Restarting rTorrent

Easy rTorrent restart from GUI

Restarting rTorrent is simple with newer PM Master GUI (any version with tabbed interface).

Open the welcome page and look on the bottom right for the "restart rTorrent" button. It takes a couple of minutes to restart, after which you need to refresh ruTorrent by reloading the GUI.

If this does not work and rTorrent does not start, every server has automatic 2nd level redundancy for rTorrent instances checking every 10 to 15 minutes. If rTorrent still has not started after 15 minutes, please contact support.

Restarting rTorrent manually

You can also restart rTorrent by connecting via SSH with PuTTY or another SSH client.

Log in with the credentials from your welcome email.
Check if rTorrent is running: screen -list
If it is not running, start it: screen -S rtorrent rtorrent
If it still does not appear in screen -list, you are probably over your quota. Remove files from your box via FTP or from the File Manager in the seedbox GUI.

rTorrent is automatically restarted if it crashes.

Possible reasons why rTorrent does not start

The most common cause is reaching your disk quota. rTorrent cannot write to disk when the quota is full. Check your disk usage before contacting support.

Other causes:

Corrupted session data — see Removing rTorrent session data
Lock file left behind after a crash — usually cleared automatically within a few minutes
Server maintenance in progress — check your welcome page for notices

PMSS dual level redundancy

PMSS has two levels of redundancy for rTorrent:

**First level**: Checks once per minute
**Second level**: If the first level fails, a backup check runs every 10 to 15 minutes

This means rTorrent should restart automatically within 15 minutes of any crash, without intervention.

Easy rTorrent restart from GUI

Restarting rTorrent manually

Possible reasons why rTorrent does not start

PMSS dual level redundancy

See also