Public bug reported:
Since I work with Ubuntu 12.10 I have serious problems with LibreOffice. I
already reported bugs regarding the menu line and regarding the use of files
with smb. This one is the most critical though. It regards the Database app of
LO (Base). This one is very critical, since I cannot use Database at all, nor
for working with existing databases (created in LO before in Ubuntu environment
12.04 or earlier), nor for creating new databases.
I don't really understand the reason, but from the error messages it seems that
the application does not find Java running, hence it could be linked to the
OpenJDK Jave of Icedtea Java or any other Java-tool used by the standard Ubuntu
OS.
I will describe to cases: (a) using an existing database with Base and (b)
trying to create a new database.
(a) using an existing database. Open LO, choose Database. It opens the
Window 'guided creation database'. I choose 'open existing database' ,
then Open, then search one of the existing databases with the extention
odb. The database opens with a grey screen. When I try to move to
'tables', I get an error message, stating that it is impossible to
create a connection to the database and that it is impossible to find a
Java installation with the advice: verify your installation (see
attachment 1, error message in Italian). When clicking on the button
'more' (più) one gets two new error messages. The first one repeats the
general message that it is impossible to establish a connection (see
attachment 2, message Italian), the second one repeats the message that
no Java installation has been found but adds 'Stato SQL: HY000' (see
attachment 3). No tables are shown. One can see queries, forms and
reports created before, but of course one cannot open these items, since
they cannot connect to the data in the table(s).
(b) creating a new database. Open LO, choose the button Database. It
opens the window 'guided creation database'. I choose 'create a new
database. Push the button 'avanti' (next) then I confirm the default
choices, register the database and open the database in order to modify.
I can now give a name to the database and save it. Then the database
opens, immediately showing an error message, which is exactly the same
as the first message shown in (a) with exactly the same underlying
messages. These three messages are her included as attachments 4, 5 and
6.
I wonder whether other users have the same problem. I would like to know
whether there are work-arounds available (e.g.installing 'real' Java)
and whether it would be better to downgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which
was really stable and satisfactory. Quantal has made LibreOffice almost
completely unreliable for professional use. In order be able to continue
to use my databases I need to use another computer with Windows XP [
:-(( ] with LibreOffice 3.5.6.2 ( I don't upgrade the LO package
because I don't want to run the risk of not being able to open my
databases on any platform anymore).
The windows computer I referred to has a Ubuntu 12.10 dual boot version
installed alongside. This Ubuntu installation gives exactly the same
problems, for which I think that more users could be affected by this
bug.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: libreoffice 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 23 11:09:51 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-11 (195 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (95 days ago)
** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity
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LibreOffice Base does not work at all with Ubuntu QQ!!
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