transmission forgets path configuration and creates strange directories

[Thomas Christensen]

Example directories created to store files:

~/`??{??/
~/alt-speed-enabled/
~/en_US.UTF-8/

It forgets where to store files and where to watch for torrents to automatically add.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: transmission-gtk 2.77-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 2 21:43:25 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-11 (21 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130410)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: transmission
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[markb (mark-blakeney)]

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 x64 with stock transmission 2.77-0ubuntu1 and see this bug. It is repeatable. Just rm -rf ~/.config/transmission to set default settings, start transmission, e.g. set a "save to" location, restart transmission, and you will see it forgets the setting (and others). Like the OP here I have also been getting ~/en-AU.UTF-8 and other hieroglyphic named folders in my home area. This is a bad bug making transmission awful to use.

[Jesse (fibonacci713)]

I can also confirm this bug. I have to setup transmission again every time I restart it, because it can't seem to remember any of my settings. And it's been leaving a directory called h0$'\t'ding-limit in my home folder. I didn't realize that Transmission was the culprit until it also created a directory called "-gtk-play -i complete-download -d 'transmission torrent downloadP" (obviously containing nothing."

something strange has happened to the Transmission code, this much is clear.

[Justin Whitford (justin-whitford)]

Getting it here too.

Wild folder names. Settings that don't stick.

not fun...

[Charles Kerr (charlesk)]

This sounds a little bit like https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5340 but without the crash. Is anyone still seeing this in T 2.80 or higher?

[Charles Kerr (charlesk)]

Ah, found it. This is a duplicate of bug #1187061