Deluge is not connecting to daemon on server despite working from another machine

Question

I'm running the Deluge daemon on a server on my home network, and would like to be able to connect with both my desktop and my laptop.

• Laptop: Ubuntu 16.04, Deluge 1.3.12
• Desktop: Ubuntu 14.04, Deluge 1.3.6
• Server: Mythbuntu 14.04, Deluge 1.3.6

Connecting through both deluge-console and the GUI work on the Desktop.

Entering the same information (IP, port, user, and password) on the Laptop does not discover a connection. In the GUI, there is still a grey X in Connection Manager; when attempting to connect through the console, no information is output, the console just remains unconnected. I have disconnected and reconnected the desktop to confirm that all of the daemon information is correct.

I've rolled back the laptop's version of deluge to 1.3.6 to see if there was a version incompatibility, but this didn't fix the problem. Deluged is running as my normal user (not a new deluge user).

Solution

I "fixed" this problem by upgrading Deluge on the server to 1.3.12. This can be done with the Deluge PPA Guide here.

Deluge PPA Repository

The ​Deluge PPA contains the latest Deluge releases for Ubuntu.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install deluge

Comments

[Cas]

This is unlikely to be a Deluge issue, I would suggest there is something else going on with your laptop. You will need to see if you can ping and telnet to the daemon. I am not sure if it will identify the issue but you can enable deluge debug logs from both client and daemon.

[Cas]

It also it prudent to update Deluge to the latest version, 1.3.12, as 1.3.6 is ancient and huge numbers of other fixes have been made since that release...

[alex_d]

I don't believe that this could be the problem, since I can connect remotely. However, I changed allow_remote to true on the laptop just in case, but it didn't fix the problem.

[Cas]

You didn't say you could connect remotely

[alex_d]

Sorry, I thought it was clear from the fact that I can connect from the desktop to the server. I've edited to make it clearer.

[Cas]

It was not clear, I have updated the question for clarity

[Cas]

This reminds me that for security SSLv3 was disabled so now only uses TLS in later versions of Deluge (also TLS forced in openssl) and likely the reason for not connecting.

[Cas]

For reference this is the relevant ticket: dev.deluge-torrent.org/ticket/2555

[alex_d]

A client running 1.3.6 will connect to a server running 1.3.12, but not vice-versa, it appears.