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Topic: [REQUESTS] Minimal Electrum builds for Windows - page 11. (Read 47212 times)

legendary
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Need some temp hosting? I can give you a small VPS if that would help.

website still down, sorry about that.

in the meantime, v0.60 can still be downloaded through
the following links:

(SHA1: a4fd9d0ed152d3beee7d1859e8736ef5bb5d8ee9)

https://code.google.com/p/win-electrum/downloads/detail?name=elec060.exe&can=2&q=

https://code.google.com/p/win-electrum/downloads/detail?name=elec060-portable.exe&can=2&q=

Yeah, actually that would help me out quite a bit, as it seems the problems with my host are going to take a while to solve. I would need minimal storage only, as the larger files are stored on Google Code.

Very appreciated, thanks!
hero member
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Need some temp hosting? I can give you a small VPS if that would help.

website still down, sorry about that.

in the meantime, v0.60 can still be downloaded through
the following links:

(SHA1: a4fd9d0ed152d3beee7d1859e8736ef5bb5d8ee9)

https://code.google.com/p/win-electrum/downloads/detail?name=elec060.exe&can=2&q=

https://code.google.com/p/win-electrum/downloads/detail?name=elec060-portable.exe&can=2&q=
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1016
090930
website still down, sorry about that.

in the meantime, v0.60 can still be downloaded through
the following links:

(SHA1: a4fd9d0ed152d3beee7d1859e8736ef5bb5d8ee9)

https://code.google.com/p/win-electrum/downloads/detail?name=elec060.exe&can=2&q=

https://code.google.com/p/win-electrum/downloads/detail?name=elec060-portable.exe&can=2&q=
legendary
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Please note that my web page is down at the moment, due to my web host. Hopefully this won't be too long.
legendary
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Now that I can post here, ...

Thank you for Electrum. It's a great addition as it opens up bitcoins to a wider audience.

I am trying to use the portable client, but it does not work.

Downloaded http://win-electrum.googlecode.com/files/elec060-portable.exe Ran it. Clicked "Create new wallet". Selected the ecdsa.org server.

The window that comes up says

Please wait...
Addresses generated: 0
Kilobytes received: 0.0

And nothing happens. When I close it, I get the window that gives me the seed for the new wallet. Click OK, no password. Electrum opens. On the bottom: Not connected, Blocks: -1.

Is the problem on my end? Anyone else able to use the portable client? Is my computer blocking something? (My computer filters some websites.)

Seemingly unrelated issues. electrum.dat is created, but in the wrong folder. IIUC, it should be created in Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\C_\ElectrumPY . Instead, it's created outside of Electrum_SysFiles. I moved it by hand, no problem.

e.cmd doesn't work out of the box. I had to rewrite it like this:

@ECHO OFF
set path=foo\Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\sys;%path%
foo\Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\C_\Python27\python.exe electrum %WALLFILE% %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7

Also, I renamed Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\%System% to Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\sys, so I could use it in the path statement.

Thanks for trying Electrum on Windows! The portable version should work out of the box, We've had a lot of users with very few issues. You shouldn't have to edit or move any files at all for it to work.

No, electrum.dat is not supposed to be created in the ElectrumPY folder.
The portable version should create it in the same directory as the executable (elec060-portable.exe).

The Electrum_SysFiles folder contains all the required Python files and libraries for
Electrum to work properly. Normally, the end-user never has to deal with those.
 
(FYI, e.cmd is only there for the console mode, which is accessed by holding down
the SHIFT key while starting Electrum, to work properly - it's normal that it does
nothing when executed manually, don't worry about it)

It could be that server ecdsa.org was down at the moment you tried to connect.

What I would suggest is to delete all files, and start over again.
If ecdsa.org does not work for you right now, perhaps you can try
another server, such as electrum.novit.ro for instance.
Let me know if you still encounter those issues.
sr. member
Activity: 317
Merit: 252
Now that I can post here, ...

Thank you for Electrum. It's a great addition as it opens up bitcoins to a wider audience.

I am trying to use the portable client, but it does not work.

Downloaded http://win-electrum.googlecode.com/files/elec060-portable.exe Ran it. Clicked "Create new wallet". Selected the ecdsa.org server.

The window that comes up says

Please wait...
Addresses generated: 0
Kilobytes received: 0.0

And nothing happens. When I close it, I get the window that gives me the seed for the new wallet. Click OK, no password. Electrum opens. On the bottom: Not connected, Blocks: -1.

Is the problem on my end? Anyone else able to use the portable client? Is my computer blocking something? (My computer filters some websites.)

Seemingly unrelated issues. electrum.dat is created, but in the wrong folder. IIUC, it should be created in Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\C_\ElectrumPY . Instead, it's created outside of Electrum_SysFiles. I moved it by hand, no problem.

e.cmd doesn't work out of the box. I had to rewrite it like this:

@ECHO OFF
set path=foo\Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\sys;%path%
foo\Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\C_\Python27\python.exe electrum %WALLFILE% %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7

Also, I renamed Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\%System% to Electrum_SysFiles\0.60\sys, so I could use it in the path statement.
legendary
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Thanks for the tutorial.
I'd prefer to use electrum with TOR.

