Recently I have noticed that I can no longer open LO and have the templates manager dialogue box showing using the command- soffice slot:5500 This true for all the versions that I have on my machine v5.0.5.2, 5.1.1.1 and dev5.2. The last time I recall using this command was possibly 5.0.3.2 (?). Having described this to an LO developer, he believes it is a possible regression - /opt/libreofficedev5.2/program/soffice slot:5500 /opt/libreofficedev5.2/program/soffice.bin: /opt/libreofficedev5.2/program/libuno_cppuhelpergcc3.so.3: version `PRIVATE_1.0' not found (required by /opt/libreofficedev5.2/program/libmergedlo.so) and advise I create a new bug Hope this helps with best wishes Neil
slot:XXXX commands are deprecated and shouldn't be used for many years. Moreover, nothing guarantees that the id of a specific command will remain the same in newer versions. Use .uno:XXXX instead (.uno:NewDoc in your case I guess). But interestingly slot:5500 does work on my machine, with both 5.0.5.2 and recent master, so I guess you have some other problem. Can you test also .uno:NewDoc?
Hi Maxim, Many thanks for your comments I tried the command you suggested- soffice .uno:NewDoc - on the following versions LOv5.0.5.2 & 5.1.1.1 fails: message: UNO exception during client open: Given module is not a frame nor a window, controller or model. LO dev5.2: works hopefully, it will work in the next release 5.2? As the soffice slot:5500 does not work on my machine, you suggest I may have some other problem on my machine. The same problem occurs on both my PC and notebook - both running Debian testing (amd64) Can you suggest what kind of problem I may have and where I should be looking for this problem? very many thanks Neil
(In reply to Neil R from comment #2) > The same problem occurs on both my PC and > notebook - both running Debian testing (amd64) Well, I was originally testing with Fedora 23, but now I installed Debian testing (amd64) in a VM, and slot:5500 works there perfectly too (as well as .uno:NewDoc). So I wonder what's so special about your setup? Maybe strace could give as some hints? > Can you suggest what kind of problem I may have and where I should be > looking for this problem? The first thing I would check is the package manager. Make sure that you don't have partial upgrades, or mixed packages from different Debian releases. Also make sure that LO is fully installed, as partial install (e.g. only Writer but not Calc etc.) isn't supported by upstream.
(In reply to Maxim Monastirsky from comment #3) So I wonder what's so special about your setup? Maybe strace > could give as some hints? strace produced 273 lines of text which I was having difficulty to interpret. I was going to send you a copy of this. However, I recalled reading somewhere in the forum that deleting the user profile and create a new one can sometime resolve a problem. On using soffice slot:5500, after disabling the original user profile, LibreOffice opened with the template manager box as required. It was successful with all installations (see below). I repeated with soffice .uno:NewDoc with the same success. I reactivated the original user profile to investigate which subcomponent was causing the problem. I discovered that the file registrymodifications.xcu was causing the problem Deleting this file allowed LO to open with the template manager box and a new registrymodifications.xcu file was created. Note: even with the corrupted registrymodifications.xcu, LOdev5.2 was able to open the template manager box. > > > Can you suggest what kind of problem I may have and where I should be > > looking for this problem? > The first thing I would check is the package manager. Make sure that you > don't have partial upgrades, or mixed packages from different Debian > releases. Also make sure that LO is fully installed, as partial install > (e.g. only Writer but not Calc etc.) isn't supported by upstream. All complete installations of full LO suite. I have the latest LO version (5.1.1) via Debian package manager (installed in /usr/lib) and LO 5.1.1. & dev5.2 installed from LO download page (installed in /opt/) Thank you for all your patience, help and advice Neil