@charles: I have tested your theory in bug 500011 and seems to be
correct. If I change the download location, it always gets the last
subfolder removed. If this is a transmission or gtk+ problem, I don't
know...
** Summary changed:
- Transmission does not respect the default download location
It's possible that this ticket and bug 500011 are related. shankao,
could you please take a look at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/500011/comments/6
and answer those questions? Those are all pretty straightforward, and
less effort than downloading a live cd... :)
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I still can't reproduce this, so I'm going to try two wild guesses to
see if they help any:
1. If settings.json is somehow corrupt, Transmission may be using your
home directory as a fallback value. Could you please run your
~/.config/transmission/settings.json file through a JSON parser (such
Unfortunately I could not reproduce it. Have you installed lucid newly or
upgraded from kramic?
Because I have just tested on a completely fresh install.
** Changed in: transmission (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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Transmission does not respect the default download location setting
Tested on my upgraded machine as well. Could not reproduce with the
torrent file for xubuntu. Could you please test it with that file?
** Attachment added: xubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37770395/xubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
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Transmission does
Same thing with the file you have included. I am using an upgraded lucid
from karmic. I think this is the corresponding configuration line in the
file .config/transmission/settings.json:
download-dir: \/home\/shankao\/Download
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Transmission does not respect the default download location
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.
* I'm not able to reproduce this error -- what specific steps should I
take to recreate this bug?
* Does the folder you chose in preferences torrents exist? Do you
have read/write access to it?
* If you
Answered question by question.
* Steps to reproduce the bug:
1. Set any folder in the preferences-torrents dialog. In my case, the
Donwload folder under $HOME that AFAIK, was introduced since karmic.
2. Open a .torrent file from nautilus.
3. In the new window that opens (Torrent options), the
