Hi jeremy, It's unfortunate that this critical openoffice bug still exists so long after the initial bug report was filed.
I jumped through the hoops to downgrade openoffice to the version in Feisty, which continues to work like a charm. Luckily, downgrading isn't nearly as hard as it used to be. You need to first add the feisty repositories back into your /etc/apt/sources.list file. You can do this by adding the following lines with a text editor to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted Then see which packages are available with: apt-cache showpkg openoffice.org Mine shows at the bottom, Provides: 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 - openoffice.org2 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5 - openoffice.org2 2.2.0-1ubuntu5 - openoffice.org2 We want the 2.2.0 version, so we can install it with: sudo aptitude install openoffice.org=2.2.0-1ubuntu5 which will locate the other openoffice packages that need to be downgraded and return them all to the feisty version as a unit. Finally, we want to put those packages on hold so that they don't automatically re-upgrade to the broken gutsy version. You can do this most easily by opening synaptic, going to "custom filters", and looking for "Upgradable" packages. All the openoffice.org packages should be listed -- you want to select them all and tell synaptic to 'lock' their package version (it's in the package menu). Bye, -Brian On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 16:28 +0000, jeremywolg wrote: > It does the same thing for me as well (crashes whenever I select a cell > to optimize). Do you think installing an earlier version of open office > would help? Or is it a problem with Gusty Gibbon itself? The Gnumeric > spreadsheet does not seem to have this problem, however I am uncertain > of legality of the program in the U.S., and it has other bugs. > -- Gutsy - openoffice calc tools->solver crashes consistently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
