[opensuse] libreoffice won't open files
I had a strange experience last night - libreoffice won't open files. That is File/Open doesn't bring up a dialog box. File/New works and so does using a filename on the command line when starting libreoffice. Does anybody know what this might be? It's on 11.3, standard repository. I installed a system update the day before but I don't remember whether there was anything for libreoffice. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 08/05/2011 05:27 AM, Dave Howorth pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
I had a strange experience last night - libreoffice won't open files. That is File/Open doesn't bring up a dialog box. File/New works and so does using a filename on the command line when starting libreoffice.
Does anybody know what this might be? It's on 11.3, standard repository. I installed a system update the day before but I don't remember whether there was anything for libreoffice.
Cheers, Dave
rpm -qa --queryformat '%{INSTALLTIME}\t%{INSTALLTIME:date}\t%{NAME}\n' | sort -g | cut -f 2- Will show packages in their install order (all on one line). This will help you see if LibreOffice had any updates recently. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday, August 05, 2011 08:33:22 Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 08/05/2011 05:27 AM, Dave Howorth pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
I had a strange experience last night - libreoffice won't open files. That is File/Open doesn't bring up a dialog box. File/New works and so does using a filename on the command line when starting libreoffice.
Does anybody know what this might be? It's on 11.3, standard repository. I installed a system update the day before but I don't remember whether there was anything for libreoffice.
Cheers, Dave
rpm -qa --queryformat '%{INSTALLTIME}\t%{INSTALLTIME:date}\t%{NAME}\n' | sort -g | cut -f 2-
Will show packages in their install order (all on one line). This will help you see if LibreOffice had any updates recently.
and is an exceedingly cool command -- i'm making a script out of this one sc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:55:45 -0500
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On Friday, August 05, 2011 08:33:22 Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 08/05/2011 05:27 AM, Dave Howorth pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
I had a strange experience last night - libreoffice won't open files. That is File/Open doesn't bring up a dialog box. File/New works and so does using a filename on the command line when starting libreoffice.
Does anybody know what this might be? It's on 11.3, standard repository. I installed a system update the day before but I don't remember whether there was anything for libreoffice.
Cheers, Dave
rpm -qa --queryformat '%{INSTALLTIME}\t%{INSTALLTIME:date}\t%{NAME}\n' | sort -g | cut -f 2-
Will show packages in their install order (all on one line). This will help you see if LibreOffice had any updates recently.
and is an exceedingly cool command -- i'm making a script out of this one
sc
My preference, since you can scroll up and down through the list: rpm -qa --last | less (reminder: hit the 'q' key to quit 'less') :-) Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 08/05/2011 05:27 AM, Dave Howorth pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
I had a strange experience last night - libreoffice won't open files. That is File/Open doesn't bring up a dialog box. File/New works and so does using a filename on the command line when starting libreoffice.
Does anybody know what this might be? It's on 11.3, standard repository. I installed a system update the day before but I don't remember whether there was anything for libreoffice.
Cheers, Dave
rpm -qa --queryformat '%{INSTALLTIME}\t%{INSTALLTIME:date}\t%{NAME}\n' | sort -g | cut -f 2-
Will show packages in their install order (all on one line). This will help you see if LibreOffice had any updates recently.
It does indeed; many thanks. Sadly it shows that there have been no recent updates, so I'm still searching for the cause of my problem. Cheers, Dave $ rpm -qa --queryformat '%{INSTALLTIME}\t%{INSTALLTIME:date}\t%{NAME}\n' | sort -g | cut -f 2- | grep libreoffice Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:36:53 BST libreoffice-templates-presentation-layouts Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:36:57 BST libreoffice-templates-labels-letter Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:36:59 BST libreoffice-templates-en Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:02 BST libreoffice-icon-theme-tango Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:03 BST libreoffice-icon-theme-hicontrast Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:04 BST libreoffice-templates-labels-a4 Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:05 BST libreoffice-thesaurus-en-US Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:07 BST libreoffice-ure Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:13 BST libreoffice-icon-theme-galaxy Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:16 BST libreoffice-hyphen Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:17 BST libreoffice-branding-openSUSE Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:19 BST libreoffice-libs-extern Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:22 BST libreoffice-thesaurus-en-GB Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:29 BST libreoffice-bootstrap Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:54 BST libreoffice-libs-gui Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:37:56 BST libreoffice-help-en-GB Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:38:04 BST libreoffice-l10n-extras Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:38:38 BST libreoffice-pyuno Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:38:39 BST libreoffice-mono Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:38:40 BST libreoffice-l10n-en-GB Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:38:50 BST libreoffice-help-en-US Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:14 BST libreoffice-ure-devel Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:25 BST libreoffice-converter Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:29 BST libreoffice-libs-core Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:31 BST libreoffice-mailmerge Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:40 BST libreoffice-libs-extern-devel Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:45 BST libreoffice-filters Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:50 BST libreoffice-components Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:39:55 BST libreoffice Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:40:49 BST libreoffice-libs-gui-devel Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:40:53 BST libreoffice-kde4 Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:40:53 BST libreoffice-math Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:40:55 BST libreoffice-base Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:00 BST libreoffice-calc Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:06 BST libreoffice-languagetool Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:18 BST libreoffice-writer Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:20 BST libreoffice-impress Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:23 BST libreoffice-draw Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:23 BST libreoffice-gnome Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:23 BST libreoffice-kde Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:24 BST libreoffice-base-drivers-mysql Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:38 BST libreoffice-libs-core-devel Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:43 BST libreoffice-base-devel Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:43 BST libreoffice-languagetool-en Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:46 BST libreoffice-writer-extensions Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:41:59 BST libreoffice-filters-optional Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:42:00 BST libreoffice-calc-extensions Tue 19 Apr 2011 21:42:17 BST libreoffice-draw-extensions Mon 16 May 2011 21:17:08 BST libreoffice-impress-extensions Mon 16 May 2011 21:17:17 BST libreoffice-base-extensions $ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Howorth wrote:
I had a strange experience last night - libreoffice won't open files. That is File/Open doesn't bring up a dialog box. File/New works and so does using a filename on the command line when starting libreoffice.
Does anybody know what this might be? It's on 11.3, standard repository. I installed a system update the day before but I don't remember whether there was anything for libreoffice.
There's good news and bad news. The good news is that with help from some libreoffice-users folks, I now know what caused this and I have a workaround. The bad news is that it's a bug in Libreoffice and I need some help testing other versions, please. So here's the steps to reproduce: (1) Login to a Gnome session (KDE may also work, dunno) (2) Start libreoffice (3) Select Tools/Options/LibreOffice/General (4) Observe in that page a checkbox 'Use LibreOffice dialogue boxes' (5) Ensure the checkbox is blank (not selected) (6) Save settings and check that File/Open pops up a dialog box. (7) Quit libreoffice and log out of the session (8) Login to an LXDE session (9) Start libreoffice (10) Select File/Open *(11) Check whether a dialog box appears (12) If not, select Tools/Options/LibreOffice/General *(13) Check whether there is a checkbox 'Use LibreOffice dialogue boxes' If your system does NOT open a dialog box in step 11 and does NOT have a checkbox in step 13, you are seeing the same bug as me. I have opensuse 11.3. So I'd appreciate any confirmation or contradiction on 11.4 or 12.1 beta if anybody's able. Cheers, Dave PS The workaround is to login to a Gnome session and select that checkbox, then go back to LXDE and it all works. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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