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Offline spflanze

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"Could not save config file..." Error
« on: September 16, 2017, 08:35:23 pm »
Whenever I close CodeBlocks 16.01 I get two error message windows. Their messages are:
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Unable to open personal dictionary file
Could not save config file...

Not remembered between invocations of CodeBlocks 16.01 are:
1) Recent projects and files
2) The base directory for the wx global directory

What do I need to do to enable CodeBlocks to save the config file?

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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2017, 11:34:42 pm »
State your OS as a start. Another option is to start codeblocks from a console and pass --debug-log -v options to see extended information.
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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2017, 12:56:46 am »
The OS is Windows 7 Professional SP1

This problem is solved. The problem was I was using CbLauncher.exe to invoke CodeBlocks. Now I use codeblocks.exe and when this is used instead the errors no longer appear when closing it, the recent files and projects are remembered, and so is the wx global variable.


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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2018, 11:18:58 am »
I'm seeing the same issue on 17.12 on Ubuntu 16.04. I followed the instructions in the post above to produce debug output, see the session below.

I can't actually remember now for sure, but I think I compiled codeblocks from source. To get the error I changed the brace completion to false and exited codeblocks.

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$ codeblocks --debug-log -v > codeblock_log.txt 2>&1
$ cat codeblock_log.txt
10:12:59: Debug: Failed to connect to session manager: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined
10:13:00: Debug: WindowPosition[200 150 300 400]
10:13:00: Debug: Adding duplicate image handler for 'XPM file'
10:13:00: Debug: WindowPosition[200 150 300 400]
10:13:00: Debug: CodeSnippetsWindowLoadingFile:/home/rcrozier/.config/codeblocks/codesnippets.xml
10:13:00: Debug: Personality is[]
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_BODY_BGCOLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_LINK_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_LINK_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_LINK_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_LINK_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_LINK_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_LINK_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_TEXT_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'CB_LINK_COLOUR'
10:13:01: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [0] targets
10:13:01: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [0] targets
10:13:01: Debug: wxKeyBinder::Attach - attaching to [SCIwindow] 0x2d11420

(codeblocks:10309): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_tree_model_iter_nth_child: assertion 'n >= 0' failed
10:13:08: Debug: wxKeyConfigPanel::UpdateButtons
10:13:08: Debug: wxKeyConfigPanel::OnProfileSelected
10:13:08: Debug: wxKeyConfigPanel::OnTreeCommandSelected
10:13:08: Debug: wxKeyConfigPanel::UpdateButtons
10:13:08: Debug: wxKeyConfigPanel::UpdateDesc
10:13:08: Debug: wxKeyConfigPanel::UpdateButtons
10:13:08: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOBK'
10:13:08: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOTEXT'
10:13:08: Debug: wxColour::Set - couldn't set to colour string 'wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHT'
10:13:12: Debug: wxKeyConfigPanel::ApplyChanges
10:13:12: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [1] targets
10:13:12: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [0] targets
10:13:12: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [0] targets
10:13:12: Debug: wxKeyBinder::Attach - attaching to [SCIwindow] 0x2d11420
10:13:12: Debug: wxKeyBinder::Attach - attaching to [SCIwindow] 0x3fdd780
10:13:12: Debug: wxKeyBinder::Attach - attaching to [SCIwindow] 0x3ffbe90
10:13:13: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [0] targets
10:13:13: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [0] targets
10:13:17: Debug: SavingWindowPosition[200 150 300 400]
10:13:18: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [3] targets
10:13:18: Debug: wxKeyBinder::DetachAll - detaching from all my [0] targets
10:13:22: Debug: 3 threads were not terminated by the application.
Starting Code::Blocks Release 17.12  rev 11256 Aug  3 2018, 13:55:49 - wx3.0.2 (Linux, unicode) - 64 bit

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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2018, 12:42:33 pm »
What are the permissions of the ~/.config/codeblocks folder?
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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2018, 12:54:18 pm »
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$ ls -l ~/.config/
total 84
drwxr-xr-x 2 rcrozier rcrozier 4096 Oct  2 10:21 codeblocks

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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2018, 01:15:30 pm »
I cannot verify they are correct only you can do it. Also you need to check the permissions of the files in this folder.

It is a common problem on ubuntu some of these files to be owned by root.
I don't know how this happens, but I'll be very glad if someone could tell me.
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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2018, 01:30:09 pm »
On my system the codeblocks-folder (and all included folders have 755-permissions) and the files have 664.
User and group is the same as the user of the home-folder.
The .config-folder itself has 720.

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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2018, 01:39:20 pm »
I am user rcrozier. in the actual codeblocks folder

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$ ls -l ~/.config/codeblocks/
total 132
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rcrozier rcrozier   128 Oct  2 10:13 BrowseTracker.ini
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rcrozier rcrozier 38435 Oct  2 10:21 cbKeyBinder10.ini
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rcrozier rcrozier 38154 Oct  2 10:13 cbKeyBinder10.ini.bak
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rcrozier rcrozier   239 Oct  2 10:13 codesnippets.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root     root     40596 Aug 17 12:42 default.conf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rcrozier rcrozier   231 Oct  2 10:13 DragScroll.ini
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rcrozier rcrozier     0 Oct  2 10:13 en_GB_personaldictionary.dic

so default.conf is owned by root, should this be the case?

Anyway, I changed ownership of default.conf to rcrozer and the problem has gone. My suspicion is that this file is created during installation when using sudo and is therefore owned by root?

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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2018, 07:09:39 pm »
I'll be surprised if it is.
Is this the first installation on this machine?
Can you repeat the steps (first delete or rename the codeblocks folder)?

Do you have /root/.config/codeblocks?
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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2019, 09:33:25 pm »
Hi there, I am having the same problem as described in the first post by 'spflanze'--i.e., "Unable to open personal dictionary file"..."Could not save config file"...

I tried his solution--i.e., using codeblocks.exe rather than CbLauncher.exe, but now Code::Blocks can't find the compiler. The file defaukt.conf exists in the following path: Users/[my_user_name]/AppData/Roaming/CodeBlocks
Any assistance is most appreciated. Cheers!

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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2019, 08:20:12 am »
Are the settings in Settings -> Compiler -> Your compiler -> Toolchain executables correct?
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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2019, 05:37:37 am »
Thanks for the quick response. The settings look okay to me, but I could be wrong. I've attached a screen shot. Cheers!

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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2019, 09:11:33 am »
Do you have a compiler in this folder? Does it work? What do you mean by "can't find the compiler"?
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Re: "Could not save config file..." Error
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2019, 12:09:05 am »
Yes, the compiler works. When I launch the CB from CbLauncher.exe, the code compiles and runs correctly. When I say "can't find the compiler", I mean CB doesn't compile the program, as if the compiler is missing (i.e., as if I installed the CB version without the compiler.)