Owen wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:44:58 -0700 > ols6000 at sbcglobal.net wrote: > > >> I am trying to edit an existing Scribus document, using 1.3.3.9cvs >> under Fedora Core 6. I start Scribus, select the document from the >> recent list, there is disk activity for 42 minutes, then the Scribus >> pgm disappears. The document never appears on the screen, only the % >> done indicator, which goes immediately to 94%, and the "wait" cursor. >> >> I believe this document has been successfully opened before and has >> not been changed, though I am not positive of that. >> >> Any idea what could cause Scribus to stop execution, or why it takes >> so long to do so? >> > > > It was a .sla file created under a 1.3.x version of Scribus, not the 1.2 > series? The first line of the sla file will tell you what version of Scribus > it was made > > Have you tried opening it in another version of Scribus? (to eliminate a > possible cvs problem) > Something else you might try would be opening from the command line:
/path/to/scribus file.sla so you might get some messages about what happened. Greg
