Hey guys,
Same for me. I am a new user to Joomla. I love it!

Decided to install 1.5 rc3 as I read it is pretty stable and seeing I am new, no use in going with the previous version.
So I installed, already had a problem with the installation, it did not create the
configuration.php file, although it said al my permissions where
Write. I could do all installation checks, it just can't create my configuration file.

No biggy, just created the file myself.
Tried everything. Legacy on/ off, ftp layer off/ on. Made all kind of combo's. I can't install any extensions.
Also, when I turn off my ftp layer, it can save this in the configuration file, but when I want to turn it on I get "An error has..." in the top and the configuration file could not be changed.
Weird thing is in system info it shows me safe mode in PHP is off and all directories are write enabled. The only directory which is not writeenabled is the root folder, but I cannot change that.
So as I gather it, from this forum and my own experiences, this is a
bug in the new release.
I hope this info helps with solving and hope the developers can solve this quick.
Further more, hail for the developers of joomla as they build a great tool.
In the mean time, I'll be waiting.
