Transmission 1.72 w/ Clutch - now easier?

[boomstik]

Hey all,
It appears that the Clutch web interface is now built in to Transmission, and works great without installing lighttpd, php and php-fcgi.
In fact, the only thing I needed to install was transmission itself.

I followed the instructions on the Wiki: http://forum.synology.com/wiki/index.ph ... utch_HowTo, but they didn't quite work (I kept getting a popup with a 404 error), so I started playing with it, and realized there's now an /opt/share/transmission/web/ folder, which contains Clutch. I then followed some tips from http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/transmission to edit the configuration.

The steps I took to get everything working were:

0) install the bootstrap and get ipkg working
1) # ipkg install transmission
2) # mkdir /root/.config (not even sure if you need this step - does Transmission do it upon first run?)
3) # transmission-daemon -f (this will create the Transmission config files in /root/.config)
3.5) Ctrl-C to terminate the daemon
4) edit /root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json with your favourite editor
4.5) find the line which reads: "rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1", and change it to "rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,192.168.0.*", substituting 192.168.0.* for your network address (essentially you're adding your internal network to the whitelist). Save the file.
5) # transmission-daemon
6) open http://<your-diskstation-address>:9091/ in your browser. you should see the Clutch interface.

This worked fine for me -please test this on your systems, and post here if it works. If everything does work as expected, I'll modify the above Wiki page with these instructions.

[pmontanari]

Worked perfectly for me. Thanks.

[maelcum]

Perfect!
You don't need step 2)

[tommyhj]

Works perfectly on DS109 without step 2! I'm yet to determine if it's faster or more stable than the built in rtorrent...

Here's my little guide for installing ipkg, Midnight Commander and Transmission/Clutch:

1)
- Telnet your diskstation and log in with username "root", and normal admin password
- Install ipkg (remember to check what CPU your diskstation has. For DS109, DS209, 409 use http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=15087. Check http://forum.synology.com/wiki/index.php/Overview_on_modifying_the_Synology_Server%2C_bootstrap%2C_ipkg_etc for more info)
# cd /volume1/@tmp
# wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optwa ... -5_arm.xsh
# sh syno-mvkw-bootstrap_1.2-5_arm.xsh
# ipkg update

2)
- Install Midnight commander & Transmission
# ipkg install mc
# ipkg install transmission

3)
- Run the daemon with -f to create the config files for Transmission
# transmission-daemon -f
- Ctrl-c to quit daemon

4)
- Use midnight commander to edit the config file for your networked PC's to have access to the web interface
# mc
- Navigate to /root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json and press F4
- Find the line with "rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1"
- Add all the IP-adresses of the computers that should have access to the web interface, eg. "rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1, 192.168.0.x", save and exit editor with esc-0 (F5-10 doesn't work through telnet, substituting them with esc+1 - 10)
- esc+0 to quit Midnight Commander

5)
- Create a folder for downloaded files and run the transmission daemon (it will run in the background, but will terminate if you restart the server)
# mkdir /volume1/torrents (or don't if you want to use another root folder like /public)
# transmission-daemon

6)
- Enter webinterface via browser (from an ip address you specified in the config file(: http://<synology server ip adress>:9091
- Press the button in the lower left corner and select preferences
- Enter /volume1/torrents/ in the "download to" field
- Edit the rest to your liking

Now I just need to figure out enough about Linux for it to start automatically when the server boots up...

[Hamilcar]

The complete noob that I am would love to have a detailed tutorial to get transmission working

[tommyhj]

The complete noob that I am would love to have a detailed tutorial to get transmission working

Sorry Hamilcar, this isn't exactly complete noob stuff... But it's fairly straight forward to learn if you are a bit technical minded. I'd recommend you read up on the wiki http://forum.synology.com/wiki/ and try to fool around a bit with your server via telnet (that's what I did a few days ago, when I was a complete noob ). I did edit my guide above a bit so it's as simple as possible. Good luck!

[Hamilcar]

Thanks for your useful hints, looks like it's working fine now (DS509+ user here)

but are you forced to use a "root" directory ?

what if I want my files downloaded via transmission in a shared folder I created via the DSM ? and basically how do I access and use those downloaded torrent files ?

[maelcum]

but are you forced to use a "root" directory ?

No, you can set the target dir wherever you want.
Either click on the little gearwheel at the botton left and use the GUI,
or edit the ~/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json directly.

Once you've come that far, it's a piece o'cake..

[Hamilcar]

Cool, thanks

[zygios]

I have problem with transmission 1.72 after upadate from 1.46. After update my transmission is shooting down after some time. Seeems what transmission daemon work only few ahours.
Maybe someone get the same problem?

[tommyhj]

I have problem with transmission 1.72 after upadate from 1.46. After update my transmission is shooting down after some time. Seeems what transmission daemon work only few ahours.
Maybe someone get the same problem?

hmm, running 1.72 rc 8702 myself, and I have no problems... It did crash on me once though, but I couldn't say what caused it. Possibly using it together with Transmission Remote (dotnet release) makes it more stable as it doesn't have to use it's web interface.

[Hamilcar]

Hi again,

is it possible to set up transmission so that it will ask you where do you want to put your torrent files ?

or are we forced to use the "downloads" folder ?

because mine is getting messy

[IkE Blaster]

Same problem here...

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transmission-daemon: peer-io.h:380: tr_peerIoGetPieceSpeed: Assertion `tr_isPeerIo( io )' failed.
Killed

I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with Transmission Remote (Win prog) or alt-speed/alt-speed-time...


I have one another thing - is possible to set downloading for only some hours and in others have torrents completely paused? (still downloading peers table even I set limit 0) I don't want "cron solution", because I need access to manage it.

[tommyhj]

Hi again,

is it possible to set up transmission so that it will ask you where do you want to put your torrent files ?

or are we forced to use the "downloads" folder ?

because mine is getting messy

With Transmision Remote (http://code.google.com/p/transmission-remote-dotnet/) you can "Add torrent with options" via the File menu. It lets you specify another path for download, but you have to type it in manually, eg. /volume1/pr0n/redheads/

You could donate to the project and ask the author to retrieve the directory structure and make the destination selection more seamless.

[adam1v]

When I go to edit the settings.json I get:

# 14~
/bin/ash: 14~: not found
Press any key to continue...

Anyone know what im doing wrong?