Bug 126365 - Files reported as "corrupt" when in fact temp filespace is short
Summary: Files reported as "corrupt" when in fact temp filespace is short
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 124925
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2019-07-12 13:20 UTC by ffs
Modified: 2020-01-29 09:37 UTC (History)
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Description ffs 2019-07-12 13:20:08 UTC
A couple of times now on a low resource laptop I've had the following puzzling problem but the error message is incorrect...

I try to open a file (in this case the latest problem was with impress) and a dialogue opens to say the file is corrupt and should LO repair it.  However you answer the next thing is another dialogue opens up to say the file couldn't be opened.

The cause of this is a lack of temp file space - in this case my root partition is small and a build up of old packages from updates causes it to run out of room every now and again.  Cleaning up the filesystem fixes the problem by freeing temp space.
Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2019-07-31 10:11:28 UTC
Could you please paste the info from Help - about LibreOffice ?

I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' once the information has been provided
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2020-01-29 03:29:38 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 ffs 2020-01-29 08:37:53 UTC
Apologies I missed the NEEDINFO request...

I don't think this problem is linked to a particular version of LO - it's been here for years.

However for the record:

Version 6.3.4.2
Build ID: 1:6.3.4-0Ubuntu0.18.04~Io2
CPU Threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3;

My interpretation of the problem is /tmp fills up and is needed during file opening. The disk full error or can't write / can't open error is thrown as "file corrupt".

An obvious fix for me is to resize my root partition but this only ever occurs when I'm short of time so I've never remembered to do it.  The confusing nature of the error causes minor frustration until I recall it is time to do some cleaning.
Comment 4 Timur 2020-01-29 09:37:59 UTC
Looks like a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 124925 ***