Description:
When the needed drive is not conneected, LO's message states a problem that's a consequence of not having the drive, but it obfuscates the earlier problem, confusing the user.

Steps to Reproduce:
0. I hope I have the steps right. It's risky to rerun.

00. This could harm a file (I think) and maybe LO, so you may not want to do this STR.

1. Open a LibreOffice Writer nonblank document on a removable storage device.

2. Go to Tools menu > Options > Load/Save > General > Save > Save AutoRecovery information every . . . minutes. Check that this is on and note the interval.

3. Close the document. Check that it is in LO's Start Center, the right part of the window, among the thumbnails. Click on the thumbnail to reopen the document.

4. Spend more than the AutoRecovery interval adding content without manually saving and then almost immediately disconnect all power to the computer.

5. Wait at least a few seconds and remove the removable storage device.

6. Reconnect power but not the removable storage device.

7. Reboot.

8. Open LO. In LO's Start Center, in the right part of the window, click the thumbnail.

9. I don't think I'm missing a step, but if I am it would be at this point in the STR.

10. When LO tries to recover your work, approve doing so.

Actual Results:
This message appears: "Document Could Not Be Locked"/"The lock file could not be created for exclusive access by LibreOffice, due to missing permission to create a lock file on that file location or lack of free disk space."/"Open Read-Only" "Cancel".

Under the circumstances, this message is confusing.

Expected Results:
The message should say, "<path_to_absent_removable_storage_device>/<document_name>.odt does not exist."/"OK".

The lock file could not be created on that location and free disk (disc) space was lacking because the location  did not exist at the moment. I had to reinsert the flash drive (my removable storage device) and then everything would be okay.

Thus, the message is not technically wrong but, in effect, skips past the message the user should see to solve the problem.


Reproducible: Didn't try


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Maybe relevant: Bug 126062 and bug 128526.

Resetting the user profile is irrelevant, since the Start Center then would not have the thumbnail needed for STR.

I don't think I have OpenGL.

Fedora 34 Linux, kept evergreen.

LO > Help > About LibreOffice:

Version: 7.1.2.2
Build ID: 10(Build:2)
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded