Can't download blockchain with Bitcoin

[tmbp]

I start the demon and getblockcount always returns 0 with the logs not telling anything interesting

2014-08-12 21:06:40 mapAddressBook.size() = 64
2014-08-12 21:06:40 AddLocal(*:8333,1)
2014-08-12 21:06:40 IPv4 venet0:0: *.87
2014-08-12 21:06:40 AddLocal(*:8333,1)
2014-08-12 21:06:40 IPv4 venet0:1: *
2014-08-12 21:06:40 ext-ip thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 dnsseed thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 dumpaddr thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 addcon thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 msghand thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 opencon thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 net thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 upnp thread start
2014-08-12 21:06:40 init message: Done loading
2014-08-12 21:06:40 Loading addresses from DNS seeds (could take a while)
2014-08-12 21:06:40 No valid UPnP IGDs found
2014-08-12 21:06:40 upnp thread exit
2014-08-12 21:06:41 GetMyExternalIP() received

• *:0

2014-08-12 21:06:41 GetMyExternalIP() returned *
2014-08-12 21:06:41 AddLocal(*:8333,4)
2014-08-12 21:06:41 ext-ip thread exit
2014-08-12 21:06:56 115 addresses found from DNS seeds
2014-08-12 21:06:56 dnsseed thread exit

When I launch the daemon I always get the error

sendto: Operation not permitted

[zvs]

Oh, NM, misread.

Uh, permissions wrong?

sudo chown whateveryourusernameis:whateveryourusernameis -R .bitcoin
sudo chmod 777 -R .bitcoin ?

oh

(*:8333,1

needs fixing

[zvs]

try

cd /etc
sudo nano sysctl.conf

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1

ctrl-x save etc

sudo sysctl -p

unless you actually want to use ipv6

or try googling OpenVZ and venet

[tmbp]

Nevermind, opened firewall started working, thanks!