On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:48:48 +0100 Marcus <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote:
> Am 19.11.22 um 11:32 schrieb Matthias Seidel: > > Am 18.11.22 um 10:25 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > >> There have been many reports of OpenOffice files Writer and Impress (not > >> sure about Calc), of all versions, suddenly losing pictures, and leaving > >> only a blank frame. > >> > >> I use the Xubuntu LTS versions, running usually the latest Apache > >> OpenOffice, more recently the 4.5.0 nightlies. I have not used Windows > >> since 2007/8, so cannot say if the following remarks have relevance to > >> that version > >> > >> LibreOffice have fixed the problem of picture loss, at a cost (from > >> memory) of 44,000 euro. > >> > >> I regularly make and re-edit Impress presentations, some of considerable > >> size (~100+ slides, for later selection) and some of 10/12 years of age, > >> and have found a method that seems to overcome the picture loss. > >> > >> My files are stored on a network addressed storage; I have disabled "Save > >> Autorecovery every n seconds" (entering 0); in more than 9 years of using > >> that setting in OpenOffice, both in the creation and editing of large > >> Impress presentations of 100+ slides containing images and also of several > >> illustrated booklets, I have never lost pictures. Prior to disabling the > >> AutoRecovery process, I regularly did lose images. > >> > >> My guess is that the AutoRecovery process, when it happens, does not > >> correctly preserve the existing OpenOffice environment, perhaps itself > >> being interrupted by input keystrokes from the User. > >> > >> I do not offer this as a sure-fire solution, but merely record my > >> experience > > > > Thank you for sharing your experience! > > > > A memory corruption may be the main problem, but pictures nowadays are > > typically much bigger than they were, when OO was designed. > > > > That said, I would like to increase the memory settings at least for > > trunk/AOO42X. > > > > Default is now: > > > > Graphics cache: 20 MB, 5.2 MB per object, Remove after 10 minutes. 20 > > Objects > > > > Opinions? > > just in crease the settings. What about 100 MB and 10 MB for each object? > > Marcus Sounds good. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
