Little Help also new :3

[killzon32]

Hi first post for bitcointalk
I been messing around with bitcoin for a while and decided to make a post I need a little help understanding bitcoind
my brain cant seem to put everything in order and what I am suppose to do.

I downloaded python spent hours figuring out how to install modules and managed to do that... pretty sure ;p
Then I can't seem to figure out how to get bitcoind working. Whenever I put conf file into right place and start it, its blank and crashes when I exit.
When I leave the hashtags it says I should use recommended passwords...

I spent sometime looking in bitcoin forum spent at least 3 hours trying to figure this out I am no expert with programming at all and I have hit a wall and had to make a post:/.


If anyone could help me with the steps or have a tutorial that be great.
I can't seem to find anything about bitcoind.

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[SRoulette]

paste your config file please.

[killzon32]

Code:

 # bitcoin.conf configuration file. Lines beginning with # are comments.
 
 
 # Network-related settings:
 
 # Run on the test network instead of the real bitcoin network.
 #testnet=0
 
 # Connect via a socks4 proxy
 #proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
 
 ##############################################################
 ##            Quick Primer on addnode vs connect            ##
 ##  Let's say for instance you use addnode=4.2.2.4          ##
 ##  addnode will connect you to and tell you about the      ##
 ##    nodes connected to 4.2.2.4.  In addition it will tell ##
 ##    the other nodes connected to it that you exist so     ##
 ##    they can connect to you.                              ##
 ##  connect will not do the above when you 'connect' to it. ##
 ##    It will *only* connect you to 4.2.2.4 and no one else.##
 ##                                                          ##
 ##  So if you're behind a firewall, or have other problems  ##
 ##  finding nodes, add some using 'addnode'.                ##
 ##                                                          ##
 ##  If you want to stay private, use 'connect' to only      ##
 ##  connect to "trusted" nodes.                             ##
 ##                                                          ##
 ##  If you run multiple nodes on a LAN, there's no need for ##
 ##  all of them to open lots of connections.  Instead       ##
 ##  'connect' them all to one node that is port forwarded   ##
 ##  and has lots of connections.                            ##
 ##       Thanks goes to [Noodle] on Freenode.               ##
 ##############################################################
 
 # Use as many addnode= settings as you like to connect to specific peers
 #addnode=69.164.218.197
 #addnode=10.0.0.2:8333
 
 # ... or use as many connect= settings as you like to connect ONLY
 # to specific peers:
 #connect=69.164.218.197
 #connect=10.0.0.1:8333
 
 # Do not use Internet Relay Chat (irc.lfnet.org #bitcoin channel) to
 # find other peers.
 #noirc=0
 
 # Maximum number of inbound+outbound connections.
 #maxconnections=
 
 
 # JSON-RPC options (for controlling a running Bitcoin/bitcoind process)
 
 # server=1 tells Bitcoin-QT to accept JSON-RPC commands.
 server=1
 
 # You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api
 rpcuser=
 rpcpassword=
 
 # How many seconds bitcoin will wait for a complete RPC HTTP request.
 # after the HTTP connection is established. 
 #rpctimeout=30
 
 # By default, only RPC connections from localhost are allowed.  Specify
 # as many rpcallowip= settings as you like to allow connections from
 # other hosts (and you may use * as a wildcard character):
 #rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
 #rpcallowip=192.168.2.3*
 
 # Listen for RPC connections on this TCP port:
 rpcport=8332
 
 # You can use Bitcoin or bitcoind to send commands to Bitcoin/bitcoind
 # running on another host using this option:
 rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
 
 # Use Secure Sockets Layer (also known as TLS or HTTPS) to communicate
 # with Bitcoin -server or bitcoind
 #rpcssl=1
 
 # OpenSSL settings used when rpcssl=1
 #rpcsslciphers=TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH
 #rpcsslcertificatechainfile=server.cert
 #rpcsslprivatekeyfile=server.pem
 
 
 # Miscellaneous options
 
 # Set gen=1 to attempt to generate bitcoins
 #gen=0
 
 # Use SSE instructions to try to generate bitcoins faster.
 #4way=1
 
 # Pre-generate this many public/private key pairs, so wallet backups will be valid for
 # both prior transactions and several dozen future transactions.
 #keypool=100
 
 # Pay an optional transaction fee every time you send bitcoins.  Transactions with fees
 # are more likely than free transactions to be included in generated blocks, so may
 # be validated sooner.
 paytxfee=0.00
 
 # Allow direct connections for the 'pay via IP address' feature.
 #allowreceivebyip=1
   
 # User interface options
 
 # Start Bitcoin minimized
 #min=1
 
 # Minimize to the system tray
 #minimizetotray=1

[SRoulette]

check debug.log in the bitcoin data directory ~/.bitcoin

You may also want to set something for rpcuser and rpcpassword

[killzon32]

I do have a password and user set did not no if thats important to show or not :3

[killzon32]

This might be useful maybe? is this the debug info you want?

Code:

Bitcoin version v0.6.3-beta (2012-06-19 16:44:55 -0400)
Default data directory C:\Users\brendan\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
Loading addresses...
dbenv.open LogDir=C:\Users\brendan\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\database ErrorFile=C:\Users\brendan\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\db.log
Loaded 12521 addresses
 addresses               157ms
Loading block index...
LoadBlockIndex(): hashBestChain=00000000000008170660  height=191188
Verifying last 2500 blocks at level 1
 block index           34394ms
Loading wallet...
nFileVersion = 60300
 wallet                   93ms
Done loading
mapBlockIndex.size() = 191194
nBestHeight = 191188
setKeyPool.size() = 100
mapWallet.size() = 65
mapAddressBook.size() = 4
Bound to port 8333
ThreadRPCServer started
addrLocalHost = 192.168.2.3:8333
ThreadSocketHandler started
ThreadIRCSeed exiting
ThreadDNSAddressSeed started
Loading addresses from DNS seeds (could take a while)
ThreadMessageHandler started
ThreadOpenConnections started
ThreadOpenAddedConnections started
ThreadOpenAddedConnections exiting
GetMyExternalIP() received [67.189.41.174] 67.189.41.174:0
GetMyExternalIP() returned 67.189.41.174
trying connection 109.188.130.74:8333 lastseen=-2.2hrs
Added 3 addresses from 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 696 tried, 11826 new
Added 1 addresses from 178.18.90.41: 696 tried, 11826 new
Added 8 addresses from 173.242.112.53: 696 tried, 11827 new
69 addresses found from DNS seeds
ThreadDNSAddressSeed exiting
connection timeout
trying connection 46.138.157.39:8333 lastseen=-2.8hrs
connection timeout
trying connection 84.108.105.80:8333 lastseen=-16.9hrs
EnvShutdown exception: DbEnv::close: Invalid argument (22)

[SRoulette]

EnvShutdown exception: DbEnv::close: Invalid argument (22)

here is your error, lets see what google says.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/1165

unfortunately it looks like an resolved bug, have you tried starting with a clean bitcoin data dir ? remember to backup your wallet.dat

[killzon32]

I tried reinstalling bitcoin but I still get error
EnvShutdown exception: DbEnv::close: Invalid argument (22)
thats the error when I click the close button of the cmd when I load it..
Should I leave it running for along time maybe? for it to load or something?

[killzon32]

This is confusing me x.x can anyone help me with this problem :/