The quick solution to this problem is to just install openoffice.org meta package and/or the openoffice.org-base package. Something that writer/calc needs to display the documents is in the openoffice.org-base package. I intend to track down more of these related issue during UDS next week.
Thanks, Chris Cheney ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High Assignee: Chris Cheney (ccheney) => (unassigned) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - OOO crashes opening this doc file + OpenOffice calc crashes opening this ods file if openoffice.org-base not installed ** Description changed: Binary package hint: openoffice.org + + *NOTE* - Interesting bit about this thread is that it also affects + oocalc. + + -- I just include the link to the .doc file - it's a public file to download at http://www.sws.or.at/vorl/FragebgZW.doc if you want me to attach it here, tell me. Openoffice crasshes each single time I try to to open it, it keeps trying to recover the last crash, but crashes again. -- OpenOffice calc crashes opening this ods file if openoffice.org-base not installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134276 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs