Title: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 28, 2012, 12:09:37 PM So I installed bitcoin-qt on Ubuntu 12.10 . How do I sync my new wallet ? How do I start my wallet??
Thanks ;) Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: mpx on October 28, 2012, 12:19:02 PM I would run bitcoind
bitcoind -daemon you can then run commands from the api Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: CIYAM on October 28, 2012, 12:22:21 PM So I installed bitcoin-qt on Ubuntu 12.10 . How do I sync my new wallet ? How do I start my wallet?? Thanks ;) You just need to start bitcoin-qt - it will automatically create a new wallet and start downloading the block chain (note that the latter step can take a very long time depending upon your internet connection and hardware). While you are waiting for the block chain download you might want to start trying to work out your wallet "pass phrase" as this needs to be something very long (and best to be mixed with alpha-numeric and other symbols) and something you *cannot* forget (or your wallet becomes "read only"). Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 28, 2012, 12:26:27 PM Thanks guys :D
How do I start the syncing process. Just type bitcoind -deamon in the terminal?? How do I know when its done??? Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 28, 2012, 12:40:46 PM When I type bitcoind -deamon in the terminal I get an error:
Exception: St13runtime_error CDB() : can't open database file wallet.dat, error 12 bitcoin in AppInit() terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' what(): CDB() : can't open database file wallet.dat, error 12 Aborted (core dumped) I opened .bitcoin folder and deleted everything except wallet.dat, and still no luck?? What am I doing wrong?? ??? Thanks Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: CIYAM on October 28, 2012, 12:54:10 PM When I type bitcoind -deamon in the terminal I get an error: I think you'll find the argument should be -daemon rather than -deamon (although am not certain that this is the cause of your problem). Exception: St13runtime_error CDB() : can't open database file wallet.dat, error 12 bitcoin in AppInit() terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' what(): CDB() : can't open database file wallet.dat, error 12 Aborted (core dumped) For further information about the DB error you'll need to check the "debug.log" file. Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: mpx on October 28, 2012, 02:16:51 PM Try 'bitcoin' in a terminal instead of 'bitcoind'
also try removing the wallet too (assuming you've got nothing in it!!!) if all else fails, reinstall : •sudo apt-get install python-software-properties •sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin •sudo apt-get install bitcoind Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 28, 2012, 09:26:24 PM Hi
Thanks for the input everyone.. So I deleted everything and installed as you said. I wrote bitcoin in the terminal and nothing happened.. Then I wrote bitcoind and files started to appear in the .bitcoin file. Thats about it?? How do I know that the wallet is syncing?? What do I do next??? I'm so N00BBBB Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 28, 2012, 11:25:12 PM Note that: Bitcoind is running in system monitor using 4-8 % cpu and 600megs of ram.. No gui is present??? ???
Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: adamstgBit on October 28, 2012, 11:39:16 PM why do you need to run bitcoind?
run the GUI bitcoin-qt or better yet use http://blockchain.info/'s wallet service of course you will need to print out paper wallets for your bitcoin savings account https://www.bitaddress.org/bitaddress.org-v2.0-SHA1-c0300a88d2de421106560185e4916f4eee6ed9df.html ::) oh will you look at that, you can now print the nice bills! but i will click the Hide art check box not to wast ink... Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 28, 2012, 11:58:42 PM Thanks a bunch mate,, turns out I was trying to run the wrong program..
Bitcoin wallet is now running ;D why do you need to run bitcoind? run the GUI bitcoin-qt or better yet use http://blockchain.info/'s wallet service of course you will need to print out paper wallets for your bitcoin savings account https://www.bitaddress.org/bitaddress.org-v2.0-SHA1-c0300a88d2de421106560185e4916f4eee6ed9df.html ::) oh will you look at that, you can now print the nice bills! but i will click the Hide art check box not to wast ink... Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: adamstgBit on October 29, 2012, 12:42:57 AM why do you need to run bitcoind? Thanks a bunch mate,, turns out I was trying to run the wrong program..run the GUI bitcoin-qt or better yet use http://blockchain.info/'s wallet service of course you will need to print out paper wallets for your bitcoin savings account https://www.bitaddress.org/bitaddress.org-v2.0-SHA1-c0300a88d2de421106560185e4916f4eee6ed9df.html ::) oh will you look at that, you can now print the nice bills! but i will click the Hide art check box not to wast ink... Bitcoin wallet is now running ;D Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 29, 2012, 07:00:42 AM Well, well
Now, I ran bitcoin-qt fine the first time and it seemed to be syncing ok. when I closed the program and re-opened it, it wont start anymore. And it says A fatal error has occured. Bitcoin can no longer continue safely and will quit. Exception: St13runtime_error CDB() : can't open database file wallet.dat, error 12 bitcoin in Runaway exception. ??? ??? Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: deepceleron on October 29, 2012, 02:09:35 PM Errors accessing wallet.dat as described above are likely from bitcoin (in one form or another) still running. Alternately, the wallet file could have been corrupted by attempting to run two different versions of Bitcoin which may concurrently access the same data directory.
