Bug#424500: Uninformative error message when opening StarOffice 5.2 files
Package: openoffice.org
Version: 2.0.4.dfsg.2-5etch1
Background: "apt-get install openoffice.org" does not install the
openoffice.org-filter-so52 package. I have not tried aptitude for the
same task. The following is valid when openoffice.org-filter-so52
is not installed:
When opening an Staroffice 5.2 (.sdw), the application presents the
user with a menu of file format choices. After selecting a suitable
format, the program refuses to import the file with the message:
"General Input/Output error".
There is a lot of discussion of "General Input/Output error" on the
Internet, which leads the search for causes in wrong direction. NFS /
Samba file locking issues seem to be the common cause for this
message.
The program should report that the filter or converter is not
available, and perhaps suggest that the filter is available as a
separate package.
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Toomas Tamm
Tallinn, Estonia
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