Transmission won't start at all

[Nippur]

I've tried double clicking on the torrent file and also opening from the main programme menu but nothing.
My laptop is fully updated and this happens but on my netbook which is also up to date it works fine!
What could it be?
Thx

[Nippur]

Sorry, forgot to say Phoenix xfce 4.8 on both machines

[djohnston]

Open a terminal and enter transmission-gtk. What errors do you get?

[Nippur]

Open a terminal and enter transmission-gtk. What errors do you get?

Thx for the help.This is what I get:

/usr/share/themes/Phoenix 2011/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:59: Clearlooks configuration option "sunkenmenu" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Phoenix 2011/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:60: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Phoenix 2011/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:61: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Phoenix 2011/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:62: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
Segmentation fault

[djohnston]

Segmentation fault

Uninstall the package and reinstall it. Having no problems with transmission here.

[Nippur]

Segmentation fault

Uninstall the package and reinstall it. Having no problems with transmission here.

I marked transmission for complete removal and then installed again but still does not open.

The thing is that this happens on my laptop but on my netbook it works flawlessly.

[djohnston]

Nippur,

Here's what I would do in that situation. Uninstall the program again. Run bleachbit user mode and root mode. Reboot, then do a search for all transmission files. Delete whatever you find. These are the directories where you may still have transmission files left after an uninstall:

~/.cache/transmission/  (~ = home directory, .cache is a hidden directory)
/usr/bin/transmission-* (directory is /usr/bin , files are named transmission-*)
/usr/share/transmission/

Don't worry about others, as they're icons, messages and docs. Do not delete /usr/share/bleachbit/cleaners/transmission.xml. Open Synaptic, Reload, Mark All Upgrades, Apply. Then, reinstall transmission again.

If you still have problems, post back what desktop you're using, as well as the results of the following commands from a terminal:

cat /etc/version
uname -a
rpm --version
apt-get --version

[Etrangere]

After a recent upgrade using Synaptic, I can no longer run the Transmission torrent client either. From /var/log/syslog I get the following error message:

Nov  8 09:59:37 localhost klogd: transmission-gt[11152]: segfault at 10 ip b6e21339 sp bf97e47c error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6[b6e0c000+f0000]

This seems to be a known issue with transmission 2.41 that is fixed in 2.42:

https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/4554

There are work-arounds as described before, but they don't seem to fix the root cause and eventually you probably end up right back where you are. I did try to build 2.42 myself but encountered another known error:

https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/4528

I applied the patch but still can't seem to get it to compile and install successfully. So I guess I'll have to wait for the update. I'm new to PCLOS and was kind of disappointed that I couldn't get the package built on my own. I've used various flavors of Linux for over a decade now. I don't have to try to build from the source often and I usually hit a snag or two in the process, but this was the first time I just flat couldn't figure out how to make it work eventually.

Thanks,
Jim

[djohnston]

After a recent upgrade using Synaptic, I can no longer run the Transmission torrent client either. From /var/log/syslog I get the following error message:

Nov  8 09:59:37 localhost klogd: transmission-gt[11152]: segfault at 10 ip b6e21339 sp bf97e47c error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6[b6e0c000+f0000]

Jim,

Does libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6 look like this when listed?

ls -l /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 987540 Apr 14  2011 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6*

If the attributes are different, try changing those. If the file size is different, you can try replacing the file. I'm running Transmission 2.41 and have had no problems with it. You can get the library from my dropbox account here.

You'll want to preserve the attributes by copying it as root, using either cp -a or cp -p switch, to /usr/lib/ directory.

EDIT: Also, I see this has not been reported in Broken Packages. It won't be fixed if no one knows about it. 

[Nippur]

OK followed instructions and still have the same issue:

[xxxxxx@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/version
2011 2 PCLinuxOS

[xxxxxxxx@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 8 18:01:30 CDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[xxxxxxxx@localhost ~]$ rpm --version
RPM version 4.8.1

[xxxxxxx@localhost ~]$ apt-get --version
apt 0.5.15lorg3.95 for linux i386 compiled on Jun 10 2011 19:24:14
Supported Modules:
*Ver: Standard .rpm
*Pkg:  rpm interface (Priority 20)
 S.L: 'rpm' Standard RPM binary tree
 S.L: 'rpm-src' Standard RPM source tree
 S.L: 'rpm-dir' Local RPM directory tree
 S.L: 'rpm-src-dir' Local SRPM directory tree
 S.L: 'repomd' RepoMD tree
 S.L: 'repomd-src' RepoMD src tree
 Idx: RPM Source Index
 Idx: RPM Package Index
 Idx: RPM Database

[Etrangere]

For libglib, I get the following:

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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 986032 Apr 14  2011 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2800.6*
So it looks like the privileges are the same but the size is different. I'll see if I can successfully change the library and build. I'll also make the problem is reported.

Thanks again,
Jim

[Nippur]

So I understand that this is a bug and can't do anything about it?
Thx

[Etrangere]

It is a bug. I wouldn't say there's nothing you can do, but there's nothing simple or trivial to do to fix it. I'm going to make a couple of more tries at building the new version from the source. Hopefully there will be an update available through Synaptic before too long.

Jim

[menotu]

It's working fine here - Fully updated KDE

[Etrangere]

I tried the change to libglib-2.0 and couldn't get xfce4 to start afterwards. Deleted it and did and did an apt-get install libglib-2.0. After a reboot things are working again but libglib is back to it's original size. What was different about your version of libglib? Probably should have asked before I tried all of that... :-)

Thanks,
Jim