Title: Multibit Still "Connecting..." after an hour?
Post by: snowweb on August 11, 2013, 06:44:46 AM
Completely new to Bitcoin. Just installed Multibit 0.5.13 on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. In the debug log it says: peter@localhost:~$ tail -fn 500 ./MultiBit/log/multibit_debug.log 14:40:30.496 [main] INFO org.multibit.MultiBit - Starting MultiBit at 11 Aug 2013 06:40:30 GMT 14:40:30.506 [main] INFO o.m.ApplicationDataDirectoryLocator - Application data directory.1 = '/home/peter/MultiBit' 14:40:30.719 [main] INFO org.multibit.MultiBit - Configuring native event handling 14:40:30.725 [main] INFO org.multibit.MultiBit - Checking to see if this is the primary MultiBit instance 14:40:30.751 [main] DEBUG o.m.ApplicationInstanceManager - Listening for application instances on socket 8331 14:40:30.756 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - userLanguageCode = en 14:40:30.775 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - MultiBit version = 0.5.13 14:40:30.776 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Creating model 14:40:30.796 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.model.BaseModel - Initial view from properties file is 'HELP_ABOUT_VIEW' 14:40:31.094 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Setting look and feel 14:40:32.862 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Creating user interface with initial view : HELP_ABOUT_VIEW 14:40:35.100 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - exchange is null ... creating exchange ... (isFirstExchange = true) 14:40:35.101 [AWT-EventQueue-3] DEBUG o.m.viewsystem.swing.StatusBar - StatusBar label = '' 14:40:35.105 [main] DEBUG o.m.viewsystem.swing.MultiBitFrame - Displaying view 'HELP_ABOUT_VIEW' 14:40:35.102 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - creating exchange from exchangeShortname = MtGox 14:40:35.666 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Registering with controller 14:40:35.666 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Creating Bitcoin service 14:40:35.704 [AWT-EventQueue-3] DEBUG o.m.v.swing.MultiBitTabbedPane - Set selected index = 3 14:40:36.007 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Network parameters = com.google.bitcoin.params.MainNetParams@9d1d82f2 14:40:36.008 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Loading/ creating blockstore ... 14:40:36.012 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - filePrefix = multibit 14:40:36.013 [main] INFO o.m.ApplicationDataDirectoryLocator - Application data directory.1 = '/home/peter/MultiBit' 14:40:36.014 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Installed checkpoints file = '/home/peter/MultiBit-0.5.13/multibit.checkpoints'. 14:40:36.015 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Using user data checkpoints file as it is longer/same size as installed checkpoints - 11541 bytes versus 11541 bytes. 14:40:36.016 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Opening / Creating SPV block store '/home/peter/MultiBit/multibit.spvchain' from disk 14:40:36.100 [Timer-5] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - exchange is null ... creating exchange ... (isFirstExchange = false) 14:40:36.101 [Timer-5] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - creating exchange from exchangeShortname = OpenExchangeRates 14:40:36.384 [Timer-5] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - marketDataService = com.xeiam.xchange.oer.service.polling.OERPollingMarketDataService@e4d0cd 14:40:36.410 [Timer-5] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - exchangeSymbols = [AED/USD, AFN/USD, ALL/USD, AMD/USD, ANG/USD, AOA/USD, ARS/USD, AUD/USD, AWG/USD, AZN/USD, BAM/USD, BBD/USD, BDT/USD, BGN/USD, BHD/USD, BIF/USD, BMD/USD, BND/USD, BOB/USD, BRL/USD, BSD/USD, BTC/USD, BTN/USD, BWP/USD, BYR/USD, BZD/USD, CAD/USD, CDF/USD, CHF/USD, CLF/USD, CLP/USD, CNY/USD, COP/USD, CRC/USD, CUP/USD, CVE/USD, CZK/USD, DJF/USD, DKK/USD, DOP/USD, DZD/USD, EEK/USD, EGP/USD, ETB/USD, EUR/USD, FJD/USD, FKP/USD, GBP/USD, GEL/USD, GHS/USD, GIP/USD, GMD/USD, GNF/USD, GTQ/USD, GYD/USD, HKD/USD, HNL/USD, HRK/USD, HTG/USD, HUF/USD, IDR/USD, ILS/USD, INR/USD, IQD/USD, IRR/USD, ISK/USD, JEP/USD, JMD/USD, JOD/USD, JPY/USD, KES/USD, KGS/USD, KHR/USD, KMF/USD, KPW/USD, KRW/USD, KWD/USD, KYD/USD, KZT/USD, LAK/USD, LBP/USD, LKR/USD, LRD/USD, LSL/USD, LTL/USD, LVL/USD, LYD/USD, MAD/USD, MDL/USD, MGA/USD, MKD/USD, MMK/USD, MNT/USD, MOP/USD, MRO/USD, MUR/USD, MVR/USD, MWK/USD, MXN/USD, MYR/USD, MZN/USD, NAD/USD, NGN/USD, NIO/USD, NOK/USD, NPR/USD, NZD/USD, OMR/USD, PAB/USD, PEN/USD, PGK/USD, PHP/USD, PKR/USD, PLN/USD, PYG/USD, QAR/USD, RON/USD, RSD/USD, RUB/USD, RWF/USD, SAR/USD, SBD/USD, SCR/USD, SDG/USD, SEK/USD, SGD/USD, SHP/USD, SLL/USD, SOS/USD, SRD/USD, STD/USD, SVC/USD, SYP/USD, SZL/USD, THB/USD, TJS/USD, TMT/USD, TND/USD, TOP/USD, TRY/USD, TTD/USD, TWD/USD, TZS/USD, UAH/USD, UGX/USD, USD/USD, UYU/USD, UZS/USD, VEF/USD, VND/USD, VUV/USD, WST/USD, XAF/USD, XCD/USD, XDR/USD, XOF/USD, XPF/USD, YER/USD, ZAR/USD, ZMK/USD, ZWL/USD] 