Re: No error message if disks are full?
Tony Greenwood - ext 4668 wrote: > > > I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but I personally like the > > little > > > "xconsole" program...just have it there around in a corner of your > > screen... > > > > You have a point here... I just wasn't aware that there was a way to make > > the console message appear in XWindows and that you don't have to Alt-F1 > > everytime to read them. [I tried the xconsole program but no messages > > appeared there while I did get messages on the Alt-F1 screen, am I doing > > something wrong?] > > I always used xconsole to watch what Lyx was up to (especially LaTeX > runs etc.) but when I upgraded to RedHat 5.2 I had no output in the > window unless I ran xconsole su'd to root, so I've got out of the > habit now. I think the only problem is to check the permnissions of /dev/console... let they be 755 , and everything will work with xconsole, as it is probably a bad idea to suid this program... Hope this helps Thierry Michalowski begin:vcard n:Michalowski;Thierry tel;cell:+33 6 82 93 73 30 tel;home:+41 21 601 35 22 tel;work:+41 21 349 4626 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Edipresse Publications S.A.;Informatique de Production adr:;;33,av de la gare;Lausanne;;CH-1001;Suisse version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note;quoted-printable:Unix is user-friendly...=0D=0AIt is just selective about who its friends are. x-mozilla-cpt:;1760 fn:Thierry Michalowski end:vcard
Re: No error message if disks are full?
> > I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but I personally like the > little > > "xconsole" program...just have it there around in a corner of your > screen... > > You have a point here... I just wasn't aware that there was a way to make > the console message appear in XWindows and that you don't have to Alt-F1 > everytime to read them. [I tried the xconsole program but no messages > appeared there while I did get messages on the Alt-F1 screen, am I doing > something wrong?] I always used xconsole to watch what Lyx was up to (especially LaTeX runs etc.) but when I upgraded to RedHat 5.2 I had no output in the window unless I ran xconsole su'd to root, so I've got out of the habit now.
Re: No error message if disks are full?
> > Yes, this is the case. I have also encountered this 'problem' -- the file > > written away is 0 bytes and an error message is only printed on the console > > which is not good when running under XWindows since one doesn't bother > > looking at the console output and thus has no way of knowing the file was > > actually not saved. > > > > I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but I personally like the little > "xconsole" program...just have it there around in a corner of your screen... > Another trick can be to use a totally transparent ETerm that does a tail -f > /var/log/messages , so you'll have the messages appearing right in your root > window... > Of course, that means you want to look at all the messages your system sends > to "you" ; which is in my sense not a bad habit... You have a point here... I just wasn't aware that there was a way to make the console message appear in XWindows and that you don't have to Alt-F1 everytime to read them. [I tried the xconsole program but no messages appeared there while I did get messages on the Alt-F1 screen, am I doing something wrong?] But that doesn't take away the fact that writing away a 0 byte Lyx file could be warned about in Lyx itself. I don't want to blow this whole thing up but Lyx is so great because even a newbie can use it; newbies however, mostly aren't aware of "tail -f /var/log/messages" commands... (as the situation described by Ingo Kloecker illustrated) Greetings, Natal VC
Re: No error message if disks are full?
N Vande Casteele wrote: > Yes, this is the case. I have also encountered this 'problem' -- the file > written away is 0 bytes and an error message is only printed on the console > which is not good when running under XWindows since one doesn't bother > looking at the console output and thus has no way of knowing the file was > actually not saved. > I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but I personally like the little "xconsole" program...just have it there around in a corner of your screen... Another trick can be to use a totally transparent ETerm that does a tail -f /var/log/messages , so you'll have the messages appearing right in your root window... Of course, that means you want to look at all the messages your system sends to "you" ; which is in my sense not a bad habit... Regards Thierry Michalowksi begin:vcard n:Michalowski;Thierry tel;cell:+33 6 82 93 73 30 tel;home:+41 21 601 35 22 tel;work:+41 21 349 4626 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Edipresse Publications S.A.;Informatique de Production adr:;;33,av de la gare;Lausanne;;CH-1001;Suisse version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note;quoted-printable:Unix is user-friendly...=0D=0AIt is just selective about who its friends are. x-mozilla-cpt:;1760 fn:Thierry Michalowski end:vcard
Re: No error message if disks are full?
> Hmmm, this is strange, since LyX checks when closing the file whether
> the write was successful (if I understand correctly). The relevant
> code is
>
> // Write marker that shows file is complete
> fprintf(file, "\n\\the_end\n");
> if (file.close()) {
> if (flag)
> lyxerr.print(_("Error! Could not close file
properly: ")
> + filename);
> else
> WriteFSAlert(_("Error! Could not close file
properly: "),
> filename);
> return false;
> }
>
> I would think that this returns false as long as a write failed at
> some point. Am I wrong? Another possiblity uis that the warning showed
> up on console and not as a popup.
Yes, this is the case. I have also encountered this 'problem' -- the file
written away is 0 bytes and an error message is only printed on the console
which is not good when running under XWindows since one doesn't bother
looking at the console output and thus has no way of knowing the file was
actually not saved.
Greetings,
Natal VC
Re: No error message if disks are full?
> "Ingo" == Ingo Kloecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ingo> Hi, one of my friends encountered the following problem: After
Ingo> working with LyX on some document he saved it and quit LyX. Then
Ingo> he noticed that the filesize of the lyx-file was 0 Bytes
Ingo> (excellent compression :-)). Unfortunately LyX didn't warn him,
Ingo> that his document couldn't be saved because there was no space
Ingo> left on /home. So he lost the work of a whole morning. I haven't
Ingo> checked if there really isn't a warning (I guess the other users
Ingo> of /home would get a little upset if I used all space which is
Ingo> left on /home only to confirm this behavior), but I think the
Ingo> developers should know it.
Hmmm, this is strange, since LyX checks when closing the file whether
the write was successful (if I understand correctly). The relevant
code is
// Write marker that shows file is complete
fprintf(file, "\n\\the_end\n");
if (file.close()) {
if (flag)
lyxerr.print(_("Error! Could not close file properly: ")
+ filename);
else
WriteFSAlert(_("Error! Could not close file properly: "),
filename);
return false;
}
I would think that this returns false as long as a write failed at
some point. Am I wrong? Another possiblity uis that the warning showed
up on console and not as a popup.
It appears that BufferList::write() calls Buffer::writeFile with flag
set to false. Is there a reason for that? I'd think that one would
like to have a popup message in this case.
JMarc
