tmp/lyx not a readable file

Wolfgang Engelmann engelmann at uni-tuebingen.de
Tue Mar 1 08:35:57 UTC 2022


loading another file gives
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.PrXtIVAGvvMT/Buffer_convertLyXFormatetZcbC.lyx ist kein 
lesbares LyX-Dokument.
Must inquire why. Perhaps remove the tmpdir?

> Must inquire why. Perhaps remove the tmpdir?
error occurs again after removing it and trying the lyx file again

The terminal message is
kf.kio.widgets.kdirmodel: No node found for item that was just removed: 
QUrl("file:///home/wolfgang/A-screenshot.png")
Warning: 609: Format not supported.
Warning: Quitting.
Error: Dokumentformat-Fehler

I found that the /tmp is

drwx------ 3 wolfgang wolfgang 4096  1. Mär 08:46 lyx_tmpdir.eHwFXSFnsYFN

so I chmod 01777 tmp

drwxrwxrwt  20 root root     20480  1. Mär 08:45 tmp

However, not all are behaving as requested:


drwx------ 2 wolfgang wolfgang 4096  1. Mär 08:51 lyx_tmpdir.EyjIjarOKRSY
drwxr-xr-x 2 wolfgang wolfgang 4096  1. Mär 08:06 plasma-csd-generator
srwxr-xr-x 1 wolfgang wolfgang    0  1. Mär 08:06 qtgnuplot1523
srwxr-xr-x 1 wolfgang wolfgang    0  1. Mär 08:06 qtgnuplot1531
srwxr-xr-x 1 wolfgang wolfgang    0  1. Mär 08:06 qtgnuplot1540
srwxr-xr-x 1 wolfgang wolfgang    0  1. Mär 08:06 qtgnuplot1545
srwx------ 1 sddm     sddm        0  1. Mär 08:06 sddm-:0-hFwGqk
srwxr-xr-x 1 root     root        0  1. Mär 08:06 
sddm-authbbb8f548-a897-4f60-912f-e9c56930a52f
drwx------ 2 wolfgang wolfgang 4096  1. Mär 08:06 ssh-64kE5fC6h87Y
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-apache2.service-xEMrii
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-colord.service-VjRHug
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-haveged.service-V2Zbkf
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-ModemManager.service-NZRcNh
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-switcheroo-control.service-tpFf2i
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:30 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-syncthing at wolfgang.service-CXlFsh
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-systemd-logind.service-5GOlKi
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-systemd-timesyncd.service-Uf8zQi
drwx------ 3 root     root     4096  1. Mär 08:06 
systemd-private-31b5aaa2ee4b42e58d464935daed939a-upower.service-d8iysh
drwx------ 2 wolfgang wolfgang 4096  1. Mär 08:06 
Temp-8f4194ff-4e50-451d-b046-9b133a0e1140
-rw------- 1 wolfgang wolfgang   49  1. Mär 08:06 xauth-1000-_0

and so also the lyx:
drwx------ 2 wolfgang wolfgang 4096  1. Mär 08:51 lyx_tmpdir.EyjIjarOKRSY

However, an earlier lyx file which works, is also
drwx------

so that can't be the reason.

I noticed also, that in lyx only those files are shown under
File > Open Recent
which were created before the disaster.

Thanks for any hint

Wolfgang


> 
> Glad that lyx is now showing its normal appearance. Thanks for help and 
> patience, especially Kornel and Jürgen
> 
> Yours,
> Wolfgang


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