Re: [Gramps-bugs] Error Report

[Don A. <do...@gr...>]

The first problem is fixed in the 2.2.8 version. 

The second problem is probably due to renaming or moving the GRDB file.
See
http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recover_corrupted_grdb 
for more information

Don

On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 14:17 +1000, Ray wrote: 
> User Information: 
> ===================
> 
> Exporting the file and media as GRAMPS package (portable XML) to USB
> stick. I merely followed the prompts in the export assistant then
> received the error report.
> 
> Up till now there has been no problem saving but am having lots of
> problems opening files from hard drive. I keep receiving ¨Invalid
> argument -- /home/ray/Desktop/Tree.grdb: unexpected file type or format¨
> (see screenshot)
> 
> This happens especially if I move the file to another folder and try to
> open it from there. (I am experimenting to find a way to get away from
> the long file path to the Gallery images that ends up when the file is
> exported. Its a shame the gallery images cannot be saved in a folder
> with the data.)
> 
> It would appear that Gramps cannot recognise itś own files or it
> 'remembers' where it was first saved and cannot accept it from a changed
> location.
> 
> I don't know if the 2 problems are related here or not.
> 
> 
> 
> Ray Clausen
> 
> 
> Error Details: 
> ===================
> 
> 91845: ERROR: gramps.py: line 148: Unhandled exception
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/gramps/Exporter.py", line 127, in on_before_page_next
>     success = self.save()
>   File "/usr/share/gramps/Exporter.py", line 190, in save
>     self.callback)
>   File "/usr/share/gramps/plugins/WritePkg.py", line 71, in writeData
>     ret = writer.export()
>   File "/usr/share/gramps/plugins/WritePkg.py", line 164, in export
>     archive.add(filename)
>   File "tarfile.py", line 1460, in add
>     self.addfile(tarinfo, f)
>   File "tarfile.py", line 1483, in addfile
>     buf = tarinfo.tobuf(self.posix)
>   File "tarfile.py", line 966, in tobuf
>     buf += struct.pack("%ds" % BLOCKSIZE, "".join(parts))
>   File "struct.py", line 63, in pack
>     return o.pack(*args)
> error: argument for 's' must be a string
> 
> 
> System Information: 
> ===================
> 
> Python version: 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May  2 2007, 16:56:35) [GCC 4.1.2
> (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] 
> BSDDB version: 4.4.5.2 
> Gramps version: 2.2.6-1 
> LANG: en_AU.UTF-8
> OS: Linux
> Distribution: 2.6.20-16-server
> 
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