I've been using korganizer for years with no problems. However, today, I am getting the message "Unable to lock item for mocification....." when I try to move an appointment.

Also if I try to add a new event ("abcd", for example) I get the message
Unable to save Event "abcd".

I'm not aware of changing anything since yesterday.

I shut everything down & rebooted in case there were 'locks' on something. Also, I see no locks in "/var/lock"

I also tried saving and reloading my koffice ".ics" file

Any idea of what might be going on?

Please ensure that all files under ~/.kde* are writable by your user, and no other instance of KOrganizer or Kontact are running.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I looked through most of the sub-directories and all files were owned by me and had r/W permission (most execute permission also).

I had rebooted several times, so am pretty sure no instances of KOrganizer or Kontact running.

In going through the sub-directories I came across one called 'lock': '.kde/share/apps/kabc/lock'. There I found four files with a date and time stemming from the time I began to have problems. Just for something to try, I changed those four filenames by appending a '.xxx' to them.

Now everything seems to be working OK!


_home_jdoutt_.kde_share_apps_kabc_std.vcfXb4Z0CO7.xxx
_home_jdoutt_.kde_share_apps_kabc_std.vcf.lock.xxx
_home_jdoutt_.kde_share_apps_korganizer_jad_calendar.icsrXjFj94Q.xxx
_home_jdoutt_.kde_share_apps_korganizer_jad_calendar.ics.lock.xxx



Thanks so much for your help ... I was VERY frustrated and worried since I now DEPEND on Korganizer for all my appointments

jim



PS: If changing any of those four files was inappropriate, I'd appreciate feedback so I can restore the original filename(s).

Yes, they look very much like lockfiles left behind after a crash. Now you've proved that they are the cause of the problem, you should be perfectly safe to delete them.