LibreOffice won't launch from Unity Launcher

[Sam Illingworth]

Binary package hint: libreoffice

Start LibreOffice (I've tried the generic start center, and the word processor), right click on it in the Launcher and click keep in Launcher, close the app, click the launcher icon for the app. It wibbles for a bit, then goes blank, the app doesn't launch.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.0~rc3-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 20 15:13:10 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, how did you start the writer? the icon starts it correctly there, it doesn't seem to match the running instance to display the small arrow though

[Sam Illingworth (mazz0)]

You're right, it works in the latest version but doesn't indicate the number
of windows.

On 31 January 2011 14:17, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:

> thank you for your bug report, how did you start the writer? the icon
> starts it correctly there, it doesn't seem to match the running instance
> to display the small arrow though
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/705461
>
> Title:
> LibreOffice won't launch from Unity Launcher
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in “libreoffice” source package in Natty:
> New
> Status in “unity” source package in Natty:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: libreoffice
>
> Start LibreOffice (I've tried the generic start center, and the word
> processor), right click on it in the Launcher and click keep in
> Launcher, close the app, click the launcher icon for the app. It
> wibbles for a bit, then goes blank, the app doesn't launch.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.0~rc3-2ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
> Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Jan 20 15:13:10 2011
> ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386
> (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8:en
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/705461/+subscribe
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Sam Illingworth

[xapantu (xapantu)]

Here, the writer/calc launcher work (didn't try the others, bu they should work too). Only the start center doesn't work. But, if I recall correctly, this launcher doesn't appear in the gnome menu by default. So, it should just be disabled. Otherwise, it won't work, since the start center can't be launched twice, at least the "open a new window" menu will *never* work.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I just tried the procedure and confirm that. I used right-click "open with.." on a text file to start writer (as there is no libreoffice-writer program etc.). After I do the "keep in launcher", I get a pale white icon, but unity doesn't actually see it in its favourites:

$ gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites
['nautilus.desktop', 'gtimelog.desktop', 'devhelp.desktop', 'mumble.desktop', 'shotwell.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'evolution.desktop']

Sebastien tried that with launching it from the gnome-panel menu, and he gets "libreoffice-writer.desktop" in above command.

I'm closing the LibO task, as it shouldn't require application patches to make things work with the Launcher (that would break a lot of third-party apps, backports, and an unknown number of universe packages, too).

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Presumably something in bamf, I'm having a look.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Confirmed that the bamf special case for OO.o needs some updates for LibO, I have a working patch now.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Fix in linked merge proposal.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Should be merged upstream and flow into Ubuntu as part of the normal updates.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bamf - 0.2.78-0ubuntu1

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bamf (0.2.78-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - adapt bamf to LibreOffice (LP: #705461)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:59:34 +0100

[Conner Lee (connerleecml)]

this bug is not fixed. i have downloaded libreoffice 3.4.3. i can not launch from unity side bar. only from terminal and searching for the program.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

natty has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the natty task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".