Bitcoin takes a considerable amount of time to shut down after you tell it to. Bitcoin-qt (the full GUI version) will "close" when you press the close button, but it may still run in the background for a minute as it shuts down and closes the database files. Bitcoind (the daemon) may be running in a console window, but it doesn't need a window showing on your current desktop to be running. In Ubuntu, press the superkey (Windows key), and type "System Monitor" and launch it. In the system monitor, check the processes tab to see if any copy or version of Bitcoin is running. If so you must close it and allow it to finish closing. You do not state what version you are using or where you got it from. Either run bitcoin-qt extracted from the Sourceforge Bitcoin release bitcoin-0.7.1-linux.tar.gz (bitcoin.org -> Linux version), or follow these instructions: Ubuntu Linux users can use the "Personal Package Archive" (PPA) maintained by Matt Corallo to automatically keep up-to-date. Just type: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update in your terminal, then install the bitcoin-qt package: sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt You should first remove any bitcoind or older version you have installed. Additionally, if you have never used your wallet or the addresses in it, a good fresh start would be to remove the .bitcoin directory in your home directory, which is where all data files for Bitcoin are stored. After installing the newest version, it can be launched by typing bitcoin-qt in a terminal window if it is not added to your menu bar. Then let it run for the day or two it requires to download 4GB of data. Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: biddicoin on October 29, 2012, 02:13:07 PM strange.... I had absolutely no problems, just installed - doubleclick - ready
Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: deepceleron on October 29, 2012, 02:27:46 PM If my instructions are followed and there is still an error message when launching the lastest version of Bitcoin from a fresh start, and you need the addresses or money in the wallet, a new command was added in Bitcoin 0.7.1 which you can run like this from a terminal window:
bitcoin-qt -salvagewallet It will do a low level scan and recovery for wallet addresses and keys, and create a new wallet with this data. Bitcoin-qt will take a considerable amount of time before the GUI appears if you start using this command. strange.... I had absolutely no problems, just installed - doubleclick - ready It would be helpful for the discussion if you described what OS and which installer you used to have such an awesome experience that it was worth regaling in the thread of someone having problems...Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 29, 2012, 06:48:25 PM Well, thanks for the tip.
I installed it in a bit of a different way to what you said. I added the ppa to software sources and then downloaded and installed it from the software center. Thanks a bunch for all the enlightening info. Im still trying to get the hang of ubuntu, I feel it works in mysterious ways. I have reinstalled it in the way you described and it is syncing, fingers crossed and hope it works ;) Thanks alot! Errors accessing wallet.dat as described above are likely from bitcoin (in one form or another) still running. Alternately, the wallet file could have been corrupted by attempting to run two different versions of Bitcoin which may concurrently access the same data directory. Bitcoin takes a considerable amount of time to shut down after you tell it to. Bitcoin-qt (the full GUI version) will "close" when you press the close button, but it may still run in the background for a minute as it shuts down and closes the database files. Bitcoind (the daemon) may be running in a console window, but it doesn't need a window showing on your current desktop to be running. In Ubuntu, press the superkey (Windows key), and type "System Monitor" and launch it. In the system monitor, check the processes tab to see if any copy or version of Bitcoin is running. If so you must close it and allow it to finish closing. You do not state what version you are using or where you got it from. Either run bitcoin-qt extracted from the Sourceforge Bitcoin release bitcoin-0.7.1-linux.tar.gz (bitcoin.org -> Linux version), or follow these instructions: Ubuntu Linux users can use the "Personal Package Archive" (PPA) maintained by Matt Corallo to automatically keep up-to-date. Just type: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update in your terminal, then install the bitcoin-qt package: sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt You should first remove any bitcoind or older version you have installed. Additionally, if you have never used your wallet or the addresses in it, a good fresh start would be to remove the .bitcoin directory in your home directory, which is where all data files for Bitcoin are stored. After installing the newest version, it can be launched by typing bitcoin-qt in a terminal window if it is not added to your menu bar. Then let it run for the day or two it requires to download 4GB of data. Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 30, 2012, 07:38:52 AM Ok, so I installed it again and restarted the syncing as you know.
about half hour in to it , it stops and says : "WARNING: Displayed transactions may not be correct! You may need to upgrade, or other nodes may need to upgrade." Any ideas?? Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: nomnomnom on October 30, 2012, 05:04:29 PM Ok, so I installed it again and restarted the syncing as you know. about half hour in to it , it stops and says : "WARNING: Displayed transactions may not be correct! You may need to upgrade, or other nodes may need to upgrade." Any ideas?? You can check $HOME/.bitcoin/debug.log to see if something weird is going on. Maybe you are just connected to some nodes that are not fully updated with the rest of the network, you could try to connect to a hubnode ( http://blockchain.info/hub-nodes ) until you are fully synced. To do that you can launch bitcoin-qt from the commandline like this: Code: bitcoin-qt -connect=5.9.24.81 Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: yrtrnc on October 30, 2012, 07:10:58 PM Here is my log file. I am running 0.7.1. I have cut the log a bit short.
Thanks
Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: OpenYourEyes on October 30, 2012, 07:23:32 PM yrtrnc:
If I was, I'd do away with using bitcoin-qt, or the terminal based bitcoind (god knows why some one suggested that for a self proclaimed newbie). Use some thing like Electrum (http://electrum-desktop.com/download), I've never used it, but it has good reviews from people here. The major benefit from using it is that you don't have to download the blockchain (which could take hours or days); it gets all the information it needs it real time from the Internet. Probably best to remove the bitcoin directories before you install it (just to avoid confusion later on): #> rm -rf ~/.bitcoin and also remove bitcoin-qt and bitcoind just in case the bitcoind service has been set to start on bootup. Title: Re: Hi, I've installed bitcoin client on Ubuntu! What now?? Post by: usdtocny on October 30, 2012, 09:30:54 PM now get some free bitcoins :D
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