On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:13:46 +0200 Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> wrote:
> Hi Rory, > > Am 09.10.2018 um 10:11 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > > For information: > > > > On a Windows XP machine (32 bit) I have installed AOO 4.2.0 (en-US) version > > 1842967. The Page Format shows "Area" (not "Background", as on Linux 64 > > version) as a tab, and I can change a page background on the Windows > > version. The crash in Impress, when selecting a Master Page, does not > > occur on that Windows version. > > > > On my preferred machine, running AOO 4.2.0 (en-US) 2018-10-05_08:36:16 - > > Rev. 184287 on Xubuntu 18.04.1 64 bit I find the following differences from > > the Windows version. > > > > 1) Page Background tab in Linux is called Area tab in Windows > > 2) Page Background does not work in Writer in Linux (i.e., that tab is > > inactive). Works OK (as Area tab) in Windows > > 3) Selecting Master Page sidebar in Impress Linux DEB 64 crashes OO. Works > > OK in Windows. > > > > Matthias Seidel tells me that his version of OO on Linux uses Area, not > > Page to apply the Page backgrounds. > > Just to clarify: > The Page tab is still there, it is the Background tab that is (in 4.2.0) > replaced by Area. Yes, you are correct I meant the Background tab on the Page Style setting - I was doing too many things at once! > No special build are used by me, just those from our buildbots. > I always do a clean install, that means everything from LO is purged. I have used the build from the buildbot, and get Background, not Page. Rory > > > > > The Page background problem also showed up on AOO 4.1.6 (linux DEB 64 > > version); others have reported the crash with Master Pages in Impress on > > that version. I have not investigated the 4.1.6 version on a Windows > > machine. > > For Impress/Master Pages see: > https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=127805 > > It is important to name the Linux version on which the crash occurs. > 4.1.6 has no problems (regarding Master Pages) on Ubuntu 16.04 but > crashes on 18.04. My guess is that it is related to the different > FreeType versions (2.6.x vs. 2.8.x). > > Regards, > Matthias > > > > > -- 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
