> > What does "ls -l .openoffice/1.0.1/user/temp/soffice.tmp/sv1o9.tmp"
> > (one level up) show?
> since sv1o9.tmp is a directory, I get the same error as above, with
> option -a it correctly lists the . and .. entries but still complains
> about sv1oc.tmp. ls -l soffice.tmp correctly lists sv1o9.tmp

I recall I have seen that but I can't remember what was the reason and
fix ...

Anyway, if you cannot convince the volume to behave and if your data on
this volume is valuable, you have an option of copying all or the vital
part of the data from the volume either to a local disk, or to another
volume in "strong" mode, or to another host via say
(cd .... && tar cf - . | ssh other.host 'cd /bigdisk && tar xf -')

Then you can try flushing the volume or reinitializing venus
(the latter is preferable if something is broken).

Good luck,
--
Ivan