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I have used Bitcoin previously via Windows GUI miners, but never faced an issue like this before. I am now running Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 and using an updated 0.7.1 Satoshi client.

The sync looks like it is working, but the first block never loads. I have had the wallet synchronizing, but it is forever stuck at zero. My Internet connection is fine and have cleared the bitcoin directory and rebooted with no change.

While I am writing this I am watching my other rig drop blocks fine and its running Mint 13 with about a third of the resources I have on the computer giving the issues.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Specs:

  • UBUNTU 12.04 updated
  • AMD Phenom IIx4
  • 4 GB ddr3
  • Nvidia EVGA 9800GTX
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Can you telnet to a fallback node? e.g., $ telnet 62.75.216.13 8333 If you get a connection then the problem is with Bitcoin. If you don't then the problem is with your Ubuntu networking or your firewall. - bitcoin.it/wiki/Fallback_Nodes – Stephen Gornick Nov 9 '12 at 10:43
Worst case scenario you could do -connect= and connect to the other node, on your LAN. – Stephen Gornick Nov 9 '12 at 10:45
Can you examine/post the log file? It's usually located in ~/.bitcoin/debug.log – Juraj Dec 2 '12 at 22:12
Adding a -debug to the command line adds important information about what bitcoind does. – cdecker Jan 16 at 8:59

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