Im also using ecryptfs. I tried to reproduce it in the same way like you did it now, but it works fine for me. The default directory remains ~/torrents/ . I am also on Ubuntu 12.04 using transmission version 2.51.
What is the output of your transmission-gtk --version ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1130442 Title: Starting a new torrent saves files in folder of previous torrent. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/1130442/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs