Hi Enno, >From the first view it looks like the office is not able to copy documents from USB stick ( UCB is used internally for this ), and as you have already written the shell commands "mv" and "cp" work pretty well.
I can not remember about any known problem in this area, it should be investigated. Could you please submit a new issue to me. Thanks, Mikhail. Enno Fennema wrote: > Hi Mikhail, > Started with a common clean USB stick - no mapping, no encryption. > Created v 1.1.3 .sxc spreadsheet which could be saved a first time but > not thereafter. > > Followed your suggestion and installed OO 2.0.3. > Loaded the just created .sxc spreadsheet from the stick. Ok. > Changed a few fields. > Save to stick > Dialog about new .ods format > Said Yes, do convert > Saved. > Close document and loaded .ods spreadsheet > Changed a few fields > Save > !! Could not create backup copy > So it appears problem is still there. > By the way, you were right. Save and SaveAs suffer from same problem. > Saving/loading from ordinary disk /home/enno works fine. > I am foxed, can you unfox me. > > Regards, > Enno > > > > Mikhail Voitenko wrote: > > >>Hi Enno, >> >>Please see my comments inline. >> >>Enno Fennema wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi Mikhail, >>>1) I am using OO version 1.1.3 as provided in SuSE Linux 9.2 for x86_64 >>>(AMD). >>> >>> >> >>I would reccomend to try OOo2.0.3, if the same problem is reproducible >>there please submit a new issue to me. I am in doubt that there will be >>resources to fix such a specific scenario in 1.1.x branch. >> >> >> >> >>>2) No, I did not disconnected the stick while OO was running. >>> >>>3) I must come clean on the following: >>>The filesystem /media/uc is mounted on /dev/mapper/uc, device-mapped >>>with target dmcrypt to a udev created node /dev/uc which is a link to >>>the 'real' device /dev/sda1. Normally I wouldn't put documents on a >>>stick nor encrypt. Maybe the two together are a jump too far. I did try >>>the normal ls, mv, cp, chown, chmod etc. from a shell commandline and >>>all that worked fine. >>> >>>Will try on an unencrypted but devicemapped stick and revert. >>> >>> >> >>Yes, simplification of the scenario would help to investigate the >>problem. But, probably, as first step it would make sence to try >>OOo2.0.3 version. >> >> >> >> >>>4) Do I understand correctly that both Save and SaveAs check whether a >>>file with the, implied or explicitly given, name already exists. If so, >>>that file is (1) copied into the backup directory set in Path >>>Preferences or (2) renamed in whatever directory it resides in ( 1, 2 or >>>neither? ) >>>It the write of the document fails, the pre-existing file is restored. >>>If the write succeeds the backup is deleted. >>>This question because I am somewhat puzzled that the backup directory >>>never appears to contain any files. >>> >>> >> >>Exactly, the OOo1.1.3 and OOo2.0.x tries to use the (1) way and if it >>does not work it tries to create copy in the target folder ( kind of (2) >>way with the difference that the copy operation instead of move is used >>). There is an option in the Options menu that allows to preserve >>backups on Save operation. >> >>Regards, >>Mikhail. >> >> >> >> >>>Regards, >>>Enno >>> >>>Mikhail Voitenko wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi Enno, >>>> >>>>The described USBStick problem sounds very strange. Currently it is >>>>difficult to imagine a case when the Save operation fails and the SaveAs >>>>operation to the same name succeeds ( just because the SaveAs operation >>>>would try to create a backup of the existing document as well, and in >>>>the same way ). Could you please clarify some questions: >>>>- on which version of the OOo the problem is reproducible? >>>>- was the memory stick disconnected during the document editing? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Mikhail. >>>> >>>>Enno Fennema wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>This is similar to the problem I raised also 13/9 in thread [users] >>>>>Write to USBstick - Could not create backup copy. Phil: Did you get the >>>>>Cannot create backup copy message? >>>>> >>>>>In that case a marginally easier solution may be to use only SaveAs but >>>>>with the same name as the old doc. That worked for me. >>>>> >>>>>Still, there is something weird. I thought it may be related to Uni* >>>>>copying across drives but renaming only on one drive. Would have to >>>>>consider the drive where the doc resides, where backups are made, where >>>>>program resides ???. Apparently I can Save on most of my drives but NOT >>>>>on the USB stick. >>>>>Permissions should be ok as I can read/write the stick as long as I only >>>>>use Load and SaveAs. >>>>> >>>>>Any ideas. >>>>>Enno >>>>> >>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
