Re: [Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-15 Thread Marty McLaren
I'm quite lost and hope you will please help me. I'm not super tech savvy. However, I've never had much trouble opening documents on my desktop, in my document folders, or when they've been sent as attachments. Suddenly, this problem is stopping me from opening docs on my desk top. Apparently

Re: [Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-16 Thread Marty McLaren
Thanks for your attention to this. I'm away from my home computer now; hopefully this evening I can try your suggestion. Martha > Right-click on a .doc file, click Properties. In the properties dialog, > click on the Open With tab, and select OpenOffice.org Word Processor. If > you don't see it

Re: [Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-16 Thread Marty McLaren
Ahhh Thank you. I am now able to open documents again. (Those that remain on my desktop, that is.) No, I don't have a clear idea of what changed the default from OpenOffice.org to Gedit.I'll copy below my report; the critical step seems to have been when I deleted the attachment from an e

[Bug 177710] Re: GEdit deletes files rather than saves (on samba share)

2008-09-13 Thread Marty McLaren
This seems to be related to my problem with gedit. It started last week with several files disappearing from my desktop, and when I tried to retrieve them from trash, they could not be opened and I got a message saying that gedit could not open the docs. Check to see if the file was binary. When

[Bug 270149] [NEW] When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-14 Thread Marty McLaren
Public bug reported: My release of Ubuntu is 7.04, dated 12/28/07; I installed it in mid January, 2008, and I've done all the updates. This problem started a couple of weeks ago. I attached an XP2000 doc to an email and opened it before sending. It was the wrong doc, so I deleted it from the e

[Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-14 Thread Marty McLaren
** Attachment added: "I tried to attach a document; not sure if it worked" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17608159/Amended%2022.6.3.doc -- When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270149 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-14 Thread Marty McLaren
The document which I attached will not open on my desktop, but it does open when I go to the link on the email bug report. This gives me hope that my docs may yet be recovered. mm -- When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270149 You received this bug n

Re: [Bug 622105] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.31 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

2010-08-28 Thread Marty McLaren
Thanks for getting back to me. m. On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 20:08 +, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote: > Sorry, I just reread that report don't pay attention to my previous > comment. > > You have 2 solutions: > 1. upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 to 8.04 from > http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ t

[Bug 622105] [NEW] package update-manager 1:0.87.31 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

2010-08-22 Thread Marty McLaren
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager This is Ubuntu 7.04, installed in January, 08. I'm technically somewhat challenged -- my daughter convinced me to use Ubuntu, and it was a bit of a struggle to learn the new system, but well worth the trouble. I tried to install the lates

[Bug 622105] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.31 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

2010-08-22 Thread Marty McLaren
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/622105/+attachment/1510015/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgrade201008192249.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/622105/+attachment/1510016/+files/VarLogDistupgrade201008192249.gz -- packag