-----Original Message----- From: Andreas Jaeger [mailto:aj@suse.de] Sent: Wed 10/4/2006 7:16 PM To: Bruce Adams Cc: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Open office issue & integration "Bruce Adams" <Bruce.Adams@tns-global.com> writes:

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Hi, I discovered a problem with the Novell version of open office install as part of Suse 10 64bit.

SUSE 10? That version does not exist.

My apologies I meant 10.0.

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A document that was shared with colleagues and saved in office 1.1 format could no longer be saved in my - more up to date - version of office. Saving in either 2.0 or 1.1 format hangs at about 80% and ultimately causes office to restart. Unfortunately I can't post the document as a failing test case since it contains confidential information. I decided to install open-office 2.0.3 to get around the problem. yast -i *.rpm successfully installs office to /opt/openoffice.org2.0. That is I can run e.g. swriter from that directory. I am also now able to save the document that previous caused problems. However the desktop integration does not seem to work. No links are installed in /usr/bin and no menu options appear in gnome. When I attempt to install the SUSE rpm in the desktop-integration subdirectory it hangs. Installing it directly with rpm doesn't seem to do anything either. Though I do have to uninstall it with -e after a failed yast install. Any ideas what is happening here? Is it a Suse 64bit issue?

I doubt it - we ship with 10.1 a 32-bit OpenOffice version, the same as for x86. So, this bug should be everywhere...

It might be that the bug you're running into is already fixed in 2.0.3 but was not fixed in our version,

Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

That is my assumption as well. Though obviously, I can't tell whether its a problem with the Novell branch or the equivalent openoffice.org build. If I get time I could try installing that to check. At least that way we'll know whether its worth a proper bug report. However, I am still left with the problem of having a version of open office that is not integrated with my desktop. I'm not too fussed about not having the Novell extensions - though I kind of miss the chamelean logo. Any ideas what could be wrong? Regards, Bruce.