Transmission watch directory is not working

Greetings!
Some times I have power offs, and when it comes back transmission clears the list of downloads, so I need to add them manually again. So I need to turn on "watch directory" in order to make Transmission add torrents from the folder automatically every time when power comes back.
I tried to turn on "watch directory" in OpenWrt webui but it is not working.
I tried to open config via ssh but I have no permission even when I login as root.

What am I doing wrong? What should I do to turn on "watch directory"?

 

Or how can I make Transmission not to clear the download in case of reboot?

 

see my tips and tricks post

 

Does not help, after reboot download list is clear

 

then you did something wrong. write the steps you did

 

1) connect to ssh with root
2) enter "vi /etc/init.d/transmission"
3) put "sleep 30" on the first line like on screenshot
4) push esc type ":wq"
5) reboot

the line "sleep 30" is there after reboot but download list is cleared

 

strange. then you have another problem somewhere? if you wait 5 minutes and restart transmission , do the torrents return ?

 

I updated transmission and now cannot open tab "system/download"
http://192.168.1.2/cgi-bin/luci/;stok=c3aac4d012d3dddb7504b6ca7eeb2ebf/admin/system/startup

 

yah. startup also not working for me with updated transmission ( bad gateway ) . do a reboot using ssh
/etc/init.d/transmission stop then start should work.

 

so I will need to do that every time before rebooting the box?
PS after start/stop all downloads are there

 

Increase the sleep timer. Try 50 or 60 seconds. Wait that time after starting the box. Before accessing transmission.

 

understood, thx!