On Friday 24 August 2007 18:55:13 Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > On 8/24/07, Steven Vishoot <sir_funzone at yahoo.com> wrote: > > LOL! I must say you do have the strangest things > > happening to you. > > > > Could it be all caused by operator error? Hmmmmmmmmm. > > What do you think? > > I won't rule it out as yet. > > However, when the file won't open (or writer even start up) from the > command line using gnome-open <filename>, but it will with gnome-open > <filename1>, when I open the writer from the applications menu and go > to File->Open and select the file and it does not open but the renamed > file does, and when I open a Nautilus window and have the exact same > results, I have to wonder how much operator action could be involved. > > FTR, I checked the file and directory permissions - identical and > correct (well, yeah, if I just rename the file between the names and > one works and the other doesn't...). > > I know there's a funky permissions problem somewhere in some conf file > or other on the machine because a lot of things don't work quite right > at the moment, but so far I haven't heard a clue (e.g., previously > posted issue with not being able to open pdfs, jpgs and certain other > files directly from nautilus but okay with right-click->Open With), > but at least they open one way or another - this one doesn't. > > Besides, if the solution was that easy or obvious, I wouldn't have > raised it here (not any more). > > mhr > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Lock file on the original file? -- Guy Fawkes, the only man to enter the house's of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up!) Registered Linux user number 414240