Bug 98635 – mldonkey always uses default config, won't save config changes

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Ákos Maróy 2005-07-11 02:00:30 UTC]

when accessing mldonkey via the web interface, no configuration changes can be
saved, like not even the client_name.

I found /home/p2p/.mldonkey/downloads.ini holding these config options, but if I
change settings there manually, they get overwridden on /etc/init.d/mldonkey
start. there's also an /etc/conf.d/downloads.ini, which is empty, and doesn't
seem to effect the process.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge mldonkey
2. /etc/init.d/mldonkey start
3. access it through http://localhost:4080/
4. try to change and save configuration settings.
Actual Results:  
changing settings doesn't have any effect

Expected Results:  
changes should be saved normally

using mldonkey version 2.5.16-r9


emerge info:

Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.5-20050130,
glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes)
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12
Python:              dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Jul  7 2005, 19:06:37)]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    [Not Present]
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.59-r6, 2.13
sys-devel/automake:  1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium2 -mmmx -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env
/usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config
/var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium2 -mmmx -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.math.bme.hu http://gentoo.mirror.icd.hu/"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X aac aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cjk crypt
cups curl divx4linux doc dvd dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam ffmpeg foomaticdb
fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg libcaca libg++
libwww lirc mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mplayer ncurses network nls
nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime
readline sdl spell ssl tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts
unicode usb v4l v4l2 vorbis win32codecs xinerama xml xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid
zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[Comment 1 Przemyslaw Maciag (RETIRED) 2005-07-24 01:40:59 UTC]

check file permissions. I saw something similar to this, months ago. Mldonkey's
direcotory didn't contain valid rights for p2p user.

Cheers,
Przemek

[Comment 2 Jean-Christophe Choisy 2005-08-18 00:55:27 UTC]

You should edit the configuration files only when mldonkey is shut down. If you
edit them with mldonkey running, it will rewrite the defaults when stopped.

[Comment 3 Karol Wojtaszek (RETIRED) 2005-08-26 05:12:57 UTC]

Right, you can edit mldonkey config files only when mldonkey's shutdown
otherwise you should edit it in mldonkey interface.

[Comment 4 Ákos Maróy 2005-08-26 05:20:11 UTC]

if you read my bug report thoroughly, especially the steps to reproduce:

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge mldonkey
2. /etc/init.d/mldonkey start
3. access it through http://localhost:4080/
4. try to change and save configuration settings.


you will immediately see that I did just what you say: tried to edit the config
setting through the HTML UI of mldonkey.

and they just won't save.

[Comment 5 Ákos Maróy 2005-08-26 05:20:20 UTC]

if you read my bug report thoroughly, especially the steps to reproduce:

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge mldonkey
2. /etc/init.d/mldonkey start
3. access it through http://localhost:4080/
4. try to change and save configuration settings.


you will immediately see that I did just what you say: tried to edit the config
setting through the HTML UI of mldonkey.

and they just won't save.

[Comment 6 Karol Wojtaszek (RETIRED) 2005-08-27 01:24:02 UTC]

closing

[Comment 7 Karol Wojtaszek (RETIRED) 2005-08-27 01:35:24 UTC]

Sorry, it's not fixed.

[Comment 8 spiralvoice 2005-08-27 08:57:32 UTC]

Did you press ENTER after changing a setting in HTML interface?

[Comment 9 Ákos Maróy 2005-08-27 09:19:23 UTC]

of course I did :)

[Comment 10 Marcin Kryczek (RETIRED) 2005-09-18 05:59:08 UTC]

is that problem still present in newest mldonkey version?

[Comment 11 Marcin Kryczek (RETIRED) 2005-09-25 16:05:47 UTC]

no feedback from user. closing