I experienced exactly the same problem on Ubuntu 11.10 (see below for details) and was very frustated. However, after a shutdown and restart, it worked fine. So probably easy workaround should be to add the "reboot needed" flag to the libreoffice-presenter-console package.
$ dpkg --get-selections | grep libreoffice libreoffice-base-core install libreoffice-calc install libreoffice-common install libreoffice-core install libreoffice-draw install libreoffice-emailmerge install libreoffice-help-en-gb install libreoffice-help-en-us install libreoffice-impress install libreoffice-kde install libreoffice-l10n-common install libreoffice-l10n-en-gb install libreoffice-l10n-en-za install libreoffice-math install libreoffice-presenter-console install libreoffice-style-oxygen install libreoffice-writer install -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923568 Title: Presenter Console extension does nothing Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Presenter Console (libreoffice-presenter-console) does nothing when enabled. I expect to see a helpful panel of information on my laptop while Impress is in slideshow mode showing slides on the external display. However, the extension has absolutely no visible effect on what happens. My screen looks exactly the same as if the extension wasn't installed, and there are no error messages. The only indication that it's installed is that I can see it in the extensions manager. This bug occurs on every machine I've tested over the last approximately two years. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: libreoffice-presenter-console 1.1.0+LibO3.4.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Jan 29 18:47:47 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/923568/+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
