Public bug reported:
At the office I use my Ubuntu computer as a work station and connect it
to our Windows network by establishing Samba (smb) connections. In this
way I can not only use the print facilities but also use directly the
network directories for opening, saving of documents.
Since ubuntu 12.04 directories of windows networks have been integrated
in the procedure for opening, saving of documents in Libreoffice.
Directories available through open samba-connections thus are integrated
in the list of directories on which docs can be saved. This was a great
new features, since before 12.04 one had to save files on a local
directory first and then move or copy them to the windows directory in
Nautilus.
After having done the upgrade to ubuntu 12.10 QQ this facility does not
work as it should. The network directories are still shown and it it
still possible to open a document. But is it not possible to save it and
giving it another name. Another thing which had become impossible is to
open a document from another source than the network directory (e.g.
local directory, attached doc to a mail) and save it in a directory of
the network server.
When doing this the system gives the information 'Error saving the document
#name#. The file does not exist' (see screenshot 1, text in italian). If one
then presses the OK-button there is a second error communication with the
following text:
Error is saving the document #name#:
General Error
Generel I/O error
(see screenshot 2, text in italian)
I have checked whether the same kind of error also occurs in other
programs, at least in Evince (pdf-reader). This is not the case.
A last issue I want to report is that when one opens a doc (e.g. odt)
from a network directory, modifies it and then save it, this seems to
work. There is no error messsage. When checking by re-opening the saved
document, in a few experiments I did the modifications were not saved.
In nautilus the date indication of the file also remained the same. In
other experiments however the saving of the documents with the
modifications seemed to work as it should.
conclusion: the integration of network directories in LO has become
unreliable, with a high risk of loss of information for the user.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: libreoffice 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 22 12:47:08 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (2 days ago)
** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of error message nr. 1"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069757/+attachment/3408663/+files/Error_message_1.png
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Libreoffice: problems with saving docs to directories of Windows
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