LottaNZB

Changed something now it's broken

Asked by Rogan

I originally had my destination save point on a drive that had to be mounted to work. This is no longer the case, so LottaNZB won't open and I can't change the destination point because I get this message : Exiting: Fatal Error unable to create directory for option : HellaNZB.DEST_DIR
dirname : /media/DATA error:[Errno 13]
Permission denied: '/media/DATA'

I understand why permission is denied - this location no longer exists - but how do I change it to point somewhere else if it won't open the program to let me change the preferences?

Thanks in advance!

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Sander Tuit (avirulence) said : 		#1

Hi,

You can edit the file ~/.config/lottanzb/hellanzb.conf and change the
value there into a new directory.

Sander

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:26, Rogan
<email address hidden> wrote:
> New question #98842 on LottaNZB:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/lottanzb/+question/98842
>
> I originally had my destination save point on a drive that had to be mounted to work. This is no longer the case, so LottaNZB won't open and I can't change the destination point because I get this message : Exiting: Fatal Error unable to create directory for option : HellaNZB.DEST_DIR
> dirname : /media/DATA error:[Errno 13]
> Permission denied: '/media/DATA'
>
> I understand why permission is denied - this location no longer exists - but how do I change it to point somewhere else if it won't open the program to let me change the preferences?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for LottaNZB.
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Rogan (saintswithwine) said : 		#2

I'm fairly new to linux, how do I find that file to edit it?

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Sander Tuit (avirulence) said : 		#3

In a terminal, you can type: gedit ~/.config/lottanzb/hellanzb.conf

Then search for wrong values (for instance this HellaNZB.DEST_DIR) and
edit them. After this, you can just safe the file and start LottaNZB.

Sander

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:49, Rogan
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> Question #98842 on LottaNZB changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/lottanzb/+question/98842
>
>    Status: Answered => Open
>
> Rogan is still having a problem:
> I'm fairly new to linux, how do I find that file to edit it?
>
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> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for LottaNZB.
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Severin H (severinh) said : 		#4

Theoretically, we could change LottaNZB so that it falls back to the default download directory if HellaNZB.DEST_DIR doesn't exist. Would be a nice feature for LottaNZB 0.5.3, wouldn't it?

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Rogan (saintswithwine) said : 		#5

Thanks for your help so far. When I put that into terminal, I get a blank file? I'm confused

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Best Severin H (severinh) said : 		#6

Well, of course you can also do it without using the terminal.

1. Open your home directory.
2. Make the hidden files and folder visible by pressing Ctrl-H.
3. Open the ".config" directory and the "lottanzb" directory inside of it.
4. The "lottanzb" should contain a file called "hellanzb.conf" open it and change it as described above by Sander.

If you happen to use a very old version of LottaNZB, the "hellanzb.conf" file will be in ".lottanzb" instead of ".config/lottanzb".

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Severin H (severinh) said : 		#7

The upcoming LottaNZB 0.5.3 will work around this problem so that people won't be forced to manually edit the HellaNZB configuration file anymore if the download directory isn't available.

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Rogan (saintswithwine) said : 		#8

Thank you very much. It turns out that I must have been using an old version - it was in .lottanzb

Changed it and it works now.

Cheers!!