Agree, that would be great...

If you setup a TOR hidden service then we can see how easy it is, and try to set it up. A TCP Stratum server running over Tor.

I'm guessing it should be trivial (hopefully).
legendary
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Thanks for the tutorial.
I'd prefer to use electrum with TOR.

Agree, that would be great...
legendary
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Thanks for the tutorial.
I'd prefer to use electrum with TOR.
legendary
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Off topic:
Could you tell me what is the easiest way to make an anonymous transaction using electrum?

If you're still interested in that, check out my new guide to anonymous transactions Smiley
legendary
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Or you could perhaps try to compare the new wallet before and after it goes bad?  So the files will be less cluttered...


Ah good idea, I can probably do a diff on the files before and after trying a reconnect. Will do that later today Smiley

Just wondering, have you had a chance to try that?

No I did not yet, kinda slipped my mind. The "funny" thing is though that I'm getting the same problem on Linux. So I'm guessing it's not totally related to the Windows client.

Well this is getting strange... Just minutes after your reply, I started having the same problem!!
Stays forever stuck on "Connecting...", no matter what server I try. I do see some network
traffic, though.

The good news is that I will be able to investigate more easily Smiley

OK, for me it was just caused by a buggy gui_qt.py file I was using for some tests.
Replacing it with the official one fixed the issue.

Perhaps it's also some edits that you made to that file that caused the "Connecting..." issues for you?
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1016
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Or you could perhaps try to compare the new wallet before and after it goes bad?  So the files will be less cluttered...


Ah good idea, I can probably do a diff on the files before and after trying a reconnect. Will do that later today Smiley

Just wondering, have you had a chance to try that?

No I did not yet, kinda slipped my mind. The "funny" thing is though that I'm getting the same problem on Linux. So I'm guessing it's not totally related to the Windows client.

Well this is getting strange... Just minutes after your reply, I started having the same problem!!
Stays forever stuck on "Connecting...", no matter what server I try. I do see some network
traffic, though.

The good news is that I will be able to investigate more easily Smiley
hero member
Activity: 938
Merit: 1000

Or you could perhaps try to compare the new wallet before and after it goes bad?  So the files will be less cluttered...


Ah good idea, I can probably do a diff on the files before and after trying a reconnect. Will do that later today Smiley

Just wondering, have you had a chance to try that?

No I did not yet, kinda slipped my mind. The "funny" thing is though that I'm getting the same problem on Linux. So I'm guessing it's not totally related to the Windows client.
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1016
090930

Or you could perhaps try to compare the new wallet before and after it goes bad?  So the files will be less cluttered...


Ah good idea, I can probably do a diff on the files before and after trying a reconnect. Will do that later today Smiley

Just wondering, have you had a chance to try that?
hero member
Activity: 938
Merit: 1000

Or you could perhaps try to compare the new wallet before and after it goes bad?  So the files will be less cluttered...


Ah good idea, I can probably do a diff on the files before and after trying a reconnect. Will do that later today Smiley
legendary
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If you have the chance (and enough patience!), it would be interesting to compare the corrupted wallet and the good one in a text editor, to see if anything jumps out as unusual.

I took some time to compare the two but because my original wallet has so much more activity in it it's hard to compare. I couldn't find anything that looked really faulty.

Can you open your wallet file, find where the server string is and delete the "u" in front of the server, and check if it works then?

Tried it but made no difference.

Or you could perhaps try to compare the new wallet before and after it goes bad?  So the files will be less cluttered...


hero member
Activity: 938
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If you have the chance (and enough patience!), it would be interesting to compare the corrupted wallet and the good one in a text editor, to see if anything jumps out as unusual.

I took some time to compare the two but because my original wallet has so much more activity in it it's hard to compare. I couldn't find anything that looked really faulty.

Can you open your wallet file, find where the server string is and delete the "u" in front of the server, and check if it works then?

Tried it but made no difference.
sr. member
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I moved my original wallet out of place and created a new one, everything is working again. Somehow my wallet got corrupted?

After trying to connect to an other server; wallet seems bugged again, can't connect to any of the servers again.

Weird stuff happening ^
Can you open your wallet file, find where the server string is and delete the "u" in front of the server, and check if it works then?
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1016
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I moved my original wallet out of place and created a new one, everything is working again. Somehow my wallet got corrupted?

After trying to connect to an other server; wallet seems bugged again, can't connect to any of the servers again.

Weird stuff happening ^

I've actually had something like that happen to me a while ago. The wallet file also contains user preferences, including server settings, so a corrupted wallet can cause connection issues. There must be an unidentified bug still lying around that only manifests itself under certain conditions.

If you have the chance (and enough patience!), it would be interesting to compare the corrupted wallet and the good one in a text editor, to see if anything jumps out as unusual.
hero member
Activity: 938
Merit: 1000
I moved my original wallet out of place and created a new one, everything is working again. Somehow my wallet got corrupted?

After trying to connect to an other server; wallet seems bugged again, can't connect to any of the servers again.

Weird stuff happening ^
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