As you have discovered, do not use Notepad to edit config.ini. Notepad outputs Windows-format text files, which cannot be properly read by Linux.

Instead, edit your config.ini with Emplode, which, as you have discovered, will work correctly.

The FAQ entry covering possible config.ini problems is here and it explains why there is a problem with using Notepad to edit the file.

I think I'll beef up the main "how to I edit config.ini" FAQ entry on this topic, too.