Converting with LibreOffice 3.5.0 doesn't work every time

[Sworddragon]

With the latest trunk I can't convert a document anymore with LibreOffice 3.5.0. I get just an error message:

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'com::sun::star::registry::InvalidRegistryException'

This happens only with the upstream package of LibreOffice 3.5.0. The package from the Ubuntu repository is working fine.

[dagwieers]

Can you try with the recent LibO 3.5.1 RC1 release ?

There have been some known issues with the LibO 3.5.0 release

[Sworddragon]

There seems to be currently no debian package for LibreOffice 3.5.1 RC1. Another ways of building could maybe not guarantee that this bug is fixed.

[dagwieers]

Have you tried removing the LibO libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1, as explained in bug #26 ?

I think it might have a similar cause as that bug on Ubuntu.

[dagwieers]

Debian packages of LibO 3.5.1 RC1 are available from: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/deb/

[Sworddragon]

I have looked for such a site but couldn't find it. The packages are a little small (8.3 MB) and on extracting I get some errors. It seems the packages are currently broken or not finished.

I have tried the other solution in ticket #26 but I'm getting now a new error message with the latest trunk:

sworddragon@ubuntu:~/data/dagwieers-unoconv-5eb671a$ ./unoconv ./test.odt
UNO IllegalArgument during import phase: Source file cannot be read. Unsupported URL file:///home/sworddragon/data/dagwieers-unoconv-5eb671a/test.odt: ""

The file exists and I can open it without a problem. I don't know what is wrong here.

[dagwieers]

The package you are looking at is the SDK. Please look at all the files and find this one:

LibO_3.5.1rc1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz       25-Feb-2012 09:56  163M

If needed, you can also install one or more helppacks or langpacks.

[Sworddragon]

Same problem with LibreOffice 3.5.1 as above:

sworddragon@ubuntu:~/data/dagwieers-unoconv-5eb671a$ ./unoconv test.odt
UNO IllegalArgument during import phase: Source file cannot be read. Unsupported URL file:///home/sworddragon/data/dagwieers-unoconv-5eb671a/test.odt: ""

[dagwieers]

Can you share the document ?

[Sworddragon]

I can't reproduce this anymore with the newest trunk of unoconv.

[dagwieers]

I should also have added that in some cases a runaway (or existing) LibreOffice instance can interfere with unoconv, so a reboot can 'magically' fix an issue (even though it was not necessary to reboot). It's time to create a special troubleshooting section with some advice.

Thanks for reporting back !

[dagwieers]

There is now a "Troubleshooting instructions" section in the main README.

[Sworddragon]

I remember that I have sometimes seen a process from LibreOffice which was theoretically closed. Maybe such an instance existed while this error appeared.