Transmission v3 not working on synology dsm 7

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Locke108
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Transmission v3 not working on synology dsm 7

Post by Locke108 »

I just upgraded to dsm 7 beta on synology ds218.

Transmission not working.

I can’t use docker on ds218 so Had installed transmission via synocommunity.

Any fix for transmission on dsm 7?
hl8635
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Re: Transmission v3 not working on synology dsm 7

Post by hl8635 »

I have the same situation, mine is Synology ds1621+, it shows that transmissiom needs root permission to run, but Synology does not support root permission, please contact the developer to change the software permission.
Locke108
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Re: Transmission v3 not working on synology dsm 7

Post by Locke108 »

On plex forum there was this fix for dsm 7. I wonder if something similar can be done with transmission

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Here’s the workaround for your existing plex package to run on DSM 7 (preview)

Open Control panel
Open Task Scheduler
Create a new triggered task
General ->

Task: Start Plex
User: Root
Event Boot-Up
Task Settings ->
user-defined script:

sudo /var/packages/Plex\ Media\ Server/scripts/start-stop-status start
Select the task and click Run

You can also create a task to stop the plex server.

sudo /var/packages/Plex\ Media\ Server/scripts/start-stop-status stop

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