Can't get client to download all the way :<

[Blyzon]

I've been trying to get a wallet running for about a week now, and I keep getting stuck in a certain point while downloading.  Around ~196700 or so, it stops downloading, and just shows.  I assumed this was a corrupted download, but this is fourth time I've tried and end up stuck.

It says I have 21 connections, my hard drive has plenty of space, and my computer is in my router's DMZ.

Is there a known good source I can download these from some other way? 

[Blyzon]

Sorry, jumped the gun on my post.  At ~196700, it just sits there, displaying at the bottom "Warning: Displayed transactions may not be correct! ..."  When mousing over, it says "Catching up..." but never actually makes any progress.

[Blyzon]

No one has any ideas?   

[deadwoodluke]

Are you doing the default client? It takes a LONG time....

[gmaxwell]

Are you doing the default client? It takes a LONG time....

More than overnight means that something is broken (unless your hardware is very slow or you're running it on truecrypt).

Can you post the debug.log someplace (it will include your IP, so don't if you need to keep that private)

[jgarzik]

If you want to check and see if you have corrupt files on disk, you may start with

Code:

-checkblocks=0 -checklevel=6

Stopping and restarting the client will freshen the set of peers, in case you are stuck on something network-related.

Watch debug.log for progress (or lack thereof).

[nomnomnom]

Also make sure you have the newest version (0.7.0 right now),
I think this can happen with old clients.

[Blyzon]

Are you doing the default client? It takes a LONG time....

I think so.  I got it from here: http://bitcoin.org/

About window says version 0.7.0-beta.

Are you doing the default client? It takes a LONG time....

More than overnight means that something is broken (unless your hardware is very slow or you're running it on truecrypt).

Can you post the debug.log someplace (it will include your IP, so don't if you need to keep that private)

Where can I find debug.log?  Its not in %ProgramFiles%\Bitcoin with the executable.

I'm afraid I've already nuked it and tried from the start several times.  It always gets stuck near the end.

[muyuu]

Check the block progress. If your connection is slow or it's throttled it can take days (and by retrying you are only making it worse).

[nomnomnom]

Where can I find debug.log?  Its not in %ProgramFiles%\Bitcoin with the executable.

From the wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory

Windows

Go to Start -> Run (or press WinKey+R) and run this:

explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin

Bitcoin's data folder will open. For most users, this is the following locations:

C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Bitcoin (XP)

C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin (Vista and 7)

"AppData" and "Application data" are hidden by default.

[Blyzon]

More than overnight means that something is broken (unless your hardware is very slow or you're running it on truecrypt).

This particular attempt to get the client working has been going on for about a week.

Debug.log follows.

Where can I find debug.log?  Its not in %ProgramFiles%\Bitcoin with the executable.

From the wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Data_directory

Windows

Go to Start -> Run (or press WinKey+R) and run this:

explorer %APPDATA%\Bitcoin

Bitcoin's data folder will open. For most users, this is the following locations:

C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Bitcoin (XP)

C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin (Vista and 7)

"AppData" and "Application data" are hidden by default.

I see a bunch of this:

Code:

Added 1 addresses from 209.65.59.248: 332 tried, 11176 new
ERROR: FetchInputs() : b6fb695080 mempool Tx prev not found 286467919e
stored orphan tx b6fb695080 (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
UPnP Port Mapping successful.
ERROR: FetchInputs() : 3ebac34a6f mempool Tx prev not found 89dc9c2a0e
stored orphan tx 3ebac34a6f (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
Added 1 addresses from 213.214.58.221: 332 tried, 11176 new
ERROR: FetchInputs() : c134e7b41c mempool Tx prev not found 201d102de3
stored orphan tx c134e7b41c (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
Added 1 addresses from 213.214.58.221: 332 tried, 11177 new
ERROR: FetchInputs() : b87c7ae0c7 mempool Tx prev not found 39b9718fbf
stored orphan tx b87c7ae0c7 (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
Added 1 addresses from 84.13.219.29: 332 tried, 11177 new
ERROR: FetchInputs() : 0cc891d534 mempool Tx prev not found 3f701efdbd
stored orphan tx 0cc891d534 (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
ERROR: FetchInputs() : e5479e85e0 mempool Tx prev not found d802ac1340
stored orphan tx e5479e85e0 (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
Added 1 addresses from 84.13.219.29: 332 tried, 11178 new
ERROR: FetchInputs() : ce10f79174 mempool Tx prev not found 70954311d7
stored orphan tx ce10f79174 (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
ERROR: FetchInputs() : aac5971e64 mempool Tx prev not found 0cc891d534
stored orphan tx aac5971e64 (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
ERROR: FetchInputs() : d3d6792d1f mempool Tx prev not found e8aa845bf1
stored orphan tx d3d6792d1f (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
Added 1 addresses from 68.97.118.131: 332 tried, 11177 new
ERROR: FetchInputs() : 0325633ddb mempool Tx prev not found e5479e85e0
stored orphan tx 0325633ddb (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx
Added 1 addresses from 88.81.45.75: 332 tried, 11178 new
ERROR: FetchInputs() : 3df7df39d9 mempool Tx prev not found 3923f122c7
stored orphan tx 3df7df39d9 (mapsz 10001)
mapOrphan overflow, removed 1 tx

Check the block progress. If your connection is slow or it's throttled it can take days (and by retrying you are only making it worse).

Is there a way for me to 'unstick' it without clearing everything out and trying to start over from scratch?  To clarify, it has made no progress whatsoever in the last few days.  Not even fast enough to keep up with the ongoing growth of the blockchain. 

No other applications or protocols are having any issues.

[timeshareafrica]

seems this is an older problem, check out this:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/911

[Blyzon]

seems this is an older problem, check out this:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/911

That commit looks several months old.  I just downloaded and installed the Bitcoin client about a week ago.

[nomnomnom]

Did you get it working?

If not you could try to connect to a hub-node http://blockchain.info/hub-nodes,
or you could download a copy of the blockchain from here: http://eu1.bitcoincharts.com/blockchain/
extract the files and put them in the folder where the debug.log file was located.

Or if you are starting fresh and there is no money in your wallet, you could try an
alternative client, like http://electrum-desktop.com/ or http://multibit.org/

[timeshareafrica]

Try to run the bitcoin client directly from the bitcoin.qt file and not over the shortcut.