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can't find settings.json
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:48 pm
by phern
This is a fantastically daft question, and i'm ashamed to be asking it.
but
where is settings.json?
I'm doing a headless install on Debain Lenny.
So i've done
and i've started and stopped it
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sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon start
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sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop
its not in
~/.config/transmission/daemon
and running find dosn't yield anything either.
What am I missing?
Preemptive edit: Yes, i've already consulted
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles
Re: can't find settings.jbod
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:27 pm
by Jordan
This has been asked a handful of times in irc too, so I've updated the
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles wiki page to give the answer.
Re: can't find settings.jbod
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:13 pm
by phern
Thanks for the update, though in my case it dosn't seem to help - the config files, aswell as the web directory simply don't seem to exist.
I'm unable to test if this is specific to my system or is a problem with the package, but for now i've:
(Edit: Doing the following turned out to be pretty unhelpful for me)
1) Downloaded the source from
http://www.transmissionbt.com/download.php
2) Extracted it ( with something like tar xvjf transmission-1.*.tar.bz2 )
3) Put the /web/ directory in a suitable location (in my case this is ~/public_html/)
4) Done the same with settings.json (Or rather, I will when I find it)
5) Edited /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon to reflect the correct paths (Around line 39 or 40)
Re: can't find settings.jbod
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:14 pm
by phern
Well, doing what I posted above didn't get me very far - though it did help me clarify how the daemon functions.
I've now removed the package(s) using apt-get and compiled/installed from source. As far as I can see, its functioning fully - using lynx on the server I can see it.
Still no settings.json!
I set TRANSMISSION_HOME to /tmp/conf just to see what happened, and nothing. Not a single file.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
P
Re: can't find settings.json
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:21 pm
by lightrush
I am in the same boat.
Debian Lenny on ASUS WL500gP.
I have compiled Transmission 1.73 from source. This worked OK.
Installed a script in /etc/init.d/ . This worked OK too.
I am running the daemon as "transmission" user as suggested and there is no settings.json in /home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/.
# find / -name settings.json , returns nothing.
The folders blocklists resume torrents do exist in /home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/ .
Re: can't find settings.json
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:11 pm
by noyse
same to me. But i discovered, that if i start the daemon once and kill him, the settings.json will be generate. now it can be edited.