Web interface downloader query

[philgaskin]

Hi, I have tried pasting many links into my downloader on the B3 web interface and never seem to manage to be able to download anything.
I appreciate that certain URLs are looking for authentication which the B3 can't give.
However if I give the following link as an example:
http://electradl.iplayer.bbc.co.uk/wind ... mobile.wmv
I can paste it into any browser (with a UK IP) and it will download, yet it will not accept it for download on my B3.
Can anyone explain this? Obviously I would prefer to leave my B3 downloading at <10W rather than my PC

[6feet5]

Hi,

I tried your link on my B3 and it is now downloading. Are you sure you're doing it right?
Walk us through the steps you're taking.

/Johan

[philgaskin]

Johan,
Thank you for confirming that it should work.
I have tried two PCs. One with IE9 and one with Firefox and I can't download anything.
I am logging in to the web interface, clicking on the download icon and pasting the URL into the location box (I've tried with an without the http:// prefix). I then click the add button and a message appears at the bottom of the window saying "waiting for B3...." followed by transferring data from B3". The location box clears and nothing appears in the download box.
I did once download something 12 months ago but haven't managed since. I am now on the latest v2.3
I have the "Up and downloads" service enabled.
All of the LAN clients on the B3 can access the link
Am I doing something wrong?

Phil.

[philgaskin]

I have just looked in the syslog an I am seeing the following info when I try to download:

Aug 13 00:20:16 B3 Bubba: :Apt[1969]: 0, Timeout: Bubba::Apt server terminating
Aug 13 00:20:46 B3 Bubba: :Apt[1969]: 0, Timeout: Bubba::Apt server terminating
Aug 13 00:21:12 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
Aug 13 00:21:17 B3 Bubba: :Apt[1969]: 0, Timeout: Bubba::Apt server terminating
Aug 13 00:21:47 B3 Bubba: :Apt[1969]: 0, Timeout: Bubba::Apt server terminating
Aug 13 00:22:17 B3 Bubba: :Apt[1969]: 0, Timeout: Bubba::Apt server terminating
Aug 13 00:22:20 B3 bubba-networkmanager: Starting up

[Cheeseboy]

I can confirm that that works just fine for me too.
Just copied the link from your post as it is...
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[philgaskin]

I have done further investigation and can occasionally download an FTP link (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't for the same link even!)
I tried as a different user and also deleted my download folder which was recreated when I tried an FTP link.
The odd thing is, even when the FTP link worked, it was extremely slow (40Kbps) compared to my client download speed (1400Kbps through the B3 to the LAN)
I tried enabling all services but still no joy.
Has anyone got any suggestions or is it a clean installation?
Phil

[6feet5]

Hi,

Sounds like something is wrong with ftd (filetransferdaemon).

Can you see anything in the logfiles, indicating problems with ftd?
Have you verified ftd is running (and also not restarting over and over for some reason)?
Have you tried shutting down ftd, and then remove all files in all users torrents directory? Might be some torrent file that is causing weird behaviour (like restarting ftd).

/Johan

[Cheeseboy]

Hi again,

Please look for lines starting with "<date/time> ftd:" in your /var/log directory. ftd is Excito's "File Transfer Daemon" which is responsible for the downloads in the web interface.

If you don't want to manually sift through all the logs in the web interface, log in via ssh and as root:

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# grep -ri 'ftd:' /var/log/*

Cheers,

Cheeseboy

EDIT:
Simultaneous post there from Johan

[philgaskin]

Thanks for the info cheeseboy.
I'm away for a while now but I will look at the ftd log when I'm back.
Phil

[philgaskin]

I have looked through the log files using the grep command (thanks for the tip Cheeseboy).
The results are shown below:

