Completely new to Bitcoin. Just installed Multibit 0.5.13 on Ubuntu 12.04LTS.
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.
