My fstab already has this set as "smbfs" (not cifs), I already have the backup option unchecked, and this is still a problem for me (and has been on every Ubuntu installation I've ever had for the past five years). It ONLY happens with gedit, and ONLY when saving to a Samba filesystem.
The NAS (network attached storage device) that I use is a Data Robotics DroboFS Pro. I use it to store files collaboratively across five or six computers. On all other programs in Linux, as well as every program I use on Mac OSX and any version of Windows, my files are stored and retrieved just fscking fine. No problems. So, when I hear people complaining about how this is a bug with Samba, CIFS, NFS, Windows architecture, NetBIOS protocols, the Linux kernel, underpants gnomes, whatever... I have to laugh, because this is clearly a gedit bug. One that has been active for OVER FIVE YEARS. I'm going to implement my own solution going forward: I'll simply use a text editor that isn't total bullshit. But at any rate, maybe you guys might consider fixing the problem rather than trying to defer blame onto everyone else. Here are some details. Hope they help. Gedit version: 2.30.3 Ubuntu version: 10.04 Kernel version: 2.6.32-34-generic Architecture: amd64 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34813 Title: gedit fails to save files over smbfs/cifs Status in Light-Weight Text Editor for Gnome: Confirmed Status in SambaServer: Invalid Status in SSHFS Mounter: Confirmed Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Saving files over a cifs/smbfs server doesnt work. You can open file, edit then save perfectly. But repeated saves after give you this error: "The file /home/dhonn/website/arrays.php has been modified since reading it. If you save it, all the external changes could be lost. Save it anyway?" The think is lying to me because I havent made any external changes. When I click "Save Anyway", i get this error: "Could not save the file /home/dhonn/website/arrays.php." But on the third try it works just fine. Here are the error messages, btw there are also GUI glitches too: http://dhonn.com/images/gedit-0.jpg http://dhonn.com/images/gedit-1.jpg To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/34813/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
