to get me a new slot and it's taken me several weeks to get everything setup again.
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 3:38 pm
by sander
horn34 wrote:
Yes, it's a Linux seedbox.
I don't have direct access to the box, just SSH/FTP.
SSH is direct access. So, use SSH to login on your Linux system. After logging in, do the telnet session I recommended, and post the result here.
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 6:05 pm
by horn34
I use putty to connect and telnet isn't a recognized command in putty. Do you know any another way to get a telnet response?
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 6:20 pm
by sander
horn34 wrote:I use putty to connect and telnet isn't a recognized command in putty. Do you know any another way to get a telnet response?
Once you're logged in with putty on the seedbox, you have a Linux prompt, haven't you? If so, can you type "telnet" on the Linux prompt?
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 6:57 pm
by horn34
sander wrote:horn34 wrote:I use putty to connect and telnet isn't a recognized command in putty. Do you know any another way to get a telnet response?
Once you're logged in with putty on the seedbox, you have a Linux prompt, haven't you? If so, can you type "telnet" on the Linux prompt?
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 7:12 pm
by sander
Oh, feralhosting? I've only seens problems with SAB on feralhosting (
http://forums.sabnzbd.org/viewtopic.php?t=9581 and
http://forums.sabnzbd.org/viewtopic.php?t=9581), and never a solution.
You have no root account on feralhosting, have you? If you have root access, just type "sudo apt-get install telnet".
For the money they ask, you can get a real VPS with root access.
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 7:23 pm
by horn34
Nope, no root access. I'll never get any help on this from feral's side so it sounds like I'm at a dead end.
And I only pay $16 a month so I don't expect a lot from them.
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 7:36 pm
by sander
horn34 wrote:
Nope, no root access. I'll never get any help on this from feral's side so it sounds like I'm at a dead end.
And I only pay $16 a month so I don't expect a lot from them.
I pay $5 a month for a real VPS, so with root access at Hexxeh (google "vps hexxeh"). It runs SABnzbd perfectly.
Re: SABnzbd not downloading on seedbox
Posted: May 26th, 2012, 8:57 pm
by horn34
sander wrote:horn34 wrote:
Nope, no root access. I'll never get any help on this from feral's side so it sounds like I'm at a dead end.
And I only pay $16 a month so I don't expect a lot from them.
I pay $5 a month for a real VPS, so with root access at Hexxeh (google "vps hexxeh"). It runs SABnzbd perfectly.
Thanks, but hexxeh's $5 plan is 20GB, which is useless to me. Their $35 plan is only 160GB. That's more than twice what I pay at feral and half the storage.