[kubuntu] Extension Manager Fails to Add New Extensions

[Justin Chudgar]

When attempting to add a new extension through the Extension Manager, I invariably get a failure with the message:

- "The operation on file: */*.oxt was started with an invalid parameter." (Screenshot attached.)

This has happened with about four different extensions on versions 1:3.1.1-1ubuntu2 and 1:3.1.1-1ubuntu1. This was not a problem with openoffice.org 3.0.

I do not have a debug build so I am unable to provide more significant data about the cause of the error. Please inform me of any useful debugging strategies.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Can you list which extensions have problems and links to where to get them?

[Justin Chudgar (justinzane)]

I tried the "Report Builder" and "Lorem Ipsum" extensions as well as a couple
random ones that I do not recall from:
  http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/

The one that is really important for me at the moment,though, is Zotero's OO.o
integration extension from:
  http://www.zotero.org/download/integration/OOo-Plugin-2.0a2/Zotero.oxt

I have attempted to install it running as a normal user (UID=1000) and as
root. In both cases, the error was as initially reported. Unzipping the .oxt
files shoes that the extension binaries look sane and uncorrupted.

I seems that the extension manager is somehow mangling the file descriptor,
though this is an uneducated guess. Thanks.
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Justin Chudgar
Information Technology Consultant
5040 Saddlehorn Rd, Weed, CA 96084
530-938-9692 (Home Office)

On Monday 07 September 2009 09:04:05 pm Chris Cheney wrote:
> Can you list which extensions have problems and links to where to get
> them?
>
>
> ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

This works for me for zotero on jaunty with 1:3.1.1-1ubuntu1~jaunty1, I still need to test on karmic.

[Justin Chudgar (justinzane)]

I do not know if it showed up in the bug report, but I am running a KDE
desktop in case that matters. Since soffice is using the KDE system file picker,
and I cannot determine how to go back to the soffice picker this might be an
issue.
--

Justin Chudgar
Information Technology Consultant
5040 Saddlehorn Rd, Weed, CA 96084
530-938-9692 (Home Office)

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 07:23:01 am Chris Cheney wrote:
> This works for me for zotero on jaunty with 1:3.1.1-1ubuntu1~jaunty1, I
> still need to test on karmic.
>