What do they put into /etc/vdr and what in /var/lib/vdr? The vanilla vdr only has one config folder AFAIK. OTOH I don't see why a wrong configured vdr config folder should give that error message.
Here is how it is in ctvdr:
bilbo:~# ls /etc/vdr /var/lib/vdr /etc/vdr: ca.conf keymacros.conf shutdown-hooks tvmovie2vdr command-hooks plugins sources.conf vdrconvert diseqc.conf recording-hooks svdrphosts.conf
/var/lib/vdr: ca.conf diseqc.conf remote.KBD.conf svdrphosts.conf channels.conf keymacros.conf remote.LIRC.conf timers.conf channels.conf.cable logos remote.remote-event.conf timers.conf.orig channels.conf.sat plugins schemes channels.conf.terr reccmds.conf setup.conf commands.conf remote.conf sources.conf
ca.conf, diseqc.conf, keymacros.conf, sources.conf, reccmds.conf and svdrphosts.conf in /var/lib/vdr are links to /etc/vdr.
I was under the impression that vdradmin was asking for the directory that the main configuration files like timers.conf and setup.conf are in but it deems that another file is needed and /etc/vdr is the correct location.
I don't think that's needed. If a distribution modifies VDR it should also modify depending tools.
I think they normaly do so but since vdradmin is (until now) not using the old config as a starting point, this might have happened.
MfG Reiner.