On Sat, 12 May 2012 23:43:43 +0000, Marc Shapiro wrote: (...)
> Document file 'xxxxx.xxx' is locked for editing by: xxx > ( 06.05.2012 15:49) > Open the document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing. > > The x's above were the file name that I was trying to open and my login > on the old system. If I select Open Read-Only the file opens right up. > Other files open without the warning. I probably had that particular > file open when the system went wonky (it is almost always open) and that > is the reason for the warning dialog. Run "mount" and put here the output. > So my question is: Why do some of my files and directories show in GUI > apps, but not all of them, while all of them seem to show up just fine > from the command line? By defaul, Nautilus does not show hidden directories (.my_dir) nor files (.my_file), but I suppose this is not the problem here, right? > Does anyone have any ideas on this? If all of my files are actually on > the disk, in good order, why can I only see them from the command line? Who knows... GUIs are very useful but they can also be a headache to debug serious problems because they pretend to be more clever that the user, which usually works but not for all situations. > Is there something that I can do to make all of the files and > directories visible in GUI apps, as well? This would make my life a > whole lot easier. What I would do is: 1/ Copy the whole disk content data into another device/volume/hard disk 2/ Check the copied data is okay and all the files opens fine from different systems 3/ Then run the disk manufacturer's verification utilities to ensure the hard disk is still in good shape and thus, usuable 4/ Format the disk and create the required partitions 5/ Copy back the data 6/ Have a cup of coffee/tea while remember yourself for the needing of doing regular backups :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/joo307$dun$1...@dough.gmane.org
