Formula editor is not shown in 3.5.0 with some old ~/.libreoffice profile

[Koichi Akabe]

The formula editor is not shown when I click a formula object.

Step to reproduce:
1. Launch LibreOffice Writer (or Calc)
2. Select Insert > Object > Formula
3. The editor is not shown.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice 1:3.5.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 22 09:35:33 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-17 (4 days ago)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Koichi Akabe (vbkaisetsu), this is unreproducible. What extensions do you have installed?

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.5.0-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:3.5.0-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.5.0-1ubuntu2 0
            500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

[Koichi Akabe (vbkaisetsu)]

Hi,

I tried removing old configuration files "~/.config/libreoffice" and restarted it, then it was fixed.
I didn't installed additional extensions.

I think this bug occurs on upgraded version.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Koichi Akabe, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed. 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.

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

Problem description:

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install all deb files. Install Desktop integration
2. Open Writer and Insert Formula
3. You should see a box at the bottom to insert your formula.

Current behavior:

No editing box is available.
Math does not run from the main LibreOffice Launcher window.
Math does not appear in the Menus (Kubuntu 10.10)

Expected behavior:

As soon as you click on insert formula a box opens at the bottom of the screen to insert and or edit your formula.

Platform (if different from the browser): Kubuntu 10.10

Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

Problem description:

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install all deb files. Install Desktop integration
2. Open Writer and Insert Formula
3. You should see a box at the bottom to insert your formula.

Current behavior:

No editing box is available.
Math does not run from the main LibreOffice Launcher window.
Math does not appear in the Menus (Kubuntu 10.10)

Expected behavior:

As soon as you click on insert formula a box opens at the bottom of the screen to insert and or edit your formula.

Platform (if different from the browser): Kubuntu 10.10

Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

see workaround from launchpad bug 938312: Does it help to remove/rename ~/.libreoffice?

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

Also: Cant reproduce with LibreOffice 3.5.0-1ubuntu4 on precise, but then again I have no old ~/.libreoffice profile on that install.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

This is a regression. If you have the old ~/.libreoffice contents around, you can try to bibisect this: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/HowToBibisect

If you do not want to do that yourself, please consider uploading a ~/.libreoffice tarball.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

see workaround from launchpad bug 938312: Does it help to remove/rename ~/.libreoffice?

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

Also: Cant reproduce with LibreOffice 3.5.0-1ubuntu4 on precise, but then again I have no old ~/.libreoffice profile on that install.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

Confirmed by upstream bug.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

This is a regression. If you have the old ~/.libreoffice contents around, you can try to bibisect this: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/HowToBibisect

If you do not want to do that yourself, please consider uploading a ~/.libreoffice tarball.

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> see workaround from launchpad bug 938312: Does it help to remove/rename
> ~/.libreoffice?

Thanks for the suggestion. Here is what I did to

I removed the .libreoffice profile.
I completely uninstalled libreoffice using synaptic package manager.
I verified the profile was gone.
I reinstalled LO 3.5

All bugs were the same. No changes/improvement.

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> This is a regression. If you have the old ~/.libreoffice contents around, you
> can try to bibisect this: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/HowToBibisect
>
> If you do not want to do that yourself, please consider uploading a
> ~/.libreoffice tarball.

I reinstalled LO 3.5 after completely removing the profile folder. ./.libreoffice.

No new profile appeared after trying to run LO. Therefore I cannot send it to you.

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

(In reply to comment #1)
> see workaround from launchpad bug 938312: Does it help to remove/rename
> ~/.libreoffice?

Thanks for the suggestion. Here is what I did to

I removed the .libreoffice profile.
I completely uninstalled libreoffice using synaptic package manager.
I verified the profile was gone.
I reinstalled LO 3.5

All bugs were the same. No changes/improvement.

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> This is a regression. If you have the old ~/.libreoffice contents around, you
> can try to bibisect this: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/HowToBibisect
>
> If you do not want to do that yourself, please consider uploading a
> ~/.libreoffice tarball.

I reinstalled LO 3.5 after completely removing the profile folder. ./.libreoffice.

No new profile appeared after trying to run LO. Therefore I cannot send it to you.

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

Not reproducable (with a fresh profile) in Ubuntu packages. Seems to be only a problem with upstream packages?

[JBF (jbf-faure)]

(In reply to comment #5)
[...]
> I reinstalled LO 3.5 after completely removing the profile folder.
> ./.libreoffice.
>
> No new profile appeared after trying to run LO. Therefore I cannot send it to
> you.

The profile for LibreOffice 3.5 is now in ~/.config/libreoffice

Best regards. JBF

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

Created attachment 57901
This is the profile folder with the broken formula editor.

[Walttheboss (walttheboss)]

(In reply to comment #8)
> Created attachment 57901 [details]
> This is the profile folder with the broken formula editor.

All is well. Thanks to all of you for your help. Once the old profile ( /.config/LibreOffice ) was deleted, I reinstalled from the 3.5 DEBS and it worked well.

The fact that the new profile crashes with an old profile still ought to be a bug. But I will leave that to the experts.

Thanks again.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

Synchronising bug status with upstream.