This really should be fixed: It's a trivial fix (cd /usr/lib/mime/packages; sudo sed -i 's/-no-oosplash/--nologo/g' *; sudo update-mime) and it negatively affects users who - for whatever reason - are using openoffice.
-- 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/506399 Title: [i686] soffice crashes when called from mutt (using mailcap entry) Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org All mailcap entries calling openoffice contain: "soffice -no-oosplash" From a terminal, "soffice -no-oosplash" fails: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException' But, "soffice -nologo" works perfectly! After having a look at the script /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice, I tried some variants and got the following results: calling soffice.bin or oosplash.bin from a terminal: # /path/to/soffice.bin -nologo --> works # /path/to/soffice.bin -no-oosplash --> crashes as described above # /path/to/soffice.bin --> crashes whith the same error !!! # /path/to/oosplash.bin --> works as proposed # /path/to/oosplash.bin -nologo --> starts without splash screen # /path/to/oosplash.bin -no-oosplash --> starts with splash screen !!! As the shellscript soffice chooses one of the executables on the existence of the nologo or no-oosplash options, soffice.bin will normally never be called without one of these options. But it can't run without "-nologo", which I consider buggy at least. The different behavior of oosplash.bin on the "-nologo" or "-no-oosplash" options makes me think that "-no-oosplash" shouldn't be used anymore. So, all openoffice.org mailcap entries have to be changed from "soffice -no-oosplash..." to "soffice -nologo..." in order to call openoffice programs via mailcap. (In a second step, the viability of soffice.bin without options should be addressed.) My System Informations: Ubuntu 9.10, all updates until current applied. openoffice.org: Installed: 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/506399/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
