Bug#563756: ..workaround found: Bug#563756: /usr/bin/ooimpress: ..Microsoft Powerpoint chainmail hijacks ooimpress, crossflatform virus?
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:11:07 +0100, Rene wrote in message <20100105121107.gf10...@rene-engelhard.de>: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 12:40:15PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > The point of pps is to autoplay. As said, a pps is nothing elese > > > than a autoplayed ppt. Complain to M$ for this "invention". > > > > ..I know _enough_ about Microsoft products thank you very much, > > but you're blaming "M$" for what ooimpress does? I am _not_ > > impressed. > > This is not relevant. The definition of pps is to autoplay. > You want OOo not honour file formats/conventions? (As bogus as they > may be)? ..by default yes I want compliance, _but_ I should _also_ be able to bail out of it the way I want to. And, what's relevant to this bug, is I did find a workaround, the [alt]+[tab], which _may_ warrant a mention in your docs, I found quitting ooimpress taxes another [alt]+[tab] stroke to access "Quit" from the right click menu. > I disagree. ..no big deal, my 2 tries of ooimpress was 2 and 3? years ago. ;o) > Grüße/Regards, > > Rene -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#563756: ..workaround found: Bug#563756: /usr/bin/ooimpress: ..Microsoft Powerpoint chainmail hijacks ooimpress, crossflatform virus?
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:08:50 +0100, Rene wrote in message <20100105100850.ge10...@rene-engelhard.de>: > retitle 563756 opening .pps in a window impossible > severity 563756 wishlist > tag 563756 + wontfix > forcemerge 548959 563756 > thanks > > Hi, > > On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 10:35:17AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..pass, I ditched Microsoft Wintendo 95 on 26 re-installs 12 years > > ago that cost me 2 years research data on thermochemical > > gasification, so I moved on to SuSE 5.2, and, I got /tmp/Om\ > > penger\ -\ NO.pps from what initially looked like a buddy's > > happy-new-year mail to me and a bunch of people, and then, like > > some kinda cross-platform virus. > > No, that's most probably just a some new year stuff in a autoplay > ppt. (As I get too and just ignore) > > > > > (No, playing the presentation and quitting, which is the point > > > > of pps doesn't make it do that). > > > > ..I lost you totally here: I am not aware of any mail going out > > from my box, nor from ooimpress, I got the very firm impression > > Aha, OK. > > > /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps had managed to deny me control over > > ooimpress on my damned box. > > You should think more before thinking of viruses, really. > (Especially what a pps is) ..Microsoft has built an _impressive_ record on their Office suite producing "3'rd party software", so I was not very surprised to see /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps act like it, the surprise was seeing it have an impact on X etc on a GNU/Linux box, and now you tell me OOo too likes to do things the Microsoft way. > > > > > ...I found _no_ way of windowing or closing the chainmail > > > > > without also killing ooimpress. Anyone else wanna try it?: > > > > > > > > Then you didn't try (or look) hard enough. pps is just a ppt + > > > > autoplay. (So as said in 548959 a mv just does it) > > > > ..huh? Am I, by OOo design policy, not _supposed_ > > to run a pps file in ooimpress in e.g. a window??? > > mv foo.pps foo.ppt. ..as a 3'rd time user, I would like to know that, _before_ ooimpress tries to impress me with Microsoft style stunts. ..and, I have now found a way to gain control; hit alt+tab, that 2-key stroke works at least on KDE-4.3.4. > The point of pps is to autoplay. As said, a pps is nothing elese > than a autoplayed ppt. Complain to M$ for this "invention". ..I know _enough_ about Microsoft products thank you very much, but you're blaming "M$" for what ooimpress does? I am _not_ impressed. > PowerPoint AFAIR (last used it years ago...) also shows the pps and > quits. (Didn't try, but doesn't really matter at all). ..I totally agree about that matter, I ditched that crap 12 years ago and see _no_ point in it being re-implemented for GNU/Linux. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#563756: /usr/bin/ooimpress: ..Microsoft Powerpoint chainmail hijacks ooimpress, crossflatform virus?
