> On 10/09/2012 12:30 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >> Gregory Pittman said the following at 10/09/2012 09:20 AM : >> >>>> >>>> It looks to me like whatever call is used to obtain the >>>> information that is >>>> supposed to be put into the dialog is simply hanging, so the >>>> information is >>>> never available to display on the screen. >>> >>> Try changing the directory setting in Preferences and see if that >>> makes >>> any difference. >>> >> >> I assumed that you meant: >> >> Edit | Preferences | General | Documents >> >> When I do that and hit the "Change" button... I get a "Choose a >> Directory" >> window that never populates. >> >> That, presumably, is a big, fat, hairy clue to the cognoscenti. >> >> Doc >> >> PS FWIW, the actual entry currently in the Documents part of the >> dialog is my >> home directory: /home/n7dr. >> > Hmm. This suggests some kind of problem that is not Scribus's fault, > not > that I know where the fault lies.
maybe a stupid question, but what are the permissions of /home/n7dr and for that matter, do you have a /home/n7dr directory Then I will give up -- Owen
