John Jason Jordan: Your issue has been reopened and I will add that this occurs on Edgy.
James McKenzie -----Original Message----- >From: John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 17, 2007 1:26 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [users] Download 2.04 Linux > >On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:52:35 +1300 >Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > >> This question can up a little while ago on this list and I admit that >> it took me a little while to find a mirror that could be used to >> download old versions. It used to be easier (when people could select >> their own mirrors) but that confused more people that it helped. >> >> What I did find was the this mirror hosted the necessary files, and >> looking at it again, I see that there is a 2.0.4 linux version which >> can be downloaded. I'm not 100% sure that its the closest mirror to >> you geographically speaking but trust that it will do: >> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.4/?fl= > >Paul and NoOp, > >Thanks for your replies. For some reason my post requesting a site to >download 2.0.4 took several days to appear. In the meantime I did find >64-bit .debs for 2.1, and I installed it. But it was a mess, so I >uninstalled it. Then I reinstalled 2.0.4 from Synaptic, but after doing >so stuff that was working in 2.0.4 became broken and I was worse off >than before. > >It took me hours of work, but I finally managed to remove all traces of >2.0.4 and 2.1. It seems that apt-get remove --purge does not do a very >good job, nor does "remove completely" in Synaptic. They left hundreds >of old files all over my hard disk. > >I am now back to a stable 2.0.4 that is working fine except that my >original problems with it are not fixed. That is, drag and drop editing >of text is still broken and some of the settings in Tools > Options are >not being saved in the default template. Otherwise, everything is >working pefectly. > >I filed a bug report with OOo about the drag and drop editing of text, >but one of the developers closed the issue without even reading what I >said. Since it is closed, no one can now add any comments to it. > >http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74478 > >But I did that before trying 2.1. During my brief interlude with 2.1 I >discovered that drag and drop editing of text and the problems with >settings in Tools > Options not being saved to the default template >were still broken. Therefore, I concluded that the problem is with >Ubuntu Edgy amd64, not OOo. Besides, there are not many of us who have >been bitten by this bug, and all of us are on Edgy amd64. Therefore, I >filed a bug report with Edgy: > >https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org-amd64/+bug/85248 > >That is where things are at the moment. I am going to just live with >the drag and drop of text not working. I could try to find the >64-bit .debs of 2.0.2 and install them, but I am tired of messing with >it for now. I have homework due Monday and finals are looming, so I >don't want to risk going through OpenOffice hell again for a while. > >Thanks to all who helped, and if I find anything further I will report >back to the list. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
