Donwload directory path is not absolute

[Cuore Sportivo]

Hello everyone!

I have transmission daemon (without GUI) installed on a VM running Ubuntu 14.04, so that it acts like a torrent server. I have set as download directory at the settings.json file a network location that is mounted on the Ubuntu VM. On the rest of the local PCs, I am using Transmission Remote GUI (they are all connected to the transmission server) in order to download torrents.

Everything was working fine for about two years, until I upgraded to version 2.90. Since then I am also getting a "download directory path is not absolute" error message, making it unable for me to download torrents. A few days ago I upgraded to version 2.92, but still, the problem is present.

Is there any way to fix this issue?

[mike.dld]

Specify download directory explicitly. Additionally, report the issue to transmission-remote-gui developers, see e.g. https://github.com/SickRage/sickrage-issues/issues/1071.

[Cuore Sportivo]

Hello and thanks for your help @mike.dld!
Sorry for my late reply, but I had to travel abroad and no time to visit the forum.

Could you please tell me how to specify the download directory explicitly?
I had posted the question at the exact github link you had sent me, but it seems that the discussion there has to do with another program (sickrage not transmission).

[mike.dld]

Discussion there is about SickRage plugin for Transmission. The issue is exactly the same though: most probably you need to go to Transmission Remote GUI settings and make sure to explicitly specify non-empty download directory.

[Cuore Sportivo]

I can't (never could) set the download directory from Transmission Remote GUI. The only way, as far as i know, to set the download path, is from the transmission's settings.json file, found on the OS that is running the transmission daemon.

I tried changing the directory from there, but still, the issue is still present, no matter what path I set.

[mike.dld]

Just downloaded TRG 5.0.1 and tried adding torrents. I'm getting the error if I clear the "Destination folder:" field, but if I leave it as is or enter a valid path the torrent is being added just fine:

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Note though that the directory should be absolute on the system where remote session is running, not there TRG is running. Path is absolute on Windows if it starts with either a disk name and a slash (i.e. local paths like C:\...) or with two slashes and a letter (i.e. UNC paths like \\a...). On *NIX systems the path is absolute if it starts with a forward slash (/...), which should be your case since you're running the daemon on Ubuntu.

[Cuore Sportivo]

You're right Mike. Problem was solved just by changing editing the settings.json file and more specifically changing the download directory from "media/shared" to "/media/shared".

Thank you so much for your time and your help!