I have LibreOffice 4.4 and 5.0 in my HP laptop. I also have LibreOffice files on another pc (Linux) that is part of my home network. If I use LibreOffice 4.4, I have no problem opening and editing the files that are on the Linux pc, from my laptop. If I use LibreOffice 5.0 nothing happens. I can't open said files. The problem occurs with all the apps (LibreOffice write, calc and draw). Any suggestions to solve this problem? Thanks. wp
Hi wp, i think you have several options. First, you can try to get the error message while you are opening the file through terminal? Just give it a try like this: Code (Text): libreoffice --writer myfiletoopen.odt Is there an error message displayed? This way we may can search for a fix together Another try could be, to upgrade LibreOffice to another (stable) version with a PPA. Maybe with the newest LibreOffice 5.1.3 dont have this issue? It is easy, just do this in your terminal: Code (Text): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1 #Press ENTER sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade #It should note that LibreOffice Packages are going to be upgraded. Confirm with [Y] If you want to delete this PPA-version again, you can delete the PPA-Repository and reinstall the libreoffice packages (it will fetch them from the standard elementary repository again) this way: Code (Text): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1 --remove #Press ENTER sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --reinstall libreoffice Waiting for your feedback LKX7
LKX7: Thanks so much for helping me out in this issue. Right now, the latest version of LibreOffice I have installed is version 5.0.6.3. Following is the code that happens when I run LibreOffice from terminal: Code (Text): williepabon@WP-Pavilion:~$ libreoffice5.0 --writer '/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=wp-macmini,share=documents/ATT SMS Codes.odt' javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment! Warning: failed to read path from javaldx Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pantheon-filechooser-module" (soffice:3393): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:3393): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:3393): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:3393): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:3393): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Incidentally, running the program in this way, opens the file. Thanks for any help. wp
Hey wp, cool So with the command line it opens, without it doesn't? Because we see now some errors, we can try to resolve it. I guess the "Pixmap" issue we can ignore (i see sometimes the same message here with oder gtk apps). But when i search for Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" there could be this solution from askubuntu.com: Code (Text): sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 #or maybe the other package (amd64) is missing sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module And for the message "javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!" maybe it helps to install jre: Code (Text): sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless Maybe it help :- ) You can give it a try
LKX7: Thanks for the help. Sorry to report that the problem still exists. There's been some improvement, though. The open jdk-7 and the libcanberra issues disappeared when I installed said modules. Here's the code now: Code (Text): williepabon@WP-Pavilion:~$ libreoffice5.0 --writer '/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=wp-macmini,share=documents/ATT SMS Codes.odt' Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pantheon-filechooser-module" (soffice:7276): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:7276): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:7276): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:7276): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", (soffice:7276): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", It seems that the pantheon-file-chooser needs to be installed. How I do it? Thanks. wp
