Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1: Connection refused. - I am getting this error message on ktorrent on slackware 13.1 and the torrents cannot start. I tried to reconfigure the ktorrent prefernces, i flushed the iptables but still no success. The trick is when i log in via root and start ktorrent, then the torrents start and no error message is displayed, but when i am logged in as a regular user then the torrents don't work. Can you help me and give me at least some basic ideas about what the problem might be ? Thank you in advance.

Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1: Connection refused.

Where are you getting this message ? Do you see any errors in the trackers tab ?

In the trackers tab where it says status, it doesn't matter of the tracker, it shows the error for all trackers.

Are you using a proxy ?

No, no proxy.

Then apparently the hostnames of all trackers are resolved to 127.0.0.1


What happens if you try to resolve one yourself in a shell using nslookup ?