Re: openoffice2 powerpoint problem on amd64-current

[Nikola Lecic <nikola.lecic%anthesphoria.net@localhost>]

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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:36:43 +0000
"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
 
> I'm trying to run native Openoffice2 on an amd64-current system.  When
> I try to save a presentation in Powerpoint format, it pops up a box
> saying "Error save the document ...: Write Error.  The file could not
> be written."  There are no other messages, and I can save the file in
> the same directory in .odp format.  Any suggestions?  Not being able
> to generate Powerpoint is a serious problem for me.  (Not that I
> particularly want to use Powerpoint -- I create most of my slides
> using LaTeX -- but sometimes I have to use it for compatibility with
> others.)
> 
> Note: this is, as I noted, native Openoffice2, which I compiled
> myself.  Linux32 emulation isn't working well enough for me, per a
> post the other day about acroread.

Good evening Steve,

I recall a very similar case with OOo2 on FreeBSD/amd64. The problem
was a bug in gcc-4.1 used to compile it: upgrading gcc (I think to 4.2)
and recompiling OpenOffice resolved all problems.

Best regards.
Nikola
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