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gorudonu

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Registered: 2010-08-08

Posts: 37

cannot write in libreoffice

Hello, I just discover that I can't input(write) anything in libre office (writer or presentation). I'm using IBUS and can write in other java applications, just libre office is strange. It doesnt matter if I create new file or edit old one. I can paste into document or copy from it.

Does anyone have this problem?

darehanl

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Registered: 2006-09-08

Posts: 24

Re: cannot write in libreoffice

I have the same problem; try going back to openoffice-base and see if it works (it did for me). I've opened a Arch task here (https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/22616) since it seems like we're the only ones seeing it (no problem with libreoffice on Ubuntu).

gorudonu

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Registered: 2010-08-08

Posts: 37

Re: cannot write in libreoffice

@darehanl: does ubuntu work with ibus and libreoffice?

gorudonu

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Registered: 2010-08-08

Posts: 37

Re: cannot write in libreoffice

Sorry for double posting, I just want to say that it works in openoffice (checked).

darehanl

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Registered: 2006-09-08

Posts: 24

Re: cannot write in libreoffice

@gorudonu
Just a quick question. Do you happen to use KDE? Try adding this line:

export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP="gnome"

to $HOME/.xprofile . Adding that fixed the problem for me (although you get ugly GNOME file dialogs). Looks like the new KDE integration code added to libreoffice is the culprit.

gorudonu

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Registered: 2010-08-08

Posts: 37

Re: cannot write in libreoffice

@darehanl
Thanks! After adding this line to .xprofile everything works like a charm. On archwiki it's said that KDE integration is in 'beta'.

akanashiro

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From: Argentina

Registered: 2011-02-08

Posts: 1

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Re: cannot write in libreoffice

Hi,
I'm new in this forum.
The same problem happens to me with KDE 4.6 and Ibus.
I'm using ibus to write in japanese.
I tried adding the environment variable to .xprofile but I didn't work for me. (don't know why) 
but... if I put OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP="gnome" libreoffice in konsole it works!

I tried writing with accents and tilde (Spanish) and this sentence appeard in the console.
warning: line 6184: incompatible stripping characters and condition

Hope it helps for a bug fix

Last edited by akanashiro (2011-02-08 02:43:15)

ffjia

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Registered: 2009-08-26

Posts: 94

Re: cannot write in libreoffice

Same problem here, even worse, the CPU temperature reaches 95C high. Hope this
bug resolved soon.