It looks like the reason /home/debian-transmission is even looked at is, after upgrading from sysvinit-core to systemd-sysv, the unit file doesn't obey the options specified in /etc/default/transmission-daemon, so the daemon can't find its config anymore:
CONFIG_DIR="/var/lib/transmission-daemon/info" OPTIONS="--config-dir $CONFIG_DIR" The unit file, /lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service, has only: ExecStart=/usr/bin/transmission-daemon -f --log-error When I edited the unit file to to add the missing --config-dir option, as per the following, then transmission-daemon no longer tried to use $HOME/.config/transmission-daemon, which is apparently the default, and correctly located all the old settings and resumed all torrents: ExecStart=/usr/bin/transmission-daemon -f --log-error --config-dir=/var/lib/transmission-daemon/info Not a great solution because /lib files are not configurable, but a workaround that gets transmission-daemon running for me again under systemd. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org