<SOLVED> system upgrades => OpenOffice locks system on save

[tomcloyd]

Am running KB8.10, kernal 2.6.27.11. I believe the kernal was upgraded as part of the rush of upgrades coming down the pipeline in the last two days. (There were a lot - today's alone took about 25+ min. to download, on broadband!)

After today's pile of upgrades, I find that my installation of OpenOffice 3.01 (done from Synaptic) totally locks up the system IF I try to save a file. I've rebooted to get out of the lockup probably at least 6 times this evening. I've uninstalled and reinstalled OO. The problem remains. There's no error message. When I click the toolbar Save icon, or do a Ctrl+S, or a File > Save As, the lockup occurs. I cannot close out OO by any means. If I can get to my running system monitor, I can kill it and get control back, but much of the time I cannot get OO out of the way to get to the system monitor. I cannot replicate the problem with any program but OO - where saves from either Writer or Calc will lock things up.

When the lockup occurs, I have no keyboard, but the mouse still moves. The OO interface isn't responsive to it, but other programs seem to be, IF I can get to them.

I don't see anyone else reporting this problem, which is worrisome.

I use OO quite a bit, so its loss is serious for me.

Any ideas as to how I can respond to this?

Thanks for any assistance!

[Snowhog]

Re: After automatic system upgrades, last 2 days, OpenOffice locks system on save

Read through Re: KDE4.2 and OpenOffice bug

[tomcloyd]

Re: &lt;SOLVED&gt; system upgrades =&gt; OpenOffice locks system on save

SnowHog, you da MAN!

I think it's simply outstanding that this problem was so handily and quickly resolved. Too bad I blew 3+ hours trying to fix it myself. Oh well. The Kubuntu support community is tops, by my book. THANKS!

Oh...special thank to Claydoh, who came up with the solution(s).

t.

[Snowhog]

Re: &lt;SOLVED&gt; system upgrades =&gt; OpenOffice locks system on save

You're to kind. But thanks none the less.