Bug#633765: openoffice.org: writer not saving after printing error
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:05:50AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 03:23:57PM +0200, christian mock wrote:
> > Package: openoffice.org
> > Version: 1:3.2.1-11+squeeze2
> > Severity: important
>
> And with libreoffice? I doubt this bug will ever be fixed in stable
> even if we knew the cause (probably to big patcho). And "openoffice.org"
> is gone in wheezy (except as (almost) empty transitional packages)
I think this is a pretty grave bug that causes people to lose work, so
I'd like to see it fixed in OO/stable (because that is what people in
office environments will be using).
Regarding libreoffice:
I set up a fresh squeeze-amd64 install in virtualbox and reproduced
the problem there with OO. Then I removed OO and installed
libreoffice-writer (and dependencies) from squeeze-backports
(1:3.3.2-2~bpo60+1).
The problem does not occur with libreoffice (neither by printing to
the pre-installed "generic printer" which uses lpr, which isn't
installed, nor by printing to file in a non-writeable directory), but
there's no printing error message either in both cases, so there's
room for speculation whether this would occur if the printing error
was correctly displayed.
> > - install a printer that uses 'lp' (I didn't test whether this also
> > happens with other printing methods)
>
> I'd argue that if it only happens with "lp" (and works with CUPS) it's
> only minor. People should use CUPS and leave the legacy stuff behind (as
> bad as cups may be.)
As I said in my followup, it also happens if you print to file and get
an error there (e.g. because you selected a directory where you don't
have write permissions). I have no clue how to get OO to use CUPS, and
I'd rather not risk my sanity trying to figure it out (why, yes, I
*hate* CUPS), so please try this if you have a working setup.
schönes wochenende,
cm.
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