Bug#182452: openoffice.org: can't import plain text
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> Hi, thanks for reporting; this bug is already reported and the previous
> submitter was able to get OOo working like this:
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> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=173481
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> I've now figured out how to fix it, but not why it was happening.
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> Previously I had my locale set to "C" and no locales generated, by
> reconfiguring locales (dpkg-reconfigure locales) and generating en_us
> and selecting that as my default locale, the problem goes away.
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> Now I can no longer reproduce the bug, even if I switch the locale back
> from en_us to C and uncheck en_us to be generated by locale. But I'm
> certain that this caused the bug to disappear.
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> Does the problem go away for you too if you follow this procedure?
(can't remember if I sent you a reply: we've just been in "a bit of a
rush")
This fixed the problem.
It isn't in the openoffice.org FAQ, or the debian docs, as far as I can
tell. However, OOo was generating a locale error - maybe the locale
error should tell us this.
cheers, Rich.
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