I don't know the answer to your question, but what distro are you running?

It ran out of the box for me on debian 7.1 but not on latest ubuntu.
On Jan 31, 2014, at 6:05 AM, Grazcoin wrote:

> I was trying to test the functioning of obelisk offline:
>
> 1. started with a normal working online updated setup.
> 2. stopped the obworker and obbalancer.
> 3. updated /usr/local/etc/obelisk/worker.cfg with outgoing-connections = 0 and listener_enabled = false
> 4. tried to start obworker, and got a crash. No extra info on the error.log
>
> What is the correct config to make this work?
>
> git is in sync.
>
> [jan-31 14:57:29] dev@dev-laptop:~/worker1$ obworker
> Using config file: /usr/local/etc/obelisk/worker.cfg
> Press CTRL-C to shut down.
> DEBUG [worker]: Connecting: tcp://localhost:9092
> INFO [worker]: worker ready
> ERROR [protocol]: Failed to start handshake service: Bad stream
> ERROR: Unable to start session: Bad stream
> terminate called without an active exception
> Aborted (core dumped)
> [jan-31 14:57:39] dev@dev-laptop:~/worker1$ cat /usr/local/etc/obelisk/worker.cfg
> # Debug messages output file.
> output-file = "debug.log"
> # Error messages output file.
> error-file = "error.log"
> # Path to blockchain directory.
> blockchain-path = "./blockchain/"
> # List of hosts (loaded on startup, saved on exit).
> # If non-existant or empty then Obelisk/libbitcoin will
> # fall back to trying seed nodes instead.
> hosts-file = "hosts"
> # Next 2 values ignored if publisher is disabled
> publisher_enabled = false
> block-publish = "tcp://*:9093"
> tx-publish = "tcp://*:9094"
> # Connection to the balancer.
> # Which port to connect to the load balancer on.
> service = "tcp://localhost:9092"
>
> # Advanced features:
> # Uncomment to give this worker a named UUID. Must be unique.
> #name = "ada"
> # Number of outgoing network connections to p2p network.
> outgoing-connections = 0
> # Listening for incoming connections.
> listener_enabled = false
> # Add manual outgoing nodes below.
> #nodes = (
> # ("localhost", 8333)
> #)
> # Show Obelisk requests in the log file for debugging or security.
> # Slows down Obelisk speed. Disabled by default.
> #log_requests = true
>
>
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