Created attachment 129895 [details] Image that shows the message which appears when you open the cells format Over any cell, when you click on Format -> Cells... After few seconds appear This message: "It is not allowed to install fonts on request" followed by "Automatic detection and installation of missing fonts is currently not allowed". The message only have the button of "Close", and after click on close button, you must wait for long seconds before you can continue working. This message only appears the first time. Once the message is closed, it doesn't appear anymore into the current book. If you open a new book, we find the same situation: the program blocked by this message.
I don’t think that error message comes from LibreOffice, though… 🤔 What is your Linux distro? Are you using an admin or standard user account? Does this error happen with an existing spreadsheet file or with new files as well?
My Linux distro is Ubuntu 14.04 and the error happen using an admin account, but not a root user. The error always happen with new files the first time you click on "cell format". I have 22 computers on my classroom and this error happen in all computers when into Libreoffice calc somebody click on "cell format". Thank you for your help. I'm desesperate.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/832857/installing-fonts-on-request-isnt-supported-error-message Does the advice help? The error is definitely coming from Ubuntu.
I Followed the instructions that shows the advice, but I'm in the same situation. The document wasn't created with windows and when I try to execute the command: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer the system shows the message: "ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already in its most recent version". I don't know what to do. Do you need more information? Thank you.
I think you should open a bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ Maybe also try with Ubuntu 16.04 on a test machine that matches the ones in your classroom.
I have the same problem with Libreoffice and it is appears also in Writer. I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 64 bit. I installed ttf-mscorefonts-installer. It's a bit tricky, because the version provided in Ubuntu repositories do not work, but there are plenty of instructions in the internet, how to deal with that. But the problem is still there. I take a look in Advanced configuration of Libreoffice, what kind of fonts are mentioned in configuration and there are, for instance, Albany fonts, which are not anymore delivered with Libreoffice and probably some other outdated fonts not available with Ubuntu or Libreoffice. I don't know if this could be the reason for error message. But it is really annoying, because it can take up to few minutes when everything is frozen.
Andis: would you like to create the report against Ubuntu? The original reporter has not done it for some reason and it would be good to know it exists, so we can close this.
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #7) > Andis: would you like to create the report against Ubuntu? The original > reporter has not done it for some reason and it would be good to know it > exists, so we can close this. The problem with ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already reported in Ubuntu and temporal workaround provided, however it is not helping with the issue in Libreoffice. Besides Ubuntu most probably will reject report, because I'm not using version provided in Ubuntu repositories, but the version from Libreoffice website. However, I can try, but I need help with formulation of the problem so that it is not rejected.
(In reply to andis.lazdins from comment #8) > The problem with ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already reported in Ubuntu and > temporal workaround provided, however it is not helping with the issue in > Libreoffice. Besides Ubuntu most probably will reject report, because I'm > not using version provided in Ubuntu repositories, but the version from > Libreoffice website. > However, I can try, but I need help with formulation of the problem so that > it is not rejected. Please give a link to the Launchpad report.
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #9) > > Please give a link to the Launchpad report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1647969 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1607535
Let's phone Björn and ask his opinion.
(In reply to andis.lazdins from comment #10) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1647969 That is a dupe of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1651923 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1607535 Both of these launchpad bugs are fixed. > because I'm not using version provided in Ubuntu repositories, but the version from Libreoffice website Right, if you want system integration you should use the Ubuntu packaged version. System-integration is a doomed effort with a "generic build" like the binaries provided by TDF.
Ok, let's close.
*** Bug 106536 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to Björn Michaelsen from comment #12) > (In reply to andis.lazdins from comment #10) > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1647969 > That is a dupe of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1651923 > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/1607535 > > Both of these launchpad bugs are fixed. I investigated this a bit more and it seems the problem is something else. LibreOffice calls PackageKit via dbus and Ubuntu shows an error message because it doesn't support the InstallFontconfigResources method: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~aptdaemon-developers/sessioninstaller/main/view/head:/sessioninstaller/core.py#L1134 Ideally this should be fixed in the sessioninstaller, but for now we can at least work around the problem by not calling that method any longer if we detect it's broken.
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=e8567ecd9d78a742cbab86498f7a31b22ee92ffa tdf#104883 Don't call InstallFontconfigResources if it's not available It will be available in 6.0.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-5-4": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=aa00f568a699dd00e2a29cb0d5c0fb1122b82f61&h=libreoffice-5-4 tdf#104883 Don't call InstallFontconfigResources if it's not available It will be available in 5.4.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-5-3": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=f86d9d732d9b2aa711d321a8c9f4110b638560b4&h=libreoffice-5-3 tdf#104883 Don't call InstallFontconfigResources if it's not available It will be available in 5.3.6. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
The dialog should now show up only one time. You can prevent it from showing up at all by setting the config option "PackageKit::EnableFontInstallation" to "false".