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Hi Baltzatu,

I know this is a stupid question, but where does settings.json live with a debian install?

I had transmission setup all fine without debian installed but I can't figure it out now.

Cheers

Hi Baltzatu,

Thanks so much!

I have it up and running now.

I still recommend switching to Deluge.

If you want to use Transmission, I've whipped something up (it works on my DNS-320; can't say it'll work on yours, but it should) and posted it here. There's no service, so you have to launch Transmission via command line, with

transmission-daemon

(you can add switches, like -e /var/log/trd.log to enable logging - for more details, type transmission-daemon --help, add the command in /boot/linuxrc, so the daemon will be started at system startup, etc)

and close it using

kill $(ps cax |grep transmission-da |awk '{ print $1 }')

settings.json will be in your /root/.config/transmission-daemon folder.

Before installing the package, make sure you uninstall the old transmission-daemon using

apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l |grep transmission |awk '{ print $2 }')

I left libevent-1.4-2 alone (no apt-get autoremove --purge).

Good luck

Last edited by baltzatu (2014-04-07 23:11:20)

Okay. I hope you haven't added any sid or jessie repository in your /etc/apt/sources.list, as suggested here and there on the internet (it might work fine with a normal Debian Squeeze installation, but this chroot is limited to NAS' kernel, which is 2.6.22.18 - so wheezy repositories must be kicked out too).

If you did, remove them from /etc/apt/sources.list. Mine looks like this:

deb http://mirrors.xservers.ro/debian squeeze main contrib

deb http://mirrors.xservers.ro/debian squeeze-updates main contrib
deb http://mirrors.xservers.ro/debian squeeze-proposed-updates main contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib

(if you intend to use it, replace mirrors.xservers.ro with a Debian mirror closer to you - pick the fastest one from here)

I also use backports. My /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list looks like this (mirrors list):

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib

After removing the sid/jessie/wheezy repositories, run

apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade # must install all the required packages

In case of errors, run

apt-get -f install

and resume what you were doing, including the step where the error(s) occured (it will fix the missing dependencies and remove the broken packages)

Remove all transmission-related packages:

apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l |grep transmission |awk '{ print $2 }')

Install libevent-2.0-5 and libcurl3

apt-get install libevent-2.0-5 libcurl3

(this hopefully will fix the errors you've received) and then Transmission

dpkg -i transmission_2.82-1_armel.deb

Good luck

[Edit]
I've tested it on a clean Squeeze chroot. It works.


[/Edit]

Last edited by baltzatu (2014-04-08 18:21:55)

Hello, Boonnz.

I tried the sid variant before compiling Transmission myself, searching for an easy solution. It didn't work, but I've noticed the errors. Yours looked pretty much the same, so I figured you went down that road too

Glad I could help and that your Transmission is up and running.

You're welcome. All is well when it ends well, right?

Cheers from Romania!

Last edited by baltzatu (2014-04-09 12:30:17)

Hello, Boonnz.

My DNS-320 is history. I got tired of its "snailness", bought a Kabini platform and whipped up a DIY. Therefore, I can't test anything.

Anyway, it looks like your SSH Server service doesn't start at startup anymore.

What you can try:

1. Save your Debian fun_plug file somewhere;
2. If you still have your previous FFP installation, replace Debian's fun_plug file with the FFP one (or get fun_plug from here; if your FFP is gone, install it again - get fun_plug from here and the Fonz Fun Plug 0.7 package from here). If you're installing FFP anew, there's a good how-to here (follow it only until you reach the "Now what?" section);
3. Reboot your NAS and wait until FFP is initialized;
4. After logging in on your NAS, chroot into your Debian installation (chroot /mnt/HD/HD_a2/squeeze) and check if your /boot/linuxrc file contains the line below and that the line is enabled ("#" in front of it means it's a simple comment, not a command):

/etc/init.d/ssh start >/var/log/ssh.log 2>&1

If you accidentally removed the service, you can reinstall it (while still inside chroot):

apt-get update
apt-get remove --purge openssh-server
apt-get autoremove --purge
apt-get install openssh-server

5. Exit chroot, replace your fun_plug file with the Debian one (you might want to save it beforehand; maybe you'll need it some other time) and reboot your NAS. It should work fine.

There's another thing: altering /etc/ssh/sshd_config improperly might lead to service failure; also, altering the listening port (in /etc/ssh/sshd_config) means that SSH service will now listen only on that certain port.

Good luck

Last edited by baltzatu (2014-05-19 07:33:28)

Hello, Boonnz.

All is well when it ends well. Glad it's solved.

Be careful with the permissions. Do whatever you like with other folders, but Debian's must be left pretty much as they are (well... sometimes it's necessary to change them, but it must be done carefully).

Don't mention it

OMG
nano /root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json

AHHHHH WHY WHY WHY



omg sorry guys found it