2008/9/29 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 09/26/2008 01:38 PM, NoOp wrote: > > This is directly related to Ubuntu/Debian, but may also apply to other > > linux distros that install their own version of OOo. > > > > When attempting to start OOo3RC1 and OOo3RC2 (OOO300m7) after > > installation, OOo may crash with a: > > > > terminate called after throwing an instance of > > 'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException' > > terminate called after throwing an instance of > > 'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException' > > > > error when run from a terminal. If you run directly, the program will go > > into a crash state and continue to loop attempting to recover an > > untitled document. (get out of the loop my opening a terminal and using: > > killall soffice). > > > > This will occur if during the "Welcome to OpenOffice.org 3.0" startup > > and registration process you have elected to "Transfer personal data". > > The problem is that Ubuntu/Debian uses a newer version of libdb4 > > (libdb4.6) than that supplied with OOO300m7 (libdb-4.2). > > In short, the tranfer process copies the newer database files from the > > existing OOo into the new OOo3RC2 user profile (~/.openoffice.org/3), > > OOo3RC2 then attempts to open the new database using libdb-4.2, and the > > end result is a crash. > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=94240 > > provides details. > > > This is resolved in OOo3RC3 which should appear on the > http://download.openoffice.org/680/ page in a day or two. You can now > transfer your existing user settings (without a crash) to OOo3RC3. > However the extensions will not be transfered so you will need to > reinstall your previous extensions.
Gary, could you complement the above information with brief instructions as to how users can most easily re-install their previous OOo 3.0 extensions ?... Henri
