[LAU] Ardour: does not create in specified directory

[jonetsu at teksavvy.com]

Hello,

   This is Ardour 1:2.8.14-1 (Linux Mint x86_64).  I have now created 
three new sessions, and at first I thought I did somethign wrong, but 
now after creating another one I see that the specified directory I 
indicate for a new session in the opening dialog shown when Ardour 
starts was rightly chosen from the directory dialog box but still, the 
session was created in the home directory instead.

   A simple file-creation test in the specified directory is OK:

  % touch test

  % ll test

   -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 0 avr  6 08:27 test

   % mkdir Test

    drwxrwxr-x   2 user user   4096 avr  6 08:29 Test/

   Is this a bug in that version of Ardour or is there something else ?  
Creation of new sessions like this has always worked in the past.

Thanks.