Permission denied: '/media/llmvision'

[Kdemontf]

Checklist

• I'm running the newest version of LLM Vision https://github.com/valentinfrlch/ha-llmvision/releases/latest
• I have enabled debug logging for the integration.
• I have filled out the issue template to the best of my ability.
• This issue only contains 1 issue (if you have multiple issues, open one issue for each issue).
• This is a bug and not a feature request.
• I have searched open issues for my problem.

Describe the issue

I installed 1.5.2, and then the new beta 1.6.0-alpha with same results. My install is Core 2025.11.1 in a venv over Ubuntu. I get the following error on restarting HA.
'''
Logger: homeassistant.components.calendar
Source: helpers/entity_platform.py:451
integration: Calendar (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 10:49:40 AM (1 occurrence)
Last logged: 10:49:40 AM

Error while setting up llmvision platform for calendar: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/media/llmvision'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.13/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py", line 451, in _async_setup_platform
await asyncio.shield(awaitable)
File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/llmvision/calendar.py", line 733, in async_setup_entry
calendar_entity = Timeline(hass, config_entry)
File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/llmvision/calendar.py", line 138, in init
os.makedirs(self._file_path, exist_ok=True)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 217, in makedirs
File "", line 227, in makedirs
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/media/llmvision'
'''
My venv install has no access to the files on the root of the machine AFIK. So the permission issue makes sense to me. I tried manually adding the llmvision and snapshots folders in /media, still fails. I noted in the beta uses another folder "snapshots_blueprint", tried that too.

Note: I also tried completely removing all the folders and files previously created by llmvision, and removed the integration, restarted and installed from scratch, same result. Any advice or work around appreciated, thanks

Reproduction steps

1. Install latest version of llm
2. Restart HA

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Debug logs

The same error above shown twice, once for calendar, and for llmvision setup.

[ltomes]

I tried to resolve this error by chowning the media directory I pass into the container to the user/group my ha container runs as.

I still get PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/media/llmvision' errors.

[valentinfrlch]

When you run ls -ld on /media/llmvision and the Home Assistant /config dir, are the permissions different?
For reference, I ran the commands on my HA OS installation and this is what I get:

[ltomes]

In my case, docker compose created a media/llmvision file because of the way the bind mount was structured.
Deleting that and creating an actual llmvision directory resolved my issue. I suspect Kdemontf may have the same issue.

[valentinfrlch]

Interesting, thanks for posting the solution! Does that happen when following the official guide to mount the /media dir in docker?

If so, I'll update the docs.

[Kdemontf]

I doubt my issue is the same as I do not use docker, clearly stated Core in venv on Ubuntu.

ls -ld /media
drwx------ 7 dserver dserver 4096 Nov 11 10:45 /media

ls -ld /media/llmvision
drwxrwxr-x 3 homeassistant homeassistant 4096 Nov 11 10:45 /media/llmvision

from inside activated venv:

(homeassistant) homeassistant@dserver:~/.homeassistant$ ls -ld /media/llmvision
ls: cannot access '/media/llmvision': Permission denied

I also tried adding media__dirs to HA config

media_dirs:
    media: "/media"

No help there, suggestions? Thanks

[valentinfrlch]

If the command fails as well, this isn't an issue with the integration, but rather with the permissions of your setup.
However, giving your "homeassistant" user execute access to /media might help (https://serverfault.com/questions/18110/permission-denied-to-a-file-i-own).

You can try this from inside the venv:

sudo chmod +x /media