Apologies for not having gotten around fixing this bug yet; unfortunately in future I'll have even less time at my disposal for this, so I'm freeing up ownership for other volunteers to take over.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to openoffice.org in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541919 Title: [Upstream] Impress hangs indefinitely importing .ppt that PowerPoint embedded Excel graph in Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Confirmed Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Unknown Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-impress libreoffice-impress: Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Version table: *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in Impress via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/541919/+attachment/1208864/+files/slide31.ppt && loimpress -nologo slide31.ppt and the slide opens successfully. 4) What happens instead is it hangs indefinitely. WORKAROUND: Open file using Microsoft Office PowerPoint via WINE. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (11.5529.6505) apt-cache policy wine1.3 wine1.3: Installed: 1.3.19-0ubuntu1~maverick1~ppa1 Candidate: 1.3.19-0ubuntu1~maverick1~ppa1 Version table: *** 1.3.19-0ubuntu1~maverick1~ppa1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.3.15-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages Original Reporter Comments: I isolated the problem to two slides that contain just a single object - a plot created in MS Excel. Attempting to import either slide as a one-slide presentation hangs indefinitely. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Mar 19 07:53:24 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1.1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic SourcePackage: openoffice.org Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/541919/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
