On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:59:29 +0200 Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21.07.2014 13:49, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:34:45 +0200 > > Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 21.07.2014 11:30, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:55:34 +0100 > >>> Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:31:45 +0100 > >>>> Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 21:53:17 +0200 > >>>>> Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >>>>>>> I have tried with Impress 4.1.0 to open and display as Slide Shows > >>>>>>> some existing .odp files made and displayed with OO 3.4 (and > >>>>>>> earlier). Tomorrow I'll find a sample file to upload to Bugzilla; > >>>>>>> pending that, I thought I'd give advance warning of such instability, > >>>>>>> so that others can check out some of their existing presentations. If > >>>>>>> this is confirmed should we consider it as a showstopper? > >>>>>> It will help to know in detail what's going wrong (are the file not > >>>>>> displayed at all? not even opened correctly?), but if we have a > >>>>>> regression opening old .odp files this would for sure qualify for a > >>>>>> "release blocker candidate" and need investigation (and hopefully fix) > >>>>>> before 4.1.1. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On the other hand, I opened many .odp files that I had created with > >>>>>> earlier OpenOffice versions in 4.1.0 and I didn't notice regressions. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Andrea. > >>>>> I think I have tracked this down! (Famous last words??!!) The crash on > >>>>> Slide Show seems to be caused by use of Fade smoothly or Fade through > >>>>> black transitions between slides. Substitution of some other > >>>>> transitions (note - a random small selection, not extensive testing of > >>>>> all transitions) to replace the Fade/Fade Down transitions made the > >>>>> presentation stable. Could some others please test if the Fade > >>>>> transitions cause such instability. I have a small presentation of > >>>>> eleven sides (700KB) which I was preparing for a project (stillborn), > >>>>> which I use as a test. I'll willingly share this with anyone who is > >>>>> interested. > >> I failed to reproduce this crash on an Ubuntu 14.4 (vanilla, no X or K) > >> machine. Therefore I would like to ask you for (all or some) of the > >> following: > >> > >> - the 700 KB document you mentioned above, either per personal mail or > >> as attachment in a bug > >> > >> - a Bugzilla bug description > >> > >> - more information, like > >> > >> - do you use more than one display? > >> - is the presenter screen enabled? > >> - your graphics hardware (probably not important; don't open your > >> computer when you don't know :-) > >> - does it crash when the slide effect starts or ends? > >> > >> - does your console show a stack trace of the crash? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Andre > > The machine on which I was testing is a two screen machine and Presenter > > screen was enabled. The crashes were immediate on slide effect being > > applied. I'll send you the 700KB document and stack trace in about five > > hours, with details of graphics hardware (from memory Nvidia GT7900, but > > I'll check details later). If desirable, I can substitute an ATI graphics > > card - I can do hardware! > > Thank you. > > The crash takes place when the effect is being applied when the slide > transition is selected in the "Slide Transition" pane? If so, can you > uncheck the "Automatic preview" box in that pane? > > -Andre The problem may be cured! I changed driver from Nouveau driver to proprietary nvidia 304.117 and the problem seems cured (on preliminary testing). I'll do more testing later, but am offline now for some hours. > > > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > >>>> Also, under OO 4.1 on Xubuntu 14.04, application of Fade Smoothly or > >>>> Fade to Black transitions to a presentation under construction > >>>> immediately caused a crash. > >>>> > >>> I've been doing a little more testing. I find the following transitions > >>> cause an immediate crash on application to a presentation under > >>> construction: > >>> > >>> Fade Smoothly > >>> Fade to Black > >>> Flipping Tiles > >>> Outside turning cube > >>> Fall > >>> Turn around > >>> Iris > >>> Turn down > >>> Rochade > >>> > >>> In general, I only tested one of each group of transitions. I assumed if > >>> (e.g.) Wipe Down worked, then probably all the other Wipe directions > >>> would be stable also. > >>> (OO 4.1 on Xubuntu 14.04) > >>> > >>> Other than Fade Smoothly, I cannot comment on stability when they are > >>> used in a Slide Show of an existing presentation. My expectation would be > >>> that such slide show might immediately crash. as happens when Fade > >>> Smoothly is used in an existing presentation. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
