vsftpd setup

[Groundhog1248]

I'm having problems setting up vsftpd. I can connect all the way to dir listing but than it errors out with the info below. I tried so many different options and settings that I'm totally confused at this point.

~ Connecting...
~ Connected to xx.xx.xx.xxx, waiting for response...
< 220 Welcome to Groundhogs FTP service.
> USER mydir
< 331 Please specify the password.
> PASS *****
< 230 Login successful.
> REST 1
< 350 Restart position accepted (1).
> REST 0
< 350 Restart position accepted (0).
> SYST
< 215 UNIX Type: L8
> PWD
< 257 "/home/mydir"
~ Login completed.
> PASV
< 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,2,161,236)
> TYPE A
< 200 Switching to ASCII mode.
> LIST
! Socket Error: no connection
~ Could not retrieve directory listing for "/home/mydir/"
~ Disconnected

[Groundhog1248]

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
xferlog_std_format=YES
ftpd_banner=Welcome to Groundhogs FTP service.

#chroot_list_enable=YES
#(default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
#chroot_local_user=YES

ls_recurse_enable=YES

pasv_enable=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
#userlist_deny=NO
#userlist_enable=YES
#userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.user_list
#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES