libreoffice does not always go to launcher when started with document

[Stefan Lithén]

Some times when opening a libreoffice docuement, it does not go to the unity launcher (no icon) and therefore also is not in the alt-tab list so I can't alt-tab to the application.

To reproduce: try opening and closing a openoffice document many times by dubble clicking a docuement in nautilus of from a terminal och make a keyboard shortcut to start it "soffice Document/myspreadsheet.ods"

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[Stefan Lithén (spacebug-se-deactivatedaccount)]

It happens both in unity and unity-2d.

Worked fine in ubuntu 11.04 and it also works fine in kubuntu 11.10 (though kubuntu really does not have the same kind of launcher as unity of course).

[Stefan Lithén (spacebug-se-deactivatedaccount)]

I think problem is in unity.

[Stefan Lithén (spacebug-se-deactivatedaccount)]

Removing /usr/bin/libreoffice and instead making it a link to /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin fixes the problem/bug.

Could it be that /usr/bin/libreoffice is started with /bin/sh that also starts /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice wich also is started through /bin/sh ?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Stefan Lithén (spacebug-se-deactivatedaccount)]

It "seems" to have been fixed in libreoffice 3.4.5 (I got it from their PPA)

[Stefan Lithén (spacebug-se-deactivatedaccount)]

No its still there in 3.5.0

What have been changed is that /usr/bin/libreoffice now is a link,
but not to /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin but rather /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice and that still makes the problem be there.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

@bamf: Please take over.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Stefan Lithén (spacebug-se-deactivatedaccount)]

I actually do not experience this any longer in 12.04
Have there maybe been an update in BAMF that fixed this?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Stefan Lithén, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.