Mas, Jay: Thanks for the responses; I'll add info to have the drives mounted at boot time for the time being.
After further experiments, however, I believe more strongly that the behavior I describe qualifies as a Bug. Here's why: A) If one attempts the exact same sequence of file loading with Calc, the behavior is exactly what anyone would reasonably expect. Specifically, if after confirming in Nautilus that a specfic partition is NOT mounted, you open Calc and then go through the File|Open sequence on the unmounted partition, the file is loaded with no problem. If you then return to Nautilus, you will see that the partition is now mounted. So, at the very least, there is an inconsistency between the operation of Calc and Writer. B) To further illustrate why the behavior I describe is "user-hostile," load Writer normally, and then (by any means) load a few documents that reside on a normally-mounted partition. If you then choose to open a file that resides on an unmounted partition, Writer still disappears as I described, as do the other documents that were open. When restarting Writer, the documents are all waiting for recovery, of course, but you can see where an unsuspecting user's stress level might rise. C) Last, but not least, presenting a "File not found" or similar message would seem much more appropriate than simply shutting down the application. But, the helpful approach would be to mount the drive and load the file - just as Calc does. So, being new to Ubuntu and the world of open source, I'm not sure how to go about reporting this "officially" and would appreciate a quick tutorial. Thanks again ... -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Opening-Files-in-Writer-tp4006889p4006989.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted