Thread: rtorrent very slow and rtorrent timed out message...

So, i have a semi-dedicated with ruTorrent and it has worked really good until now.
When i use it, it is very slow. and it like freezes for some seconds and log is saying
"the request to rtorrent has timed out"

And im seeding 12-15 torrents but the torrents doesnt have so much leechers so im seeding in 500Kb/s...
And the CPU is showing not more then 10%....



I have also closed, stoped rutorrent and start it again (restart) but same problem anyway...

Someone now what the problem can be? Anyone?

Connect to ssh and observer what's going on with "htop". Run htop and with F2 set options according to picture. http://image.torrent-invites.com/images/556htop.png

High load average or CPU load could be the reasons for unresponsive GUI.

Let me guess: you get this error when you try to delete multiple torrents with larger than average size?

This actually happens quite a lot with the rtorrent/rutorrent combination and there isn't much you or your provider can do about it.
I have had this problem when I set it up by myself, using a script and also from mutiple providers. It's common for rutorrent.
One of the reason why some people prefer other GUIs.

The only thing you can do is to refresh the page and delete one torrent at a time.

BTW: Having a lot of torrents running (2+) really kills your upload and download speed, if you are using a SATA disk. But a lot of people are making this mistake.

EDIT: What UltraSBox suggested can also be correct, but it's unlikely in the scenario you have descripted.