It seems that the backup-writing code has been rewritten (to begin with, it's now in gedit-local-...). This error no longer occurs in hardy, with 2.22, and was probably fixed in even earlier versions.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- gedit error "Could not create a backup file" when trying to save a file in a VFAT partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69184 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs