Open.office doesn't start when documents are in the desktop area (desktop folder).

[Leonardo Meira]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

If my documents are in the "desktop" area, Open.office doesn't open when I click on them. It doesn't happen when the documents are in other folder, just in "desktop" folder.
PS: it happens just with Microsoft extensions of files (doc, ppt, etc)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 25 07:09:49 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Venkatraman.S (blizzardz)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Kindly provide the following information :
1) the errors/stack dumps(if any) while opennig the file.
2) does this happen only when you open files which are created/saved from Microsoft Office?
3) What is the version of the Java(JRE) in your system?
4) How are you running OpenOffice - via the command prompt or by clicking on the file?
5) What happens when you start OpenOffice and open the document by going along File > Open File > Choose File - does the problem persist?

This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

This look like bug #185311. Did this problem occur after upgrading openoffice.org? What happens if you remove the packages openoffice.org-gtk and openoffice.org-gnome?

[Leonardo Meira (leonardoserra)]

Answering to the questions:

1) It doesn't show error messages
2) No, it happens when I'm opening documents either created/saved from Microsoft Office or created/saved from OpenOffice
3) When I go to applications > Internet , I can read "Sun Java 6 Web Start". Is that my version right?
4) I'm running OpenOffice by clicking on the file.
5) No, the problem doesn't persist when I open the documents by going along file > open file> choose file

* Some news: I've had this problem with open documents (odf) too.
** More news: I've observed that it doesn't happen just in the desktop area, but in some specific folders.
                       Ex: /home/leonardo/desktop/presentation.ppt(odp) > I can't open by clicking
                            /bighome/presentation.ppt(odp) > I can't open by clicking
                            /bighome/theater/presentation.ppt(odp) > I CAN open by clycking

                            I've used the same file (copying and pasting) in these examples.
                            "bighome" is a NTFS partition
                            All folders have the same permissions...

Thanks and sorry for my english...

Leonardo Meira