The situation changed with LibreOffice 4.1.0.4. It works now, but it is still useless for productive work.
LibreOffice now opens documents on an WebDav connection, but it asks for the connection passowrd once per session. So if you open this document, work with it, close it open another document, close it and so on you end up constantly having to type in your password. If you keep one document open - to not end the current session you don't need to reenter the password. I'm not sure if this is still the same bug or a new bug, but for us it is still more or less useless as people get very frustrated with having to enter the password constantly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100190 Title: I/O Error while opening file from WebDAV over GVFS from Nautilus Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Problem description: Error when opening a file from Nautilus with LibreOffice when the file is WebDAV mounted with GVFS. The Same file can be opened from the same location from within LibreOffice, with the Open File Dialogue. Then you get asked for the Username and Password and Libreoffice seems to access the file directly over HTTP. Steps to reproduce: 1. Mount a DAV Folder with Nautilus. URL in my Case: dav://admin@10.1.10.58:8080/alfresco/webdav/Sites/puzzletest/documentLibrary/Alfresco%20WebDAV%20Test/ 2. Open a file with LibreOffice by doubleclick or context menu from Nautilus. 4. Error occurs. Exact message: (-) «General input/output error while accessing /home/pgassmann/.gvfs/WebDAV\ als\ admin\ auf\ 10.1.10.58%3A8080/Sites/puzzletest/documentLibrary/Alfresco\ WebDAV\ Test/Neu.odt.» [OK] Working Variant: 1. = 1. above 2. Start LibreOffice 3. Open File dialogue from LibreOffice 4. Select the same file and click Open. 5. LibreOffice Dialogue: "Authentication Required", Enter user name and password for: "Alfresco DAV Server" on 10.1.10.58 6. Enter Username and password, click OK 7. File opens correctly LibreOffice Version: 3.5.2-2ubuntu1 Involved Software: LibreOffice, Nautilus, GVFS, Alfresco Current behavior: Opening file from Nautilus causes Error, Opening from LibreOffice Open File dialogue asks for credentials and works correctly Expected behavior: Opening from Nautilus works. Opening from Open File dialog works without asking for credentials. Attachment: strace log from following actions: LANG=C libreoffice --strace successfully Open File from LibreOffice dialogue. Trying to open file from Nautilus. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libreoffice 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 16 10:05:05 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-22 (238 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1100190/+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