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mrmailer
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 Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: sheesh, 2.3 in linux and STILL the error on saving files! |
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I am pretty surprised this has not been fixed.
Sometimes when saving a document,
"error saving the document ...
error writing file."
what's the deal? |
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9point9
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:22 am Post subject: |
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That is not an error I've seen before and is definitely not an error that's normal to see. Try moving your ~/.openoffice.org2.0 directory and try again. This will reset your settings. Then move it back.
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foxcole
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| mrmailer wrote: | I am pretty surprised this has not been fixed.
Sometimes when saving a document,
"error saving the document ...
error writing file."
what's the deal? |
Sorry, but are you writing to ask for a solution or just to complain about the error? Do you have a question more specific than "what gives?"
If you're looking for a solution, there are many possibilities having to do with how your system is set up, all listed in this forum. I found 16 threads (including this one) by searching the Writer forum for "error saving document writing file" and selecting "Search for all terms." Here's one, but if this doesn't help, try that search:
Error saving the document [Solved]
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mrmailer
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foxcole
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| mrmailer wrote: | | I just don't understand why the error is still around in 2.3. |
It's still around because it has something to do with the way your system is set up, so you're going to continue to see the error until you change whatever on your system may be causing it.
Please also consider that other Linux users are not having this problem, so you might easily see it's due to something specific on your system.
I did suggest trying that search if you couldn't find anything helpful in that link. But, please keep in mind that although answers might be given for one OS, they may actually apply to other systems as well, so there could have been some ideas to try (albeit adapted to paths or whatever other equivalents are specific to your OS). So I offered it anyway, because it seemed to have links to the greatest variety of information... meaning better chances of you finding something useful.
Perhaps you could add "linux" to the search if you want to narrow it down to Linux-only threads.
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mrmailer
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:04 am Post subject: |
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the alternative is that it's still around because the bug has not been fixed. I have deleted my personal OOO folder on my machine a few times but the problem has persisted.
the disk utilities you were speaking of from that link are not pertinent to linux in terms of being the cause of that problem. |
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9point9
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| mrmailer wrote: | | the alternative is that it's still around because the bug has not been fixed. |
Please don't assume that because you have a problem, everyone has the problem and it's a bug. I've not known of that problem before and if it was a bug then I'd think we'd know about it. What distro are you using? Are you using a stock version of OOo or one that came with your distro?
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foxcole
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| mrmailer wrote: | | the alternative is that it's still around because the bug has not been fixed. I have deleted my personal OOO folder on my machine a few times but the problem has persisted. |
Then try another solution. Several exist and as I pointed out before, you can search the forum for them. The problem is not a "bug" in OpenOffice, it's a system configuration issue. Do you expect OpenOffice or any other software in the world to be able to anticipate every possible installation and configuration in every OS that it supports? Sometimes you simply have to take things into your own hands and fix the problem on your computer because there's just no way the software can do it for you.
| mrmailer wrote: | the disk utilities you were speaking of from that link are not pertinent to linux in terms of being the cause of that problem.
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Well, in the first place, I was not speaking of any disk utilities. I provided one link that contained other links to several possible solutions. I explained to you why I provided that link and I pointed out, twice now, that if you didn't find any useful suggestions in that link, you should search the forum and look for other possibilities. You also need to look beyond the exact software or OS in those threads and look for parallels, things on your system that might be performing the same function if it isn't exactly the same software. Think it through.
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keme
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Please specify:
OS version (linux distribution)?
OOo version (official distribution, adaptation for your specific linux flavour, other third party solution)?
Storage setup (type of local filesystem; NFS,SMB or other network shares; free disk space)?
Special conditions when the error occurs (scheduled backup time, saving to a particular folder, logged in as a particular user, etc.)?
Java installed and OOo "connected" to Java? |
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mrmailer
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: |
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nice punt, foxhole.
keme,
f7
now ooo 2.3 rpms
ext3, many gigs of free hd
java support is enabled, but this is just mainly with working with regular word documents
i just nuked ~/.oodir, and the problem is still around.
it's a bug. everyone has known about this for a while, i am not sure why foxhole is trying to deny it. |
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9point9
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| mrmailer wrote: | | it's a bug. everyone has known about this for a while, i am not sure why foxhole is trying to deny it. |
No, it is not a bug. Search and you will find:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=32659
It is something similar and it is not a bug but a problem with your configuration.
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foxcole
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| mrmailer wrote: | | it's a bug. everyone has known about this for a while, i am not sure why foxhole is trying to deny it. |
My name is not foxhole. I trust that was just an accidental misreading on your part and not deliberate.
Every software in the world has problems just like this just because of the sheer volume and all the possible permutations of what individuals have on their machines. Because not everyone is having the problem you're having, there must be something on your computer that's causing it. The trick is to find what that something is.
I'll suggest again that perhaps you have some security utility on your system that is causing a conflict or is wiping out an address path that OOo needs in order to write the file back to disk. It doesn't have to be the specific software mentioned in the link I provided. What disk maintenance software do you have? What processes are currently running when you're trying to save the document?
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Hagar Delest
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have any cron service that performs backups ? I've experienced it once (but under XP) and it was definitively linked to the backup utility, it may have done something to the temporary files.
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jwr
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:09 am Post subject: |
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mrmailer,
The bug reported in issue 63875 - Unabilaty to save a document ('unable to write') is said to be solved in OOo-release 2.4:
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63875
So this bug may still be active in 2.3.
The last entry in this thread quotes user tweedledee :
| Quote: | | I would like to point out something from the forum threads (and my experience): this happens on ALL operating systems. |
If you are sure your temporary files are in a locations, where no cleaning tools or any other tools are interfering with them: check the access rights for these temporary files.
OOo also allows you to change the location of its temporary files (it's in "Tools-Options-Paths").
At my PC the directory C:\Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Local Settings\Temp
is containing the temporary files with graphical data and other temporary files for the OOo-document.
In Unix/Linux these rights may be 777 (allowing anything to anybody) or at least full access for the relevant user. (Maybe a Linux-User may check how the standard rights will have to be set in Unix/Linux).
If the error persists you may even try to deactivate the autosave-function (as someone reported a possible interference in the autosaving-process): http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63875:
| Quote: | | Based on timing, I believe it has something to do with attempting to save the file when autosave is still working. |
Regards -Hans-
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mrmailer
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Thank you jwr, now maybe foxhole will stop blaming me and accept the fact that, *shudder"* it is a bug.
I will anxiously await oo 2.4
thanks! |
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