14:40:36.440 [Timer-5] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - Getting loopTicker for PHP USD 14:40:36.513 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Blockstore is 'com.google.bitcoin.store.SPVBlockStore@be7667' 14:40:36.514 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Creating blockchain ... 14:40:36.548 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - marketDataService = com.xeiam.xchange.mtgox.v2.service.polling.MtGoxPollingMarketDataService@964130 14:40:36.551 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - exchangeSymbols = [BTC/USD, BTC/EUR, BTC/GBP, BTC/AUD, BTC/CAD, BTC/CHF, BTC/JPY, BTC/CNY, BTC/DKK, BTC/HKD, BTC/NZD, BTC/PLN, BTC/RUB, BTC/SEK, BTC/SGD, BTC/THB, BTC/NOK] 14:40:36.552 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - Getting ticker for BTC USD 14:40:36.569 [main] INFO c.g.bitcoin.core.AbstractBlockChain - chain head is at height 241920: v2 block: previous block: 00000000000000d9b66fee19af89eaaf3f3933d1acd2617924c107f0abbe0a41 merkle root: 14c6b9f330196a4cb80c0c98db4740f0fe73a1d5bb3aa4899209f517c113eb37 time: [1371418654] Mon Jun 17 05:37:34 PHT 2013 difficulty target (nBits): 436264469 nonce: 3979416716 14:40:36.569 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Created blockchain 'com.google.bitcoin.core.MultiBitBlockChain@1c4a2d3' with height 241920 14:40:36.570 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Creating peergroup ... 14:40:37.832 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Created peergroup 'MultiBitPeerGroup [NEW]' 14:40:37.833 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Starting peergroup ... 14:40:37.840 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Started peergroup. 14:40:38.026 [main] INFO c.g.bitcoin.core.CheckpointManager - Read 120 checkpoints, hash is 5efb3f0ca773812a2c451e9eab4139b278b13f2a9f3d61eaf72a067bfbe94a77 14:40:38.030 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Locating wallets 14:40:38.031 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - When loading early wallets, there were 1 14:40:38.033 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - When loading protobuf3 wallets, there were 0 14:40:38.034 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - When loading the wallet orders, there were 1 14:40:38.038 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Loading wallet from '/home/peter/MultiBit/multibit.wallet' 14:40:38.389 [main] INFO o.m.s.MultiBitWalletProtobufSerializer - Loading wallet extension org.multibit.walletProtect.2 14:40:38.411 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.file.FileHandler - rememberFileSizesAndLastModified: Wallet filename /home/peter/MultiBit/multibit.wallet , walletFileSize 220 ,walletFileLastModified 1376196354000 ,walletInfoFileSize 359 ,walletInfoFileLastModified 1376196355000 14:40:38.517 [main] DEBUG o.m.v.swing.MultiBitTabbedPane - Set selected index = 0 14:40:38.533 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Checking for Bitcoin URI on command line 14:40:38.534 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - No Bitcoin URI provided as an argument 14:40:38.536 [main] DEBUG o.m.c.bitcoin.BitcoinController - handleOpenURI called and rawBitcoinURI ='null' 14:40:38.537 [main] DEBUG o.m.c.bitcoin.BitcoinController - No Bitcoin URI found to handle 14:40:38.587 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - Downloading blockchain 14:40:38.588 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - The current chain height is 241920 14:40:38.589 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - For wallet '/home/peter/MultiBit/multibit.wallet the lastBlockSeenHeight was 241920 14:40:38.590 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBit - needToSync = false 14:40:38.591 [main] DEBUG org.multibit.MultiBitInExecutableJar - Redirecting file output back to console 14:40:38.593 [SwingWorker-pool-4-thread-2] DEBUG org.multibit.network.MultiBitService - Downloading blockchain 14:40:42.865 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - seed.bitcoin.sipa.be timed out 14:40:42.868 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] ERROR c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - Failed to look up DNS seeds from dnsseed.bluematt.me: java.net.UnknownHostException: dnsseed.bluematt.me 14:40:42.868 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org timed out 14:40:42.869 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] ERROR com.google.bitcoin.core.PeerGroup - Unable to find any peers via DNS 14:40:43.417 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.m.model.exchange.ConnectHttps - checkServerTrusted certs = [Ljava.security.cert.X509Certificate;@7857a5, authType = RSA 14:40:44.215 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - Got ticker for BTC USD 14:40:44.216 [Timer-4] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - Exchange = MtGox 14:40:44.273 [Timer-5] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - Getting btcUsdTicker for BTC/USD 14:40:44.274 [Timer-5] DEBUG o.multibit.exchange.TickerTimerTask - Exchange = OpenExchangeRates 14:40:45.093 [Timer-3] DEBUG o.m.v.swing.FileChangeTimerTask - Start of FileChangeTimerTask - run - enable = true 14:40:45.094 [Timer-3] DEBUG o.m.v.swing.FileChangeTimerTask - End of FileChangeTimerTask - run 14:40:47.870 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - seed.bitcoin.sipa.be timed out 14:40:47.871 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] ERROR c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - Failed to look up DNS seeds from dnsseed.bluematt.me: java.net.UnknownHostException: dnsseed.bluematt.me 14:40:47.873 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org timed out 14:40:47.874 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] ERROR com.google.bitcoin.core.PeerGroup - Unable to find any peers via DNS 14:40:52.875 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - seed.bitcoin.sipa.be timed out 14:40:52.878 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] ERROR c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - Failed to look up DNS seeds from dnsseed.bluematt.me: java.net.UnknownHostException: dnsseed.bluematt.me 14:40:52.878 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org timed out 14:40:52.879 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] ERROR com.google.bitcoin.core.PeerGroup - Unable to find any peers via DNS 14:40:57.880 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - seed.bitcoin.sipa.be timed out 14:40:57.885 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - dnsseed.bluematt.me timed out 14:40:57.886 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] WARN c.g.bitcoin.discovery.DnsDiscovery - dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org timed out 14:40:57.887 [MultiBitPeerGroup STARTING] ERROR com.google.bitcoin.core.PeerGroup - Unable to find any peers via DNS 14:40:59.735 [SwingWorker-pool-4-thread-1] DEBUG o.m.model.exchange.ConnectHttps - checkServerTrusted certs = [Ljava.security.cert.X509Certificate;@d91987, authType = RSA 14:41:00.582 [AWT-EventQueue-2] DEBUG org.multibit.network.AlertManager - Current version of local MultiBit = '0.5.13', version on server = '0.5.13'
I do have Tor running but I don't think that should affect anything, since I believe this uses the native connection. Also DNS resolution generally on the machine is performing fine. Any ideas please?
Title: Re: Multibit Still "Connecting..." after an hour?
Post by: lepko on August 11, 2013, 07:15:48 AM
I'm newbie also but I think It downloads several gig of data so doesn't tor slows down ?
Title: Re: Multibit Still "Connecting..." after an hour?
Post by: snowweb on August 11, 2013, 08:53:11 AM
I didn't see any mention of Multibit downloading a lot of data but do note that the original Bitcoin application apparently does do that.
However, I don't think this is connected with Tor as I don't think it connects using Tor (I just happen to have installed Tor at around the same time and am using it for browsing).
The concern is the mention of DNS problems in the debug log.
I have also just downloaded and installed the original Bitcoin app that I mentioned, which seems to be doing it's stuff. :-)
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