LW 3.02, OS10.2.6 disconnects
 

iMac DV, 450 hz, 320 ram, OS10.2.6, LW 3.02, DSL

Prefs set; sharing iTunes (2400+), cable/DSL, disable ultrapeer, search limit 15, 4stars only, all speeds, disable compression, port 6346, force IP

1. It take 5 mins. to finish counting all the files too share, but if I add one file, it then takes 30 mins... why? and everything slows way down until that number of files sharing are counted....

2. If I have more than a few (4) searches going concurrently, the app disconnects, doesn't respond to connect under file.... sometimes with in 5 mins, maybe 20, no pattern, I must quite & restart....

3. when LW manages to stay up, less than 25% of the file actually download, most end up "awaiting sources" and these are ALL 4 STARS!!

help Steve

ps. is there a step by step somewhere on how to set/check permissions? also firewall???

Some problems with LW on Os X.2.6 can be solved by using jum's build of LW which can be found here: http://baghira.han.de/~jum/

I hope that helps ya. Yes, there are step by step walkthroughs, search this forum and read threads of people with similiar problems.

can't read german....
 

Blackbird suggested-

Some problems with LW on Os X.2.6 can be solved by using jum's build of LW which can be found here: http://baghira.han.de/~jum/


Ok... Let's start by saying, I'm not a computor person, I don't understand prrograming etc... I also don't read German.... what was I looking for????

Thnaks anyway.... steve

Ok, what you need to do is simple. Go to the website, and click on the file that starts with Limewire Pro 3.0.2ju...

It will download, and it is a disk image that will expand automatically on OS X. Then, all you have to do is drag the folder to your applications folder (of whereever) and that's it. Simple as that. And boy, if the app a beaut. It fixed a major problem for me, and decreased memory, processor use as well as a few little GUI bugs having to do with "hiding" the window. It's a great program.

Blackbird,

You should ask the LimeWire team to fix those problems in the next version of LimeWire.

*chuckles* I'm not associated with the LW team in any way. However, jum (Jens-Uwe Mager) does contribute to the project. In fact, look at the about menu and there's jum. Jum does contribute, but jum's version focuses on fixing some of the problems unique to OS X. I don't know why they're not in the main version of LW, but I'm not a developer, and I'm sure there are legitimate reasons based on code and such, or perhaps time constraints.

Just about all the changes I did are submitted to the LimeWire folks, just the CPU reduction thing not yet. But the most important change to get rid of the installer and just do a drag and drop install is probably against the core LimeWire developers philosophy.

JUM...
 

when I download your 3.01, do I un-install my previous LW first??? I'd love to try it... Thanx Steve

Re: JUM...
 

No, you just drag the app from the disk image to its new home and double click it there. No install programm required.

JUM... vie gets (sp?)
 

Not wanting to play the village idiot, but maybe if the suit fits.... does your program augment alter the existin LW 3.02 that I'm running or will there be 2 LW programs on my HD... and how will they know who's the boss??? Possible conflicts??? Civil unrest??? nations at war??? Thanx Steve

ps.. if you think my spelling of your lanuage is bad, you should hear me speak it....

My version is just another build of the current LimeWire sources, in a slightly different packaging. It does not fiddle with the existing LimeWire installation on your hd at all. There is no conflict in normal use, the version you click on is activated and that is it. You should not run both versions at the same time, though.

3.1.0jum
 

what I downloaeded "Limewire Pro 3.1.0jum 168 OS x.d" does not appear to be a "disk" of anykind. The Info shows it as a BINA file. Do I just move this to "apps' folder? How does it activate? Thanx the village idiot

Just drag the limewire application into your application folder.

Re: 3.1.0jum
 

Your browser did truncate the name, it is supposed to be named .dmg. Rename it and open it using the Disk Copy program.

BTW: what browser did you use to download the file? It appears to be brain damaged.

IE 523 does the same for me. I just need to add "mg" to the end of the file and OSX asks for confirmation--and all's well.

Just checked--Safari 1.0 (v85) handled it well; 10-12 KB/s.

Thanks again for making your build available--it's so sweet!

Yes, the bandwitdh of the machine is a bit used up today, had a disk failure last night on the news spool and it is now transferring news like mad to catch up.

now it works....
 

If I am happy with the program, for HD space, can I do a "find" & throw all of the old 3.0.1 LW away??? Or does your program need some of the prefs etc?? I just need every bit of space I can get.... Thanx Steve

Re: now it works....
 

You can trash anything but your Library/Preferences/LimeWire folder in your home directory, that has to stay.

Jum, just wondering, as we are advertising your version quite a bit, are you handling bandwith alright? Cuz I feel bad that we're sucking up your bandwith.

I was wondering, would you consider posting as an alternative a bitorrent link so that those of us who have that can use bitorrent to save u some bandwith?

I would believe that bittorrent at. al. are just overkill for the current needs. I am handling the downloads just fine. Quite a few people do download it via LimeWire, from my stats more than download via the http link. These two locations are on different internet connections, so there is some small load balancing already.

Ok, cool, that makes me feel better.

what new & Diffent Lw 3.2.0 vs JUM 3.2.0
 

What's the difference???? Any??? Steve

Read this for LimeWire 3.2.

Re: what new & Diffent Lw 3.2.0 vs JUM 3.2.0
 

The most visible difference is the packaging, I do build the LimeWire.app not using an installer application but using simple OS X app packaging so it is a simple drag and drop install. My different packaging also causes it to use JVM 1.4.1 instead of 1.3.1, but then I have not installed the official LimeWire in a while so I do not know if this changed already.

In the inside there are a few changes related to OS X specific things, like magnet URL support for both JVM 1.3.1 and 1.4.1. Otherwise most of the patches I did are already integrated in the mainline version.

Ah, yes and not to forget is one changed experimental menu item regarding repeated searches.

Partial File Sharing is also not available in the official version.

Oops, yes you are right. I forgot that 3.2 branched off before the integration of the partial file sharing feature into the HEAD version. As I say in the readme file included, my build is based on the CVS HEAD and thus a bit on the bleading edge.