electron-eval error: Electron process exited with code 2

[chovy]

UNEXPECTED ERROR: If this is a bug in WebTorrent, report it!
OPEN AN ISSUE: https://github.com/feross/webtorrent/issues

DEBUG INFO: webtorrent-cli 1.9.0, webtorrent 0.98.10, node v7.7.1, linux x64, exit 1
events.js:163
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: electron-eval error: Electron process exited with code 2
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/example/.nvm/versions/node/v7.7.1/lib/node_modules/webtorrent-hybrid/node_modules/electron-eval/lib/index.js:174:22)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:899:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:342:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:504:12)

This happens when I seed more than one file. One usually seems to work ok, but if i have 2-3 it crashes frequently. Probably a memory/resource issues -- its on a $5 vps.

[feross]

If you have to seed many files, I recommend using http web seeds instead of webtorrent-hybrid. They will be much more reliable.

[chovy]

I am confused. isn't webtorrent a cli torrent client? It can only seed one file at a time?

[feross]

WebTorrent isn't a CLI torrent client. It's a JavaScript torrent client that has many different frontends. It can be used via an official CLI, a desktop app, or a <script> tag in a browser.

The CLI only supports one torrent at a time. Use the desktop app if you want to seed multiple torrents.

[chovy]

gotcha. i thought cli was a full blown torrent client. i was hoping to replace rtorrent with it. but i guess that isn't possible since you need desktop app to do multi seeds

[feross]

Yes, sorry. If someone else wants to build a full-featured CLI torrent client on top of the webtorrent engine, they should feel free. It's not something I want to do. Since most users want a GUI, I'd rather put my effort there.

[chovy]

Makes sense. Dont' mean to bombard you with all these questions -- but this project looks very promising and I'm sure others will have same questions, so at least there is a record. A multi-seed cli would be nice since a lot of people are moving to seedboxes out of simplicity and faster speeds.

Don't know how difficult it would be to implement, I'm assuming if it was easy you would have done it already.

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