On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:57:45 -0400 Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> I've run into a problem opening a M$ Office spreadsheet using > LibreOffice. I've put the original file up at > http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ttc-rider-85-15.xlsx > It should show a table of ridership figures for the Toronto transit > system. > > When I tried to open it using LO 5.1.0.3 on my Gentoo system, > the window froze (Fluxbox 1.3.7-r2) & I had to kill it via Htop. > However, when I tried it with LO 4.4.3.2 on Mint (another partition), > it opened correctly & I could save it as .ods & .csv : these are at > http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ttc-rider-85-15.ods > http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ttc-rider-85-15.csv > However again, when I tried to open these version with my Gentoo LO, > the .ods froze the window, while the .csv opened with garbage in 1 > cell. I've updated LO twice to 5.1.1.3 & 5.1.2.2 , but the same > happens. > > Can others please test my files with their own Gentoo versions of LO ? > If they have a problem too, I'll file a bug with LO ; > if not, can anyone suggest what is causing the problem with my > version ? LO 5.0.5.2 open the file okay for me, but I can't easily test the higher versions at the moment. Have you tried running localc from an xterm window to look for error messages? Anything interesting in dmesg or the Xorg logs?
