Bug#507818: mldonkey-server: mlnet does not start, logs syntax error in downloads.ini
Package: mldonkey-server
Version: 2.9.5-1.1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
After the installation mlnet is running.
After the:
# /etc/init.d/mldonkey-server stop
# /etc/init.d/mldonkey-server start
the server does not start anymore.
/var/log/mldonkey/mlnet.log is empty.
After remove '--background' from /etc/init.d/mldonkey-server, daemon logs:
Syntax error while parsing file downloads.ini at pos 29792:(Failure("float_of_string"))
it seems that downloads.ini is corrupt,
try to use a backup from /var/lib/mldonkey/old_config
Corresponding line in /var/lib/mldonkey/downloads.ini is:
buffer_writes_delay = 30.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages mldonkey-server depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.14.20 Debian package management system
ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1 GCC support library
ii libgd2-xpm 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3 GD Graphics Library version 2
ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-2 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii mime-support 3.44-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii ucf 3.0010 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
mldonkey-server recommends no packages.
Versions of packages mldonkey-server suggests:
pn makejail <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
mldonkey-server/password: (password omitted)
mldonkey-server/repassword: (password omitted)
mldonkey-server/max_hard_download_rate: 0
* mldonkey-server/launch_at_startup: true
mldonkey-server/run_as_user: mldonkey
mldonkey-server/reown_file: false
mldonkey-server/mldonkey_group: mldonkey
mldonkey-server/mldonkey_niceness: 0
mldonkey-server/false_password:
mldonkey-server/fasttrack_problem:
mldonkey-server/mldonkey_dir: /var/lib/mldonkey
mldonkey-server/mldonkey_move: false
mldonkey-server/max_hard_upload_rate: 0
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