Installed package ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.deb Client runs perfectly well until one closes the GUI (client).
At next start up this error message is displayed:
“Cannot write or create file (file or disk is read only)”
Client is run as normal unpriviledged user.
Workaround: Uninstall the package and
reinstall it…
The package is: ii ibm-lotus-notes 8.5-20090107.1537 IBM Lotus Notes
I would be grateful for any help as I am trying to see how well the client runs on Linux and check for stability.
Subject: Are you using a trial version?
Are you using a trial version? If so, please check if you have the write access to /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/data/shared/lum/nodelock.
Subject: I’m running 8.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 myself and it’s running perfectly
Haven’t experienced the error you’re describing, but check the following:
Make sure all the processes from prior Notes session are gone before you start fresh.
System restart is probably easiest.
Since the Domino data area resides in each users home directory rights should be ok.
Check anyway write rights to the lotus directory and subs in the user home.
Don’t do as I do, but use Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
Without a supported version help from IBM is a problem.
To make Notes look good and behave as expected there are some tricks you need to perform:
Command:
sudo apt-get install ttf-xfree86-nonfree
Commands:
sudo mv /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/openwith /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/openwith.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gnome-open /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/openwith
Good luck
Ove
Subject: Notes 8.5 Linux AMD64 client
Wow - how did you get Notes 8.5 to install on a 64bit Ubuntu 9.04 - I’ve tried several times and it fails every time.
If you have some secret magical way of doing this, please post or email - to solve my problems I had to install a Windows client inside a VM - yuck!
Subject: Notes - problem strating
Hi - Thank-you for the reply.
"1) Processes:
Make sure all the processes from prior Notes session are gone before you start fresh.
System restart is probably easiest."
Rebooting is not a useful suggestion and nor does it not work. I have killed off all offending processes before and still had the same message - Did I miss some? Also, if it was a problem of processes left running then the same problem would have persisted after I reinstalled the package and res\installation worked.
"2) Rights
Since the Domino data area resides in each users home directory rights should be ok.
Check anyway write rights to the lotus directory and subs in the user home."
The rights are fine there :
"3) Run Notes on a supported platform
Don’t do as I do, but use Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
Without a supported version help from IBM is a problem."
Reinstallation. This won’t happen. I have to actually work at some point 
I know that our Helpdesk won’t downgrade. Ubuntu 9 is their current version. Everyone else uses Notes through tsclient at present.
Would someone list any log files that notes creates when it starts up, and whethere their are any debugging options that I can use to enable verbose logging & so on.
Best wishes.
Subject: Unsupported
Does someone have some idea where log files exist or is this programme unsupported on Linux in general?
Subject: Command line
Try starting the Notes client via the command line. The terminal may show you what file it’s trying to write to when the problem occurs.
Cheers,
Subject: I’m also running 8.5 but on Linux4One (Ubuntu 8.04)
I am also running 8.5 but on an Acer Aspire One using Linux4One as the operating system. It’s a lightweight distribution designed for the Acer and based on Ubuntu 8.04.
I used the two fixes as described by Ove above and Domino runs really well. Everything is fully functional.