On Tuesday, April 03, 2012 03:32:09 AM Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 4/2/2012 11:12 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > In documenting all the wiring around linuxcnc for the lathe, I had > > started a libreoffice-base session and had about half of the C1G > > wiring all laid out so it would be in a format I could easily use to > > complete the .hal file configuration. > > > > But of course in starting and stopping linuxcnc so many times while I > > verified that what I wrote was correct, the&^)*&%#@ system went away > > on me and I had to hit the hdwe reset to reboot it. > > > > The latest version of LO-Base had been running for perhaps 1.5 hours > > at that point, so if it did do an automatic save, it had yonks to do > > it in and I should have been able to do a full recovery as I hadn't > > made a new entry in 45 minutes or more due to chasing down a broken > > wire that stopped the Z motor steps from getting through. Which it > > did attempt, but the only thing it could recover was the > > filename.odt. About 3kb of mostly binary that did not even include > > the column heading text. Not even the empty form view could be > > recovered when it tried, and no errors were reported when it tried so > > I had assumed it was successful until I tried to view it& drew a > > blank. > > > > <...> > > > > Does this so-called database program have an auto-save and I didn't > > have it turned on because "on" is not the default? Shame on LO-Base > > in that event. > > Gene: > > I've never used the Base (eg, database) component of > OpenOffice/LibreOffice, but for other OpenOffice3/LibreOffice3 > components, from the toolbar I can choose > "Tools...Options...Load/Save...General" and see a list of options > including a checkbox for turning on "Save Autorecovery information every > xx minutes". On both my Ubuntu 10.04 (OpenOffice) and Ubuntu 11.10 > (LibreOffice) systems, this box is checked by default and xx is 15 (e.g, > the save occurs every 15 minutes)..
For some reason known only to the authors, it defaults to off, both for that and the making of a backup copy. And it was well hidden exactly where you said, but that wasn't where the "help" said it was, I had to google it. > I have no clue if Autorecovery applies to the database component or, if > it does apply, how well it stands up to a crowbar event. It should save the whole thing if it saves anything. > > <...> > > Cheers, Gene > > Good luck. I know from personal experience how frustrating it is to do a > lot of work and see it evaporate before reaping the result (I've heard a > great, earthy Bavarian farmer joke that applies). Yes, I have a monologue of my own that takes about 5 minutes to fully recite, reserved for such events. It discusses the genealogy tree of the persons involved and makes a mule skinner look like a preacher. :( I reburnt the bios yesterday with the same Feb 7, 2012 version I'd already installed, and I think I'll see if there are any hints in dmesg that might point to a clue before I restart. Both of these D525MW boxes seem to be victims of whatever is causing this crash. I get the impression that its related to the X screen recovery when an app is closed, it goes (usually) to a black screen with a frozen mouse cursor, about 1 or 2 seconds after closing an application, and since its linuxcnc that gets started and stopped the most, the finger wants to point at it, but firefox and gvim have also been guilty. Sometimes it will continue and do a spontaneous reboot, but usually its just hung until I get a small tool to press the reset button, or hit the power button and cycle it. Whatever, its a 225% certified PIMA. > Regards, > Kent > Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> 'Mounting' is used for three things: climbing on a horse, linking in a hard disk unit in data systems, and, well, mounting during sex. -- Christa Keil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
