OpenOffice 3.1 crashed while opening document and no poss. to open existing docs

[Piet van der Lugt]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

Open Office crashes when I try to open .doc file. It says that the file will be recovered next time after starting the programm and this is done but no result/ Still not possible to enter the file. Mainly it happens with files from 2008 and older.

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2011-02-10 - cannot reproduce in LibreOffice 3.3, Maverick -- leighman
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 15 11:57:42 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 [modified: var/lib/openoffice/basis3.1/program/services.rdb]
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_NL.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

Occasionally, openoffice will get stuck in a recover loop. Try pressing cancel instead of "Start Recovery.
If it is still an issue, could you attach the document here?

[Piet van der Lugt (pietvanderlugt)]

Dear Bryan,

I followed your advise without success.
Herewith I attach one of the files that gives problems.

Best regards,

Piet

Bryan Quigley schreef:
> Occasionally, openoffice will get stuck in a recover loop. Try pressing cancel instead of "Start Recovery.
> If it is still an issue, could you attach the document here?
>
> ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

I confirm this bug exists (lucid with 3.2) and have tested with upstream OpenOffice (3.2.1rc1 and 3.2 on Windows) and not observed the bug. Issue is from Ubuntu/Go-oo modifications.

[Piet van der Lugt (pietvanderlugt)]

Dear Bryan,

Meanwhile I upgraded in Ubuntu to OO 3.2 and the same problem.
When I open de document with AbiWord than no problem. Then I save as
.doc file and than it opens in OO.
So via another way I can read and change the file.

This for your info.

Thanks

Piet

Bryan Quigley schreef:
> I confirm this bug exists (lucid with 3.2) and have tested with upstream
> OpenOffice (3.2.1rc1 and 3.2 on Windows) and not observed the bug.
> Issue is from Ubuntu/Go-oo modifications.
>
> ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
>
>

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Piet van der Lugt, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Does LibreOffice Writer work for you?

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-writer

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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