[SOLVED] problem viewing files with gedit

dynamiteboy · 08-30-2009, 05:39 PM

Using gedit in Ubuntu 9.04 to view files, and it only shows a small portion of the overall file. Is there a setting for this?

Specifically, looking at apache2.conf. I can't get gedit to scroll past line 281, and there is way more to this document that that. 281 doesn't even get me out of the global environment section.

Does gedit have something I'm missing, or do I need to find another text editor?

Thanks,

db

r3sistance · 08-30-2009, 07:47 PM

I am afraid I don't use gedit and unable to say why this maybe occuring, it could be similar to notepad and have a limited file size, however in a terminal vi or nano should be able to browse the httpd configuration entire file.

bmarx · 08-30-2009, 08:19 PM

you may also want to try launching gedit from the command line to see if there are any errors when it starts up and loads the file.

Are you able to load other text files and scroll past line 281?
Have you tried removing the offending line using a console editor and reopening in gedit?

dynamiteboy · 08-30-2009, 08:40 PM

Tried all that, no change. Starts fine from command line, so it appears to be functioning well.

I'm wondering if the config file in apache2 got radically changed? I've used apache 1.x, and the config file was a lot bigger than this. But if my gedit is working, then it would seem that the file is shorter than expected.

I'm trying to find something about it in the docs at apache.org, but nothing so far. Will update if I learn anything new.

Thanks, y'all!

db

chrism01 · 08-30-2009, 08:43 PM

Try

wc -l apache2.conf

to check filesize.
Also try vi (or vim) as an alternate editor.

dynamiteboy · 08-31-2009, 04:04 AM

Chrism01-

Perfect. I don't know these little tidbits, so I appreciate them very much. Turns out the config file has been greatly shortened since I last used Apache, and that was on a Windows machine. The config file now relies on a series of modular includes that I didn't know about.

Anyhow, my gedit is working just fine, it was the file, not the editor. Problem solved.

Thanks to all for the tips, they are all getting filed for future reference!

db

chrism01 · 08-31-2009, 06:48 PM

You're welcome