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root@B3:/var/log# grep -ri 'ftd:' /var/log/*
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug  8 14:21:21 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug  8 14:21:38 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug  8 14:21:52 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:50:39 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:50:39 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:51:18 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:51:18 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:24:29 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:24:46 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:25:03 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:25:09 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:26:19 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:26:36 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:27:14 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:27:48 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:28:38 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:32 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:32 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:34 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:34 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:40:16 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:40:17 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:41:07 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:41:07 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 07:10:08 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 07:10:08 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:33:41 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:34:03 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:38:29 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:38:29 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:39:08 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:39:08 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:45:18 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:45:34 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:46:09 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:47:43 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:48:55 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:49:51 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:50:01 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:52:07 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:52:17 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:52:43 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:53:13 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:54:12 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:54:49 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:55:19 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:56:08 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:00:13 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:00:35 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:00:59 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:01:31 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:03:55 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:04:27 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:07:42 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:09:59 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:11:19 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:14:37 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:14:51 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:14:56 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:15:08 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:07 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:16 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:33 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:48 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:18:50 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:19:17 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:21:12 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:29:36 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:29:36 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:31:29 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:31:29 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:32:39 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:32:56 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:35:03 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:35:32 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:39:21 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:46:53 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:47:02 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:47:06 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:48:22 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:48:37 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:52:34 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:52:34 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:53:27 B3 ftd: No download directory present crea                                                      ting
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:56:53 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:57:37 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:58:15 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:59:57 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 01:16:47 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 01:18:07 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 01:19:49 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
root@B3:/var/log# /etc/init.d/ftd restart
bash: /etc/init.d/ftd: No such file or directory
root@B3:/var/log# cd /etc/ftd
root@B3:/etc/ftd# ls
ftdconfig.ini
root@B3:/etc/ftd# vi ftdconfig.ini
root@B3:/etc/ftd# grep -ri 'ftd:' /var/log/*
/var/log/daemon.log:Aug 29 17:30:56 B3 ftd: No download directory present creating
/var/log/daemon.log:Aug 29 17:31:01 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug  8 14:21:21 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug  8 14:21:38 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug  8 14:21:52 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:50:39 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:50:39 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:51:18 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 11 21:51:18 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:24:29 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:24:46 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:25:03 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:25:09 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:26:19 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:26:36 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:27:14 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:27:48 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 00:28:38 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:32 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:32 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:34 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 01:21:34 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:40:16 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:40:17 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:41:07 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 02:41:07 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 07:10:08 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 07:10:08 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:33:41 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:34:03 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:38:29 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:38:29 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:39:08 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 22:39:08 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:45:18 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:45:34 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:46:09 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:47:43 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:48:55 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:49:51 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:50:01 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:52:07 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:52:17 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:52:43 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:53:13 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:54:12 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:54:49 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:55:19 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 12 23:56:08 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:00:13 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:00:35 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:00:59 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:01:31 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:03:55 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:04:27 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:07:42 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:09:59 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:11:19 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:14:37 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:14:51 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:14:56 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:15:08 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:07 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:16 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:33 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:17:48 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:18:50 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:19:17 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:21:12 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:29:36 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:29:36 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:31:29 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:31:29 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:32:39 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:32:56 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:35:03 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:35:32 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:39:21 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:46:53 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:47:02 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:47:06 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:48:22 B3 ftd: Duplicate URL
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:48:37 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:52:34 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:52:34 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:53:27 B3 ftd: No download directory present creating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:56:53 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:57:37 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:58:15 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 00:59:57 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 01:16:47 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 01:18:07 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 01:19:49 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/daemon.log.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/syslog:Aug 29 17:30:56 B3 ftd: No download directory present creating
/var/log/syslog:Aug 29 17:31:01 B3 ftd: Failed to find suitable downloader
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 12:02:40 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: shutting down
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 13 13:03:47 B3 ftd: terminating
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: Initializing curl
/var/log/syslog.1:Aug 28 20:52:42 B3 ftd: TorrentDownloadManager starting up

I presume that the references to duplicate URL are because I keep trying the same URL?
Is anyone able to shed any light on this? I have searched for ftd files and only found the config file in /etc/ftd and the default config file and php file in /usr/share/ftd and the executable in /usr/sbin
Is there a way to uninstall and reinstall ftd?
For the record, I haven't used any torrent downloads. I only need URL and FTP
Phil.

[johannes]

This is strange, ftd usually works without issues with http and ftp files. A few ideas:

1) Make sure up- and downloads is enabled in the admin -> services settings
(we have an open bug there that there is no error message in the downloader if the service is turned off)

2) Did you try restarting ftd?

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/etc/init.d/filetransferdeamon restart

[philgaskin]

Hi Johannes,

I have tried restarting my B3 and restarting the filetransfer daemon. FTP downloads work but not http URL downloads. According to theweb interface I am running v0.50.26 of the filetransferdaemon although it didn't work prior to my upgrade to 2.3 either.
How can I reinstall it or is there anything else that I can do?
Phil.

[johannes]

This is very strange. ALl I can think of is to advice you to do a complete software reinstall (install from USB) but this will loose all your settings etc. Is this an option for you?

[philgaskin]

Johannes,
I will attempt a reload preserving my data partition although I will delete user torrent and download directories
Phil.

[DM613]

The odd affair is, even if the FTP hotlink formed, it was acutely apathetic (40Kbps) compared to my applicant download acceleration (1400Kbps through the B3 to the LAN)