From kdepim-users Tue Aug 11 18:59:12 2009 From: Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:59:12 +0000 To: kdepim-users Subject: Re: [kdepim-users] 20090807KP -- "Emergency" -- Lost File!!! Message-Id: <200908112059.13152 () thufir ! ingo-kloecker ! de> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kdepim-users&m=125001725124753 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============2144115357==" --===============2144115357== Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary=nextPart31257269.evPsxFaaTm; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit --nextPart31257269.evPsxFaaTm Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 07 August 2009, Bruce MacArthur wrote: > Greetings -- > > I was on Kubuntu Jaunty, and editing an HTML file, using Kate. A > friend telephoned me with a question that required me to use > VirtualBox --> Windows XP Pro --> Libronix (a Bible study application > system). I saved my work in Kate (as I frequently do anyway!) before > I went to VirtualBox. I needed to consult with another friend, and > so left my computer for ten minutes or so. > > When I returned, my monitor was dark. Usually this simply means that > the screen-saver is working. However, I was entirely unable to > recover the display! Although we have been having "electrical > storms" in the past few days, there was no such problem in the area, > and no other evidence of a power outage anywhere in the house. In a > few moments, seeing few alternatives, I powered the entire computer > down brutally, and then rebooted. When I opened the file that I had > been editing in Kate, several VERY extensive pages of physical > printed matter (that I had previously entered -- and then saved, > incrementally, several times) were no longer to be seen -- either via > Konquorer or via Kate!!! > > Can anyone give me detailed directions for recovering a more-complete > version of my HTML file under these peculiar circumstances? Kate is not a KDE PIM application and as such the above is off-topic for=20 this list. Anyway, if you didn't find the file resp. its content then=20 I'm afraid there's little we can help you with. Sorry. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Slightly off-topic for this list is another issue Even more off-topic than the above issue? Actually, this other issue is=20 much less off-topic since it involves KMail. :-) > that someone might=20 > be able and willing to clarify for me. When I shut-down Jaunty > ("gracefully"!), I am given a 30-second warning. I usually click on > it. Then a message is displayed to the effect that KMail needs the > password for KWallet. If this were when I am starting-up, this would > be expected -- but it happens during SHUT-DOWN!!! One person > suggested that I delete KWallet, and I like the idea of doing so.=20 > But I do not yet see HOW to do so. Can someone instruct me in this > rather basic task? I think this problem has been solved in another thread. Regards, Ingo --nextPart31257269.evPsxFaaTm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkqBv4EACgkQGnR+RTDgudiEawCdE//YyOmupKYccIkxKYxrXY3Z 57QAoNtKbMXvXygfKm/N915pDzL4zYQF =V8BH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart31257269.evPsxFaaTm-- --===============2144115357== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ KDE PIM users mailing list kdepim-users@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users --===============2144115357==--