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! > > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > > -- 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
