id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc cpu platform 3959 Interface needs to warn that directory must be created before start jidanni grass-dev@… "Yes, file:///usr/share/doc/grass-doc/html/helptext.html#-selecting-the-gis-database-directory warns that directories must already exist before starting the program. However, that warning needs also to appear when the user first does $ grass At ""Grass needs a directory..."" It needs to tell the user to ""Quit. Make the directory with mkdir, etc. And start again. (Since for some reason the program is unable to create directories.) " enhancement new trivial 7.8.3 Startup unspecified init grass.py default Unspecified Unspecified