Teeworlds Server fails to start (Linux)

[Fisico]

I compiled the latest source on my Linux Server(Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS | Linux 4.4.0-138-generic).
I can’t start the server cause it always fails with "[5be8123c][kernel]: ERROR: couldn't register interface storage. null pointer given"

Storage.ctf and "/data/maps" with maps is in the server directory.
Permissions should be ok cause i have the same problem with the root user.

teeworlds@FisicoSrv1:~/teeworlds/build/x86_64/release$ ./teeworlds_srv -f serverconfig.cfg
[5be8123c][engine]: running on unix-linux-amd64
[5be8123c][engine]: arch is little endian
[5be8123c][storage]: added path '$USERDIR' ('/home/teeworlds/.local/share/teeworlds')
[5be8123c][storage]: added path '$DATADIR' ('data')
[5be8123c][storage]: added path '$CURRENTDIR' ('/home/teeworlds/teeworlds/build/x86_64/release')
[5be8123c][storage]: added path '$APPDIR' ('.')
[5be8123c][storage]: unable to create save directory
[5be8123c][storage]: initialisation failed
[5be8123c][kernel]: ERROR: couldn't register interface storage. null pointer given

teeworlds@FisicoSrv1:~/teeworlds/build/x86_64/release$ ls
1on1.cfg 3on3ctf.cfg 5on5ctf.cfg lms.cfg serverconfig.cfg sur.cfg tlms.cfg
2on2ctf.cfg 4on4ctf.cfg data objs storage.cfg teeworlds_srv

[oy]

Seems the path "/home/teeworlds/.local/share/teeworlds" doesn't exist or you don't have write access.

[Fisico]

ok thanks, "/home/teeworlds/.local/share/teeworlds" was missing. That fixed the issue for me.
But why does the Teeworlds server needs this directory?

Nothing interesting is in this folder except master.cfg

teeworlds@FisicoSrv1:~/.local/share/teeworlds$ ls
configs demos dumps masters.cfg

[oy]

It uses it to save stuff like configs, demos, dumps etc.

But Teeworlds should create the folder the folder in case it's missing.

[Lucki]

@Fisico You can also set the folder to any other writable path in context to the program with XDG_DATA_HOME=/path/to/folder teeworlds_srv. It's also possible to do that permanent globally or only for one user. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/environment_variables#Defining_variables

[oy]

fixed by e117ee0