Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2014-01-01 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
I just add MATE to Ubuntu, using the instructions on MATE's download/install pages. Takes a few commands in Terminal, but the downloading and install of them can take some time, depending on the connection speed and the speed of the computer. I hate Unity, but I sometimes log into that DE

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread tk
Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work around is to use a different distro. Specifically a distro that nebver came close to Ubuntu, as its base.(That rules out Mint, which exhibits the

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread M Henri Day
2013/12/31 tk toki.kant...@gmail.com Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work around is to use a different distro. Specifically a distro that nebver came close to Ubuntu, as its

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 12/31/2013 01:21 PM, M Henri Day wrote: 2013/12/31 tk toki.kant...@gmail.com Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work around is to use a different distro. Specifically a distro that

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread M Henri Day
2013/12/31 Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com On 12/31/2013 01:21 PM, M Henri Day wrote: 2013/12/31 tk toki.kant...@gmail.com Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Don C. Myers
Hi, I have no problems with LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 in Ubuntu 13.10 on several different computers.I use the version from The document foundation, and not from Ubuntu. If you are using the Ubuntu version and wish to try The Document Foundation version, you must purge your system of all of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Don C. Myers
PS - I'm running Unity with Ubuntu 13.10. On 12/31/2013 12:43 PM, tk wrote: Bala subramanian wrote: I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to Known bug in Ubuntu 12.04. AFAIK, the only work around is to use a different distro. Specifically a distro that nebver

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread M Henri Day
2013/12/31 Don C. Myers donmy...@myersfarm.com Hi, I have no problems with LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 in Ubuntu 13.10 on several different computers.I use the version from The document foundation, and not from Ubuntu. If you are using the Ubuntu version and wish to try The Document Foundation

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Bala subramanian
Hi all, Thank you all for your inputs. I could solve the problem just by installing gnome-desktop. I tried re-installing libreoffice. With ubuntu unity, ubuntu 2D. The problem persists. I installed gnome-desktop and now i am able to use the office or highlighting or font changes without any

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
I had not been able to install Ubuntu's gnome-desktop on my clean install of 12.04 or test of 13.04. I keep getting errors about file not found that were needed for the install. I use MATE since it is closest to GNOME 2.x that was installed with Ubuntu 10.04LTS. I do not like Unity or

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Blimey!! That sounds quite extreme!! 'Just' uninstalling the DE is quite a major undertaking isn't it? Switching to a new one and leaving the existing one intact is fairly easy but i guess that wouldn't have solved it. Huge congrats on solving that!!! :) Regards from Tom :) On 31

Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, on 12.04 i am still on 3.5.7 and i think this machine has the default Ubuntu-ised version from the repos. Regards from Tom :) On 31 December 2013 20:59, Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I had not been able to install Ubuntu's gnome-desktop on my clean install

[libreoffice-users] libreoffice writer freezes in ubunt 12.04

2013-12-30 Thread Bala subramanian
Friends, I am using libreoffice Version: 4.1.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. I am able to open even big documents and work on it without any problem. However when i try to select a word and change the font color or highlight color etc, the libreoffice write freezes completely. To see if this could be