Re: [Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
On 21.09.12 at 09:39 am Oon-Ee Ng wrote: You know, if you have that much time invested into the work, it would make sense to back it up a bit more often. Perhaps however, having been affected by this, you could file a bug report/feature request for a safer saving mechanism? Nice idea. We already have some Autosave or Versioning feature requests in Bugzilla. You find them at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122934, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138373 and https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148931. Please read them first and - if you have new ideas on that topic - try to amend them rather than filing a new bug report. A code contribution would be appreciated as well ;-) Kind regards, Sven ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Kfayejessee wrote: >>On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kfayejessee wrote: >>> So I have been working on this painting for over a week… > >>Rule #1: Perform regular backups >>Rule #2: See Rule #1 > >>Sorry for the semi-snarky response, but it is a good set of rules and >>will save you time and heartache when things really go wrong ;) > >>When I'm working on File-01.xcf, after an hour or two of work I do >>"Save As" and name that "File-02.xcf", and so on. And there are >>plug-ins in the registry that automatically make incremental backups. > > >>My first guess as to the the cause of the corruption is hardware. A >>full or failing disk, corrupt RAM, etc. Or I've had issues with >>saving to flaky shared storage. The prognosis is not good if it's any >>of these. > >>What version of GIMP are you using (see "Help->About")? What >>operating system? Are you saving to an internal hard drive, or >>external storage? Can you post a link to the XCF online somewhere? > >>Chris > > > I did make a back up...but it still cuts out about five hours of my work...i > guess if there isn't any way to fix it then i will just work over night to > finish...lame! > You know, if you have that much time invested into the work, it would make sense to back it up a bit more often. Perhaps however, having been affected by this, you could file a bug report/feature request for a safer saving mechanism? ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kfayejessee wrote: > So I have been working on this painting for over a week… Rule #1: Perform regular backups Rule #2: See Rule #1 Sorry for the semi-snarky response, but it is a good set of rules and will save you time and heartache when things really go wrong ;) When I'm working on File-01.xcf, after an hour or two of work I do "Save As" and name that "File-02.xcf", and so on. And there are plug-ins in the registry that automatically make incremental backups. My first guess as to the the cause of the corruption is hardware. A full or failing disk, corrupt RAM, etc. Or I've had issues with saving to flaky shared storage. The prognosis is not good if it's any of these. What version of GIMP are you using (see "Help->About")? What operating system? Are you saving to an internal hard drive, or external storage? Can you post a link to the XCF online somewhere? Chris ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] xcf file corrupt?
Hi, On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Maarten De Munck wrote: > Jernej Simončič schreef op ma 17-09-2012 om 20:53 [+0200]: >> This is the problem - if the machine crashed while the file was being >> written, it's possible that only a small amount of data reached the disk. >> Since the metadata (file name, size etc.) is updated by the OS >> independently, the file still looks like it has the old size, but in >> reality, most of that space is empty or garbage. > > It would be nice if Gimp (as e.g. Cinepaint does) saves the file to > filename.tmp and moves that file to filename if finished correctly. That > way, an error during the save process doesn't corrupt the original file. > I agree. This is a must-have feature in any high grade software. Would be cool to add this feature to Gimp. Jehan ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] xcf file corrupt?
Jernej Simončič schreef op ma 17-09-2012 om 20:53 [+0200]: > This is the problem - if the machine crashed while the file was being > written, it's possible that only a small amount of data reached the disk. > Since the metadata (file name, size etc.) is updated by the OS > independently, the file still looks like it has the old size, but in > reality, most of that space is empty or garbage. It would be nice if Gimp (as e.g. Cinepaint does) saves the file to filename.tmp and moves that file to filename if finished correctly. That way, an error during the save process doesn't corrupt the original file. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] xcf file corrupt?
On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:16:19 +0200, curseofdark wrote: > I'm using 2.6.11 on windows 7, and GIMP closed because of a computer crash > not a program error, sorry I wasn't more specific! The computer crashed in > the middle of saving the image This is the problem - if the machine crashed while the file was being written, it's possible that only a small amount of data reached the disk. Since the metadata (file name, size etc.) is updated by the OS independently, the file still looks like it has the old size, but in reality, most of that space is empty or garbage. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] xcf file corrupt?
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:52:25 +0200 > From: for...@gimpusers.com > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > CC: t...@gimpusers.com > Subject: [Gimp-user] xcf file corrupt? > > GIMP closed while I was in the middle of saving an image and is now telling me that the xcf is corrupt and that there is no usable data in it even though the file is the same size as it was before the crash. This is the third or fourth time it's done this to me and any help would be incredibly appreciated. I'd include the file but this is the first time I've posted here and I don't know how > > -- > curseofdark (via gimpusers.com) > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list Okay, but first we need to know a few things. - Your particular build of GIMP (version number, OS) - The exact wording of any error message GIMP may have generated when it "closed" Both of these are very important. -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
