Hi Daxter, You said "You really, *really* shouldn't be upgrading Freenet by downloading and re-installing it.".
Since this is a thread about upgrading Freenet... what if I am building Freenet using ant? What's the best way to do it? Is it OK to do git pull origin, ant -f build-clean.xml and java freenet.node.NodeStarter? Mark. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Daxter <xovat...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 26, 2011, at 10:10 PM, harry smythe wrote: > > Hello, > > Please excuse my very limited technical knowledge. > > I'm running Mac OSX 10.5.8 with 2 GB RAM and Firefox 4.0.1 on a Macbook. My > JavaVM seems to be 12.8 and I can't find a newer one for Mac. > > > Mac OS X 10.5 has Java 1.5 installed by default, which is what Freenet > requires. If you want to check for yourself you can type "java -version" > into the command line. > > Up until Freenet 0.7.5 Build #1372 build01372, Freenet-ext Build #26 > r23771, > I had no problems. Normally, I would install the Mac version from the > "downloads" webpage, or use the offline installer for Linux. Either worked > well. IZPack install always took the browser to 127.0.0.1:8888/wizard. > Using the line command "status", I could see: > "macbook:*** ***$ ./run.sh status > Freenet 0.7 is running (10433)." > > > With all the updated install programs after build #1372, the installs would > seem to finish, but the browser at 127.0.0.1:8888 wouldn't launch, or if > it did, it would show: > "Unable to connect, Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at > 127.0.0.1:8888." > Double-checking through Terminal with the line command "status", I could > see: > "macbook:*** ***$ ./run.sh status > Freenet 0.7 is running (6006). > macbook:*** ***$ ./run.sh status > Freenet 0.7 is not running." > From "running" to "not running" takes about 8-10 seconds. > > > You really, *really* shouldn't be upgrading Freenet by downloading and > re-installing it. Updating should be a painless procedure. Depending on the > setting you chose when you first set up your node, it will either auto > update or ask you to update when a new version is released. > > You might not be able to connect to 127.0.0.1:8888 because you had not > shut down Freenet properly before you installed the new version directly > over the old version. That means that port 8888 is still being reserved for > the old (now defunct) process. In my experience for that situation, Freenet > will simply use the next available port (usually 8889). Why not try > connecting through that? > > For some weeks, I offline-installed build 1372 for Linux, had no problem > with the browser interface, waited for a few connections (2/40 connections > after 2 hours) and for the "update" button to appear on the 127.0.0.1 > webpage. (Without connections, that update option isn't available.) This was > slow but seemed to work after some time. > > > 2 connections after 2 hours? That can't be right. I've always gotten a > minimum of 10 connections after 30 or so minutes of uptime. > > Admittedly I am not familiar with the Linux installer, but you shouldn't be > using it when you're running Mac OS X. > > Now, 1372 still installs but can't make any connections at all, in any > amount of time. So I can't use that method any more. The 1376 webpage jnlp > installs, but line command "status" shows that the program stops after some > seconds (resulting in Firefox's "unable to connect" message, I guess), as do > all the Linux offline installers after 1372. > > > That's odd. Have you checked the log files to see what might be causing it > to shut down like that? > > After a 1372 install, a line command called ",/update.sh start" seems to > show all kinds of downloading and installing of jars and ext-jars, but the > updated program still dies after about 8 seconds. > > > What program are you referring to that dies after 8 seconds? Freenet, or > the update.sh script? If you mean running update.sh only lasts 8 seconds, > then I would expect that means that it quickly checked and found that > everything was updated. > > So with a 1372 Linux offline installer, I can install and get a browser > interface because it continues to run but cannot connect to others. With any > of the updated installers, I can install, but get no browser interface, > because the program seems to die too soon, I guess. > > > AFAIK the Linux version might not be able to make any connections because > some part of the install is incompatible with Mac OS X. After doing a clean > install of the Mac version, try my suggestion above to try connecting to > 127.0.0.1:8889 and consecutively higher ports. I would suggest keeping a > copy of the log files of any installs you currently have, as they may prove > useful. > > Hope this helps, > > Daxter > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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