'sk_wait_data' problem

[rebel]

After starting Bitcoin,  System Monitor shows  Status going from Uninterruptible-->Running-->Sleeping . Memory shows about 30 MiB. But the Waiting Channel after syncing gets  stuck in 'sk_wait_data' . Already tried to Change Priority in 'Nice' to -20 but to no avail.

I tried to google and see what it is waiting for but all the information about 'sk_wait_data' is well above my level.

I use lucid. Any help appreciated.

[2112]

It is pointless to look at wait channel in system monitor. Bitcoin is a multi-threaded application and to get a real picture you would need to watch wait channels for each thread.

To get a sensible picture of what's going on open a terminal and do "tailf ~/.bitcoin/debug.log", or alternatively start the bitcoin from the command line with the "-printtoconsole" flag.

By the way: sk_wait_data() simply means that the thread is waiting for the data to come through the network socket. I see no problem with this. Bitcoin is indeed heavily depending on the correct network operation.

[rebel]

Thanks '2112 '

please let me know if there is anything I can do.

I am on cable with no problems downloading.
Bitcoin has started but is not showing after some 2.5 hours and I have to leave home and shut down computer.
'sk_wait_data' is still waiting. Both "tailf"  "tail-f" have printed 10 lines (9 addresses) and they are also waiting.

Code:

-printtoconsole :
Bitcoin version 0.4.0-beta
OS version Linux 2.6.32-35-generic i686
System default language is 60 en_US.UTF-8
Language file locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/bitcoin.mo (English (U.S.))
Default data directory /home/<redacted>/.bitcoin
Bound to port 8333
Loading addresses...
dbenv.open strLogDir=/home/<redacted>/.bitcoin/database strErrorFile=/home/<redacted>/.bitcoin/db.log
Loaded 53669 addresses
 addresses              4995ms
Loading block index...
LoadBlockIndex(): hashBestChain=00000000000001afb9d0  height=152620
 block index           24836ms
Loading wallet...
nFileVersion = 40000
fGenerateBitcoins = 0
nTransactionFee = 0
fMinimizeToTray = 0
fMinimizeOnClose = 0
fUseProxy = 0                                                                                                      
addrProxy = 127.0.0.1:9050                                                                                         
fUseUPnP = 1                                                                                                       
 wallet                  137ms                                                                                     
Done loading                                                                                                       
mapBlockIndex.size() = 152622                                                                                      
nBestHeight = 152620                                                                                               
setKeyPool.size() = 100                                                                                            
mapWallet.size() = 24                                                                                              
mapAddressBook.size() = 23                                                                                         
Loading addresses from DNS seeds (could take a while)                                                              
AddAddress(128.189.187.27:8333)                                                                                    
AddAddress(91.85.220.84:8333)                                                                                      
AddAddress(174.120.185.74:8333)                                                                                    
AddAddress(178.79.147.99:8333)
AddAddress(190.101.85.148:8333)
AddAddress(109.75.176.193:8333)
AddAddress(69.163.132.101:8333)
AddAddress(62.155.236.249:8333)
AddAddress(142.58.248.28:8333)

Anything wrong?  Anything I can do?
Reinstall lucid? Reinstall Bitcoin?

[2112]

I am on cable with no problems downloading.
Bitcoin has started but is not showing after some 2.5 hours and I have to leave home and shut down computer.

You are saying "no problem downloading". Like one network connection downloading single file? What about using a Bittorrent client Transmission to download Fedora-16 ISOs? I've seen many cable modems and home routers failing under the load of multiple peer-to-peer connections: this is exactly what bitcoin does. Using Transmission to download a freshly released Linux (like Fedora-16) should max out your network connection and will be a good test.

First simbly reboot the cable modem and the gateway router. If this doesn't help only then reinstall your Linux. Transmission is included with Ubuntu: use it to download some well-seeded torrent and and verify port forwarding on the router.

[rebel]

All problems are now fixed.
Bitcoin shows up  in seconds (certainly less than 30 seconds) and happily does the downloading of the latest blocks.
Unbelievable easy fix!
Thanks