I have reassigned this bug to openoffice.org since this seems to be the real cause of the problem. The OOo Ubuntu build just refuses to open files from GVFS mounts as long as the home directory resides on an NFS mount. Nautilus' behaviour to open the file with file roller instead is just a side effect.
I have verified this by moving a users' home dir from NFS to local and vice versa. Opening files in OpenOffice.org from a GVFS mounted SMB share (or SFTP, doesn't matter) fails as long as the home dir is on NFS (tried with NFSv3 and NFSv4). Moving home to the local drive makes things work again. Opening local files works in every case. This is not restricted to ODT files, but happens with XLS and DOC as well. This problem seems to be specific to the Ubuntu build; I have downloaded and installed the vanilla 3.1.1 release, and it does not have the problem. The problem persists, however, in the current 3.1.1 ubuntu packages from the ppa (https://launchpad.net/~openoffice- pkgs/+archive/ppa), which I believe are identical to the karmic ones except for dependencies. This bug is not so 'low' in importance, it is in fact a showstopper for our win->linux migration. We heavily work with peer-to-peer shares of USB drives and CDs, which cannot be mounted using fstab since they're not always present. Not being able to open Office documents from these shares makes the whole migration useless :-( If we can't get this fixed for karmic, I will have to either use the "official" OOo packages or find another way to store the home dirs. ** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu) => openoffice.org (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - ODT files on gvfs mounts open with file roller + Files on gvfs mounts cannot be opened when home is on NFS -- Files on gvfs mounts cannot be opened when home is on NFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
