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Got this message today (Ubuntu 18.10) trying to run FileZilla 3.33.0.

  ****GnuTLS error -50 in gnutls_priority_set_direct: The request is invalid.
Error:  Failed to initialize TLS.
Error:  Could not connect to server****

and got this response online:

Bug in Ubuntu, they have for some insane reason decided to switch to a development version of GnuTLS just weeks prior to the Ubuntu 18.10 release. Contact Ubuntu support and have them switch back to a version of GnuTLS that had been marked stable at the time of release of said GnuTLS version.

Any idea how I can correct this problem?

Melebius
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John Day
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    Please add output of dpkg -l | grep -e filezilla -e tls and which filezilla to the question. I can't reproduce your issue on clean fully upgraded 18.10 VM. Where did you see the "response" about bug? – N0rbert Feb 08 '19 at 14:44
  • Actually, I see the same error message, just installed FileZilla for the first time. FileZilla is "3.33.0-1ubuntu1", libgnutls30 is "3.6.4-2ubuntu1.1", the OS is Ubuntu 18.10. – A. Scherbaum Feb 11 '19 at 17:33
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    The response in question is here: https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?t=50308 – A. Scherbaum Feb 11 '19 at 17:33

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I have the same problem in Ubuntu 18.10. The problem is observed for many different hosts. Installing an earlier version of gnutls didn't fix problem.

The solution is to install the latest version of Filezilla (e.g. FileZilla 3.40 instead of default 3.33 repo version).

You can't install the latest version from a deb package, because you'll get conflict with libhodweed4. But you can replace as like described here: How can I upgrade filezilla to the current version?

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