Re: [LUG] Open Office Recovery WAS: Holsworthy Memorial Hall

On 5/20/07, Terry Hill <telbonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hmm sorry mate, it sounded like a stack issue popping it's head back
over the parapet, as a friend off-list had a similar problem a while
back.

All I can suggest is if you can replicate the issue, report the bug,
and maybe go back to an earlier version that doesn't give you the
problem if it's a pain.  Of course, if you're not using the latest
build it may well be worth trying that first.

Sorry I can't help more!

On 19/05/07, Robin Menneer <robinmenneer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 5/18/07, Terry Hill <telbonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> > Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you - can you try the following:
> >
> > start Impress / Draw, click on 'Window/New'.
> > save the (new) doc, create an object ( e.g. a rectangle or whatever),
> > then reload, click yes.
> > does it crash?
>
> No, just loaded a blank Draw screen.
>  I think that I precipitated a file recovery when I reversed the scroll
> button from moving the cursor downward to upward.  I'm afraid that I tend to
> do this smartly.  This may not be the reason for requiring file recovery,
> but I'm fairly sure that it is is what happened last time.  The mouse is a
> MS with 2 buttons and a scroll wheel.  Do you want me to go on
> experimenting?    Robin
>
>
> > On 16/05/07, Robin Menneer <robinmenneer@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/15/07, Terry Hill <telbonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > How old is the laptop that's giving you the hassle?  I use OO on a
> > > > desktop & two laptops without any crashes/recovery (one of them is a
> > > > presario r3000 and the other an acer travelmate).
> > > >
> > > > Do any of the errors have a common thread; what errors are you
> getting?
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I take a lot of care to keep well away from MS.  I use OO with
> Ubuntu
> > > on
> > > > > an old compaq laptop.  The OO recovers quite happily most of the
> time,
> > > it's
> > > > > just frustrating to have to wait.
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> > > The laptop is a  Compaq Armada M700 and may be more than six years old.
> I
> > > had an earlier version of OO which didn't hang up and then bring in the
> > > recovery routine.  I look for a common feature without success except
> that
> > > the file recovery mode usually appears when I am in Draw.
> > > How the different business with the Applications &c menu being at the
> bottom
> > > of the screen came about I have no idea at all except I was in Draw
> doing
> > > nothing special.  Robin
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Thanks for info. Yes, I've been hearing about stack overflow since 1972 and had hoped that it had bitten the dust. I'll do nowt until I have Fiesty on my mac mini with the latest OOo. Robin

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