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Alright, call me stupid but...

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:18 am
by aitikin
I can't change my preferences, my history is non-existent and I can't manage to figure out why. I have virtually all info below that's usable.

I have also tried chown to my username:group, my userid:groupid, and everything in between. I have tried chmod to even 777 (which I do not like doing) and it does not want to work!

Note: I have substituted myusername for my actual user name on this system.

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9/23/10 3:07:43 AM    Adium[24074]    -[NSDictionary(AIDictionaryAdditions) writeToPath:withName:]: Error writing path /Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default, name Saved Status (/Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/Saved Status.plist)

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drwxrwxr-x+ 15 myusername  staff  510 Sep 23 03:07 Adium 2.0

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drwxrwxr-x+ 11 myusername  staff   374 Oct 23  2008 Contact List
drwxrwxr-x+  6 myusername  staff   204 Jan 25  2009 Dock Icons
drwxrwxr-x+ 38 myusername  staff  1292 Oct 23  2008 Emoticons
drwxrwxr-x@  3 myusername  staff   102 Oct 23  2008 Menu Bar Icons
drwxrwxr-x+ 22 myusername  staff   748 Oct 23  2008 Message Styles
drwxrwxr-x+  2 myusername  staff    68 Nov  6  2009 PlugIns
drwxrwxr-x+  3 myusername  staff   102 Nov  6  2009 PlugIns (Disabled)
drwxrwxr-x+ 34 myusername  staff  1156 Oct 23  2008 Scripts
drwxrwxr-x@  8 myusername  staff   272 Oct 23  2008 Service Icons
drwxrwxr-x+ 21 myusername  staff   714 Oct 23  2008 Sounds
drwxrwxr-x@  4 myusername  staff   136 Oct 23  2008 Status Icons
drwxrwxr-x+  3 myusername  staff   102 Oct 23  2008 Users

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drwxrwxr-x+ 37 aitikin  staff  1258 Sep 23 03:07 Default

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-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff  180634 Jan 17  2010 Account Status.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      97 Dec 19  2008 AccountPlusFieldWindows.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    4712 Jan 17  2010 AccountPrefs.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     464 May  5  2009 Accounts.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     169 Jan 17  2010 Address Book.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     334 Jan 25  2009 Appearance.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff   39409 Jan 17  2010 ByObjectPrefs.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      96 Nov 20  2009 Confirmations.plist
drwxrwxr-x+ 10 aitikin  staff     340 Jun 21  2009 Contact Album
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    1340 Jan 28  2009 Contact Alerts.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      96 Apr 26  2009 Contact List Display.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    1503 Jan 17  2010 Contact List.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      55 Jan 17  2010 Detached Groups.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     166 Oct 23  2008 Dual Window Interface.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      84 Oct 24  2008 Emoticons.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    1346 Oct 23  2008 Event Presets.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     150 Oct 23  2009 General.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      70 Oct 23  2008 Interface.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    5395 Jan 17  2010 List Layout.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    2148 Jan 17  2010 List Theme.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     178 Dec 24  2008 Logging.plist
drwxrwxr-x+  8 aitikin  staff     272 Sep 23  2009 Logs
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      74 Oct 23  2008 MSN.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      74 Oct 23  2008 Message Context Display.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     111 Oct 23  2008 OTR.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    4493 Jan 17  2010 Saved Status.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     303 Oct 23  2008 Sorting.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     220 Oct 23  2009 Sounds.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      81 Oct 23  2008 Status Menu Item.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    1259 Dec  6  2009 Status Preferences.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff     421 Oct 23  2008 WebKit Message Display.plist
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    1823 Jan 17  2010 Window Positions.plist
drwxrwxr-x+ 11 aitikin  staff     374 Feb  9  2010 libpurple
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff      81 Oct 28  2008 otr.fingerprints
-rw-rw-r--+  1 aitikin  staff    4916 Oct 23  2008 otr.private_key
I guess it's worth noting that this Adium folder is from a previous install and I have not kept everything the same (in fact, I have changed a lot since).

Is there any way I can save this or should I just bite the bullet?

Re: Alright, call me stupid but...

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:30 am
by Robby
Where are you coming from? Did you update? Which was your previous, which is your current version of Adium?

Re: Alright, call me stupid but...

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:46 am
by aitikin
Currently using 1.3.10.

Come to think of it, I might not have had this problem until I updated to 1.3.10, but I have logs through half of February and I typically update within a week of my first update notice. It's rare that I miss a version, especially of something I use as frequently as Adium.

I haven't been using this computer extremely actively since May or June, which is probably why this has gone on so long without me even bothering to notice, but I almost lost a friend's new address due to my history not saving, so I've decided it's time to seriously look into this issue.

Thanks!

Re: Alright, call me stupid but...

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:11 am
by zac
-[NSDictionary writeToFile:atomically:] also returns NO (the print above is the NO case) when the contents are invalid. Try moving, while Adium is quit, (temporarily at least) the plist file and see if it can begin saving again from the defaults. If this is the case, attaching the contents of the old file would be useful.

Re: Alright, call me stupid but...

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 7:04 am
by aitikin
zac wrote:-[NSDictionary writeToFile:atomically:] also returns NO (the print above is the NO case) when the contents are invalid. Try moving, while Adium is quit, (temporarily at least) the plist file and see if it can begin saving again from the defaults. If this is the case, attaching the contents of the old file would be useful.
Still the same errors as before (presuming you meant Login Preferences.plist). If I was wrong on that, let me know and I'll try moving whatever I need to.

I'm about 60% certain I need to just bite the bullet.

Re: Alright, call me stupid but...

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:30 pm
by zac
Try moving

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 /Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/Saved Status.plist

Re: Alright, call me stupid but...

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:00 am
by aitikin
Alright, first off:

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mv: rename Saved Status.plist to Saved Status.bkup: Permission denied
Kinda funky considering:

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-rw-rw-r--+  1 myusername  staff    4493 Jan 17  2010 Saved Status.plist
That being said, I sudo'd it and it moved. Now I have eliminated the major issue. Only thing I see in "Console" now relating to Adium is an error about audio, because I have my audio interface disconnected. I think I can mark this as solved, but I want to check in a couple days to be sure.
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