Re: [freenet-support] Assistance
Thanks so much to Luke and others for your response! I am attempting to implement Frost as I type this, and I got a good laugh over sending IP address to the NSA. I tried Freetalk as well, with the same result as FMS. No captchas downloaded no matter what I did. As you can tell by the delay in my answering your message, I tried it for a couple of days. I think it is safe to say that no captchas were *going* to download, which concerns me. There is evidently something in my configuration that is preventing me from using Web of Trust, although I can't figure out what it is. I have forwarded ports 11231, 57881, 9481 through my router and opened them through my firewall (Zone Alarm Pro) as well. I have confirmed that Windows Firewall is *not* running. I have also rebooted several times. g If there is something else I should check, I would appreciate learning about it. My Windows version is XP Pro, latest updates and service packs. I've just minimized this message and noticed that Frost is hung at about 2/3 in its starting sequence. I am now going to go drink a large cup of hemlock. sigh A few moments later, it wants me to check my node is running - but it says it will start anyway. Node is definitely running. I have confirmed that the service is running, and through the web interface, I can see that I am connected to one friend and 11 strangers. Now Frost is using about 55 percent of my CPU and doing nothing that I can see, but the splash screen has finally gone away. An hour later - my HD is being accessed like crazy, but still no sign of any application. I'm clearly going to have to reboot. Terribly, terribly frustrating. And the guy that maintains the active links page wants new sites announced in FMS, so even if I do get Frost working, somehow I still have to get Web of Trust stuff working also. I'm about to throw up my hands and give up. Not worth it. Damned shame, too - I'd already created a flog and an active link - needed only to write first blog entry and get it up there. Gr. Please - any help greatly appreciated. Kate -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryngraham http://transcribed4less.com Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/kate9954 ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [freenet-support] Assistance
Naughty, naughty, Dennis! It's not nice to f**k with Mother Nature, lol. Believe it or not, I reinstalled FMS - if at first, you don't succeed, start over at the beginning, lol. Guess what? I'm starting to see captchas - and messages. Go figure . . . Kate Dennis Nezic wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:17:42 -0500, Kathryn A. Graham wrote: Terribly, terribly frustrating. [...] I'm about to throw up my hands and give up. That's part of the installation procedure. ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryngraham http://transcribed4less.com Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/kate9954 ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [freenet-support] Assistance
Thanks for your suggestions, Volodya. No, my node is definitely on the same machine where I am trying to run Frost. I'm on a home network, but my other half is no computer whiz, and I am the only one experimenting with Freenet as yet. He will be my test case once I get comfortable with this stuff, and before I try to write any book chapters about Freenet. If he can do it, any Windows user can, lol. I've checked the ZA programs listing and Frost is not listed as such - merely as an instance of Java. I've given Java more access than I am completely comfortable with, but Frost still cannot connect to my node at all. I've tried turning ZA and Avast off completely, but it still does not work. The Web of Trust plugin is not working either (for Freetalk). Just FMS, and only since I reinstalled it a little while ago. I'm not successfully announced yet, of course, but a few captchas are trickling in and I can read some messages. I'm heartened by tentative success with FMS, and I'm going to reinstall Web of Trust and see if I can get that working now for Freetalk. Kate One more thing, if your node is on the different machine than the Frost, (which would be the case if you had to forward port 9481) then you have to tell the frost where to find the node before starting it. Look for 'config' directory wherever frost is, and edit the file 'frost.ini' (when frost is not running) you should have a line like: availableNodes=127.0.0.1:9481 You need to change 127.0.0.1 to the ip address of where your node is. Of course this is assuming that your node is at the different machine than Frost. - Volodya -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryngraham http://transcribed4less.com Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/kate9954 ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [freenet-support] Assistance
Hi, Volodya, No worries. There is no such thing as an insulting question when something isn't working. I worked support enough years to have a thick skin anyway. I got Frost from the alpha/plugins directory at downloads.freenetproject.org. However, no worries there. I downloaded Frost again, removed the old, and tried from scratch - and bingo, it's working. I did the same with Freemail, and it is suddenly working also, lol. Evidently, third time is the charm. I am coming to the conclusion that being stubborn is an asset in this business. WoT and Freetalk are still not working - not even after a reinstall of the unofficial plugins - but as somebody just pointed out, they are still a work in progress. Does anyone know when Freenet 0.8 is expected? I understand Freetalk will be bundled with it, and I hope it can be persuaded to work by then. Many thanks for all the help! Kate This is very very strange. FMS is working when Frost isn't, perhaps an insulting question, but where did you get the version of Frost you are running? Can you go to the frost.ini in the config directory and check availableNodes setting? - Volodya -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryngraham http://transcribed4less.com Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/kate9954 ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
[freenet-support] Assistance
Hello, all, I would like to request some assistance. I am a writer working on a book on cyber-security. This led me to Freenet and the concept of a Darknet. My audience is the typical Windows user - not an idiot, but no special technical training. Just a typical user, in other words. In order for me to write about Freenet and help other users get started with it, I need to understand it thoroughly myself. I am a Windows tech myself - MCSE and A+ certifications, and many years in a support job. As of right now, I am connected to Freenet - I only have one acquaintance also using it, so I am still using it on low security settings and connecting to everyone I can. I can browse sites, no problem at all, and I'm fascinated. This reminds me of the very, very early Internet - a definite outlaw feel to it. I want to add a flog of my own, but the Freenet fork of Thingamablog is locking up on me. I think I'm going to have to locally publish a blog site and then upload it using jSite or similar. Freemail appears to be working for me, but I can't receive messages, either to my long real address, or to the shorter address I created. Deleting messages is spotty. It works sometimes, and sometimes not. My friend also on Freenet does not receive the messages I send. Yet Freemail is installed as a plugin, and there does not appear to be a problem. I received all the initial welcome stuff. I also have FMS installed and running, but I can't seem to announce my identity. It's been several days, and I have yet to receive a single captcha to complete. I've verified that FMS is running. I've also done all the typical support stuff - disabling firewall etc. to see if that is blocking me. All ports are forwarded without any apparent problems at my router. If someone here is willing to give me some one on one assistance, we can take it off list if necessary. We can use GPG to encrypt messages if that makes you more comfortable, or even get on the telephone if you prefer. My wide open address is kate9954 (at) gmail (dot) com, and my public key is published at most of the servers. Many thanks, Kate -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryngraham http://transcribed4less.com Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/kate9954 ___ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
