OpenOffice 3.0 data loss after shutdown Ubuntu Hardy
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-session (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Using Ubuntu (8.04) and OO (3.0)
1. Start OpenOffice writer
2. Open an existing document or a new one
3. type a few words
4. Shutdown the computer (by using the shutdown menu for example)
--> Unbelievable, but true: OO doesn't ask whether to save the changes!!!
--> as Auto-Recovery is NOT working in OO 3.1 (unbelievable this, too), there will be even no auto-recovery! All changes to the text are completely losen!
The computer will shutdown, after restarting, OO will start a auto-recovery (without asking before), but as the function is not working properly (known bug), the last saved version of the file will be load instead of the auto-recovery-file, which nevertheless will be deleted in this moment, so even manually you're not able to recover your data.
Damn it!
Works fine for me on Intrepid with the same version of OpenOffice.org....
Did you remember to wait at least 15 minutes between steps 3 and 4? Or did you set the backup time below 15 minutes?
Chris