client problem on slow connection

[Roger Dingledine]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 02:36:27PM +0300, vukki starborn wrote:
> I'm expiriencing next problem using tor version 0.1.0.17 via slow GPRS
> connection (though it is slow, speed is enough for IRC and ICQ for
> ex.): when client is receiving directory from directory server,
> connection housekeeping engine kills connection:
> 
> As i dig into the source, i've found that there's DIR_CONN_MAX_STALL
> constant (coded as #define), which is 5*60 seconds. (110 line of
> src/or/main.c revision 1.638). So when 5 minutes are gone, connection
> is killed.

If you want this to work, try upgrading to 0.1.1.16-rc. The 0.1.1
series still cuts off downloads after a long timeout, but it looks at
the partial download and learns what it can, so it should all work out
eventually. Let me know if it works for you.

--Roger