Bitcoin txns stuck at 0 confirms after wallet.dat restore

[GideonGono]

Hi,

I have a back up copy of an old wallet.dat that was on a machine that is not working. So I wanted to put it on my new bitcoin client (blank) on my new pc. I downloaded the btc client and deleted the empty wallet and replaced it with the one I want to recover. After I do that, I can see all the transactions from the backed-up wallet but everything is on 0 confirms and my balance is 0.00 even though it should be positive. Please help.

[Graet]

bottom right corner of wallet xxxxx Blocks
when it reaches 141185 (current) all will be good again
new wallets require the blockchain to be re-downloaded or backed up and restores

[GideonGono]

Yeah, the problem is that it's stuck on 0 connections and the block count is stuck on zero as well. It isn't downloading the block chain. How do I make it do so?

[jackjack]

If you don't have connection, check your firewall
As soon as you will have connections, you will download the blockchain

[GideonGono]

There is nothing wrong with my connection or firewall because when I started the bitcoin program (before replacing the wallet.dat file) it was downloading normally. This is only happening after I close the program and replace the empty wallet with the one I am recovering. Or am I not supposed to do this?

[jackjack]

Replacing wallets is ok, that's not the problem
Maybe you configured a proxy in your old wallet?

[BookLover]

Have you put any addnode commands in your bitcoin.conf file?  They can really speed up the connection process.

[GideonGono]

Replacing wallets is ok, that's not the problem
Maybe you configured a proxy in your old wallet?

Have you put any addnode commands in your bitcoin.conf file?  They can really speed up the connection process.

How do I fix this?

[BookLover]

Go to C/Users/your user account name/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin and put these lines in the bitcoin.conf file:

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

P.S. Appdata is a hidden file, to show hidden files go to folder options and deselect hide hidden folders.

[GideonGono]

Go to C/Users/your user account name/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin and put these lines in the bitcoin.conf file:

Sorry, forgot to mention I use ubuntu

[jackjack]

~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

Edit: you replace your wallet.dat so you know where is bitcoin.conf I guess

[GideonGono]

~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

Edit: you replace your wallet.dat so you know where is bitcoin.conf I guess

   I can't see bitcoin.conf, when I cd into ~/.bitcoin and run "ls -a" I get this:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/.bitcoin$ ls -a
.         blk0001.dat   __db.001  __db.004  db.log     wallet.dat
..        blkindex.dat  __db.002  __db.005  debug.log
addr.dat  database      __db.003  __db.006  .lock


I tried running " $ nano ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf"  - but it says it's a new file. BTW I'm using the latest version.

[RaTTuS]

create the file
I think it does not exist origannly - as there is no need

[Maged]

Here's a sample file, if you want to see most of the options:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf

[GideonGono]

I've tried both these, and still nothing 

Here's a sample file, if you want to see most of the options:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf

Go to C/Users/your user account name/Appdata/Roaming/Bitcoin and put these lines in the bitcoin.conf file:

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

P.S. Appdata is a hidden file, to show hidden files go to folder options and deselect hide hidden folders.

[RaTTuS]

stop the client
in .bitcoin
create bitcoin.conf
and put

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

that in
restart the client

[BookLover]

I don't know much about Ubuntu, but I have some ideas of what might be wrong.  Did you put this file in the same one which your wallet is in by default, and do you have file extensions enabled for known file types?

P.S. How long have you tried to connect before turning off the client, on a bad day it can still take ~20 min.

[GideonGono]

I don't know much about Ubuntu, but I have some ideas of what might be wrong.  Did you put this file in the same one which your wallet is in by default, and do you have file extensions enabled for known file types?

P.S. How long have you tried to connect before turning off the client, on a bad day it can still take ~20 min.

Yes it's in the same folder as that which the wallet is in by default. I don't know if Linux has an "enable file extensions for know file types" option.

It has been on for 10min now, I'll leave it for a while longer. Before, I was canceling it after ~5min. But it doesn't seem to do doing anything though, still 0 blocks, 0 connections, but all my transactions are showing.

stop the client
in .bitcoin
create bitcoin.conf
and put

addnode=192.0.2.6
addnode=67.215.65.132
addnode=99.27.237.13
addnode=94.209.188.239
addnode=74.82.216.10
addnode=66.221.254.71
addnode=75.158.131.108
addnode=200.35.150.50

addnode=46.4.167.32
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=93.159.111.85
addnode=62.75.218.18
addnode=83.169.11.67
addnode=80.237.211.92
addnode=85.10.193.82
addnode=46.4.48.203
addnode=46.4.88.20

that in
restart the client

That is exactly what I did. Same thing with the sample bitcoin.conf suggested by Maged...

Here's a sample file, if you want to see most of the options:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf

...but still nothing