[OFFICIAL] sabnzbd

[theref]

Dear all

i installed sabnzbd on a fresh install of Arch Linux ARM and everything seems ok except i cannot change the directory for the downloads. The default folder lies on the usbstick so i cannot use it. When i try to set it on an absolute address on a usb share /media/Book2/downloads/complete i get

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Incorrect parameter
Cannot create download_dir folder /media/Book2/downloads/incomplete

i don't think that the problem is that the usb disk is mounted after the server starts as the problem appears when i start it manually as well. Do you have any idea of what could cause this ?
Thanks!!

[pepedog]

you actually mention 2 directories-
/media/Book2/downloads/incomplete
And
/media/Book2/downloads/complete
Try making /media/Book2/downloads world writeable

[ygator]

By default sabnzbd runs as user sabnzbd. You either have to 1) run it as root, 2) mount the drive under the sabnzbd user, or 3) change the owner of the directories to sabnzbd

1. In /etc/conf.d/sabnzbd set SABNZBD_USER="root"
2. If you are using a drive formatted as a non-linux i.e. FAT, NTFS, etc you must have the drive mounted under the sabnzbd user as it does not allow file owner changes. This you do my editing the /etc/fstab and adding an entry to mount the drive automatically under the sabnzbd user. Easiest way to accomplish this is by running webmin:
Under System/Disk and Network File systems
with drive already mounted click on the mounted as for the drive to edit the mount
you can then click on save and mount at boot and set user files are owned by to sabnzbd
then save it
now on boot up the drive will be mounted and the files owned by sabnzbd
3. If you are using a drive formatted as linux i.e. ext2, ext3... you can just change the owner of the directories to that of the sabnzbd user.

[evanl81]

I have installed sabnzbd and couchpotato without incident. The latter runs pretty slowly, but whatever. I am having a major issue with sab download speeds. Basically the whole time I'm downloading a file, it peaks and valleys. So it rushes up to 4mbps, then trails off until it hits 7k or so, then jumps back to 3, then down, then up, then down.

This happens both when I set the download folder on my boot usb and on an additional ext2 usb. Any thoughts on this? Would it make any difference if I formatted the additional usb drive as ext3 or ext4?

[evanl81]

FYI I solved my speed problem by following the first step here:

http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/highspeed-downloading

[evanl81]

Unfortunate follow-up: actually it didn't help.

[phdeez]

Unfortunate follow-up: actually it didn't help.

Whats the CPU utilization look like during that time? I've noticed sabnzbd is pretty heavy on memory, have you created a swap file (especially if you're using a dockstar with only 128mb or ram)? My dockstar with an ext3 partition can hit ~4.2Mbps (of my 10 Mbps cable service), which translates to roughly 523KB/s reporting in sabnzbd.

I tried out a faster provider and maxed out my connection which really slowed down my dockstar (like >4-5 Sysload). I did notice that if I cut down the number of connections to the provider it helped alot. In fact, just one "connection" from the newsgroup provider still maxed my cable service out and Sysload was under 1.x.

HTH

[kiniki]

Hi..

Got Sabnzbd running..

Installed Sickkbeard and it works when I am in Putty... But quits when I exit putty...

So I added it to the Daemon list... And when I try

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/etc/rc.d/sickbeard start

it tells me it's already running... But I cannot access it in the browser at 192.168.7:8081

Any ideas?

[MarkB]

I'm having some trouble starting the webinterface.
sabnzbd is running when i start it, but the webpage is unreachable (127.0.0.1:8080)
I'm not sure what to do whith the etc/rc.r/sabnzbd file ( did not change anything, only a trie at changing IP to 0.0.0.0, no effect) Most likey i'm missing something here, can anyone help me with this?

Kind regards,

Mark

[MarkB]

For people finding the same problem: IP should be that of of the device.