retitle 563756 opening .pps in a window impossible severity 563756 wishlist tag 563756 + wontfix forcemerge 548959 563756 thanks Hi, On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 10:35:17AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..pass, I ditched Microsoft Wintendo 95 on 26 re-installs 12 years > ago that cost me 2 years research data on thermochemical gasification, > so I moved on to SuSE 5.2, and, I got /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps from > what initially looked like a buddy's happy-new-year mail to me and a > bunch of people, and then, like some kinda cross-platform virus. No, that's most probably just a some new year stuff in a autoplay ppt. (As I get too and just ignore) > > > (No, playing the presentation and quitting, which is the point of > > > pps doesn't make it do that). > > ..I lost you totally here: I am not aware of any mail going out > from my box, nor from ooimpress, I got the very firm impression Aha, OK. > /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps had managed to deny me control over > ooimpress on my damned box. You should think more before thinking of viruses, really. (Especially what a pps is) > > > > ...I found _no_ way of windowing or closing the chainmail > > > > without also killing ooimpress. Anyone else wanna try it?: > > > > > > Then you didn't try (or look) hard enough. pps is just a ppt + > > > autoplay. (So as said in 548959 a mv just does it) > > ..huh? Am I, by OOo design policy, not _supposed_ > to run a pps file in ooimpress in e.g. a window??? mv foo.pps foo.ppt. The point of pps is to autoplay. As said, a pps is nothing elese than a autoplayed ppt. Complain to M$ for this "invention". PowerPoint AFAIR (last used it years ago...) also shows the pps and quits. (Didn't try, but doesn't really matter at all). Grüße/Regards, Rene -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' r...@debian.org | GnuPG-Key ID: D03E3E70 `- Fingerprint: E12D EA46 7506 70CF A960 801D 0AA0 4571 D03E 3E70 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#563756: /usr/bin/ooimpress: ..Microsoft Powerpoint chainmail hijacks ooimpress, crossflatform virus?
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:50:19 +0100, Arnt wrote in message <20100105095019.2fe91...@a45.fmb.no>: > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 04:45:09 +0100, Rene wrote in message > <20100105034509.gd10...@rene-engelhard.de>: > > > tag 563756 + moreinfo > > thanks > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 03:54:06AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ...opening the file either with varianst on > > > "ooimpress /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps &" > > > > Which file? There's none attached. Can you please be more > > precise for those who don't follow M$ crap (but see below)? > > ..correct, I wanted to make sure you wanted it first, attached > hereto and sent to Rene Engelhard further > details in my next response. ..I'll try. > > > or from the menu system in ooimpress, produces the > > > same reproducible result; ooimpress goes full screen > > > showing the chainmail, and dies promptly if you pick > > > "End the presentation" from the right click menu. > > > > >From google results (which are pretty indecisive), it seems > > that PowerPoint should be able to send mails? Where is > > the advisory/mentioning of this? ..pass, I ditched Microsoft Wintendo 95 on 26 re-installs 12 years ago that cost me 2 years research data on thermochemical gasification, so I moved on to SuSE 5.2, and, I got /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps from what initially looked like a buddy's happy-new-year mail to me and a bunch of people, and then, like some kinda cross-platform virus. > > Why do you think that OOo does this? ..I picked ooimpress next because catppt came up with: ... a...@a45:~ $ catppt /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps Estratégico 1_Estratégico a...@a45:~ $ ...and I could not get ooimpress windowed and under my control. The chainmail text is in Norwegian and contains the usual chainmail bullshit promises and bullshit threats of bad luck. > > (No, playing the presentation and quitting, which is the point of > > pps doesn't make it do that). ..I lost you totally here: I am not aware of any mail going out from my box, nor from ooimpress, I got the very firm impression /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps had managed to deny me control over ooimpress on my damned box. > > > ...I found _no_ way of windowing or closing the chainmail > > > without also killing ooimpress. Anyone else wanna try it?: > > > > Then you didn't try (or look) hard enough. pps is just a ppt + > > autoplay. (So as said in 548959 a mv just does it) ..huh? Am I, by OOo design policy, not _supposed_ to run a pps file in ooimpress in e.g. a window??? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#563756: /usr/bin/ooimpress: ..Microsoft Powerpoint chainmail hijacks ooimpress, crossflatform virus?
