>> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:06:26 -0700 >>From: "Robert R. Di Giorgio" <bobdi at mindspring.com> >>Subject: [Scribus] HELP!! Scribus 1.3 "can't write the PDF file" >>To: Scribus mailing list <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de> >>Message-ID: <4312C202.8070108 at mindspring.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >>I have September's issue done, 825.5 KB, all fonts embedded, preflight >>verifier says "No problems found", but when I click on Save in the PDF >>window, I get an immediate message from Scribus that it "cannot write >>the file". The hourglass continues to turn, so I gave it time to see if >>it was writing the file anyway, but it didn't finish in an hour and I >>gave up. >> >>I checked to make sure there wasn't another file of the same name in the >>folder. I made sure all the fonts that are in the document were >>embedded, I have plenty of memory and hard drive space. >> >>How can I get this file to print to PDF? I'm up against a deadline. >> >>Thanks. >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:42:16 +0200 >>From: Thomas Koll <tomk32 at gmx.de> >>Subject: Re: [Scribus] HELP!! Scribus 1.3 "can't write the PDF file" >>To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >>Message-ID: <11764C96-E8F4-4778-B00D-C7240FBA4032 at gmx.de> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> >> >>How about the access rights to the directory? try a different one, >>preferably in your home directory. >> >>ciao, tom >> >>-- >>http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:TomK32 >>http://www.tomk32.de >> >> >> >> >Good thought, but the target was in my home directory, and I also tried >saving the file as root. >Thanks anyway. Bob >I didn't mention: my OS is FC4. > > > I'm still stuck on this same problem. If I can't Scribus to write the PDF file, I'll have no choice but to find a more reliable DP application, even if I have to go back to Windows stuff. I was really hoping Scribus and Linux would work for me.
Can anyone help? Bob Di Giorgio bobdi at mindspring.com
