So clearly the problem here is with Thunar and PCManFM-Qt, at least something about how they handle the Samba connection that makes LibreOffice (and only LibreOffice, apparently) unhappy.
So I have three thoughts: 1. Connect to the Samba share manually. This way we're not relying on the logic in the file manager to do the mounting. Assuming this works correctly for all file managers, then we can safely put the blame on the file managers themselves even though there must be something about LibreOffice that makes it particular. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba/SambaClientGuide#Connecting_using_CIFS 2. Run the file manager on the command line and see if it spits anything out. I know with PCManFM-Qt, it also handles desktop management, so there's a daemon running. You can find that and kill it and then run `pcmanfm-qt --profile=lxqt 2>&1`. I'm less intimately familiar with Thunar so I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure that out. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875717 Title: Opening file from Samba share results in Document in Use Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This bug is related to bug # 1430531. I am running Lubuntu version 20.04 with all updates installed The Libre Office version : Version: 6.4.2.2 Build ID: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: qt5; Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded 1. connect to share on local network with PCManFM-Qt File Manager 2. click on file TEST_Samba.odt 3. The Libre Office splash/Logo screen appears for a split second and the nothing happens and the file is not opened. 4. I then right-click on file and select "open with Libre Office Writer 5. Document in Use" window appears with text: Document file 'TEST_Samba.odt' is locked for editing by: Unknown User Open document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing. Open Read-Only Open Copy Cancel Screen shot attached.. Expected results: The "TEST_Samba.odt" files is opened in read-write mode, user can edit it. Actual results: User can't edit original document (see 3-5 above) I have tested this on several boxes running Lubuntu 20.04 with the exact same results. I have also tested this on SparkyLinux LxQT version 5.11 with the same results. Ubuntu Gnome as well as MS Windows/Office have no problems opening/editing and/or saving this file back to the Samba share. Global Samba config is "default" Usershare config is: $ cat /var/lib/samba/usershares/sameign2 #VERSION 2 path=/home/kbeins/Sameign2 comment= usershare_acl=S-1-1-0:F guest_ok=n sharename=Sameign2 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: libreoffice (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: LXQt Date: Tue Apr 28 17:51:14 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1875717/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