tag 563756 + moreinfo thanks Hi, On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 03:54:06AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ...opening the file either with varianst on > "ooimpress /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps &" Which file? There's none attached. Can you please be more precise for those who don't follow M$ crap (but see below)? > or from the menu system in ooimpress, produces the > same reproducible result; ooimpress goes full screen > showing the chainmail, and dies promptly if you pick > "End the presentation" from the right click menu. >From google results (which are pretty indecisive), it seems that PowerPoint should be able to send mails? Where is the advisory/mentioning of this? Why do you think that OOo does this? (No, playing the presentation and quitting, which is the point of pps doesn't make it do that). > ...I found _no_ way of windowing or closing the chainmail > without also killing ooimpress. Anyone else wanna try it?: Then you didn't try (or look) hard enough. pps is just a ppt + autoplay. (So as said in 548959 a mv just does it) Grüße/Regards, Rene -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' r...@debian.org | GnuPG-Key ID: D03E3E70 `- Fingerprint: E12D EA46 7506 70CF A960 801D 0AA0 4571 D03E 3E70 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#563756: /usr/bin/ooimpress: ..Microsoft Powerpoint chainmail hijacks ooimpress, crossflatform virus?
Package: openoffice.org-impress Version: 1:3.1.1-12 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/ooimpress ...opening the file either with varianst on "ooimpress /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps &" or from the menu system in ooimpress, produces the same reproducible result; ooimpress goes full screen showing the chainmail, and dies promptly if you pick "End the presentation" from the right click menu. ...I found _no_ way of windowing or closing the chainmail without also killing ooimpress. Anyone else wanna try it?: a...@a45:~ $ ll /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps &&md5sum /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps -rw-r--r-- 1 arnt arnt 310784 2010-01-05 03:11 /tmp/Om penger - NO.pps 91ce4f17a9e590b5e946496ddb942619 /tmp/Om penger - NO.pps a...@a45:~ $ -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages openoffice.org-impress depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc11:4.4.2-8 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libstlport4.6ldbl 4.6.2-7 STLport C++ class library ii openoffice.org-core1:3.1.1-12full-featured office productivity ii openoffice.org-draw1:3.1.1-12full-featured office productivity ii ure1.5.1+OOo3.1.1-12 OpenOffice.org UNO runtime environ openoffice.org-impress recommends no packages. openoffice.org-impress suggests no packages. Versions of packages openoffice.org-core depends on: ii fontconfig 2.8.0-2 generic font configuration library ii libc6 2.10.2-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcurl3-gnutls7.19.7-1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libdb4.8 4.8.26-1 Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [ ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc11:4.4.2-8 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.3-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgstreamer-plugins-b 0.10.25-7 GStreamer libraries from the "base ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.25-4+b1 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme ii libgtk2.0-02.18.5-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libhunspell-1.2-0 1.2.8-5 spell checker and morphological an ii libhyphen0 2.4-6 ALTLinux hyphenation library - sha ii libice62:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libicu42 4.2.1-3 International Components for Unico ii libjpeg62 6b-15 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.17-2.1OpenLDAP libraries ii libneon27-gnutls 0.29.0-1 An HTTP and WebDAV client library ii libnspr4-0d4.8.2-1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library ii libnss3-1d 3.12.5-1 Network Security Service libraries ii librdf01.0.10-1 Redland Resource Description Frame ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libstlport4.6ldbl 4.6.2-7 STLport C++ class library ii libx11-6 2:1.3.2-1 X11 client-side library ii libxaw72:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml22.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-2 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender11:0.9.5-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxslt1.1 1.1.26-1 XSLT processing library - runtime ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii libxtst6 2:1.0.3-1 X11 Testing -- Resource extension ii openoffice.org-common 1:3.1.1-12full-featured office productivity ii ttf-opensymbol 1:3.1.1-12OpenSymbol TrueType font ii ure1.5.1+OOo3.1.1-12 OpenOffice.org UNO runtime environ ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages openoffice.org-draw depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc11:4.4.2-8 GCC support library ii libstdc++6
