I have the same issue, on Ubuntu 17.10. I solved it by moving the download-to directory to home. My "Desktop" is a symlink to DropBox/Desktop, which is a DropBox, with that may entail.
In summary - my suspicion is that it is DropBox to blame. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to transmission in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700214 Title: File went missing as soon as download completed Status in transmission package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Binary package hint: transmission I downloaded a file from the torrent http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent. I saved the file to my Desktop. After the download completed, Transmission started seeding the file (I don't know if it actually uploaded any data). I opened the Desktop in Nautilus and the file was not there. I went back to Transmission (never having closed the app) and asked it to verify the download. The file immediately changed to red and said "Error: Can't find local data. Try "Set Location" to find it, or restart the torrent to re-download." Needless to say, this was quite frustrating. This happened within seconds of the download completing and I did no other activities which could have caused the file to be deleted or moved. Transmission version 2.04-0ubuntu2. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: transmission-gtk 2.04-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jan 8 16:23:30 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/transmission InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: transmission XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1998): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (gnome-panel:1995): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `/apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen1/screen' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0xa1331a0 (gnome-panel:1995): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `/apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel_screen1/screen' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0xa1331a0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/700214/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
