[ooo-build] Unable to Load Included Impress Templates in ooo-build 3.2.1.4

[Christoph Willing]

On 23/06/2010, at 8:34 AM, <ooo-build at opennix.com> <ooo-build at opennix.com 
 > wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I have successfully built ooo-build 3.2.1.4 for Slackware64 13.1.   
> Now I
> am having problems using the included Impress background templates.


I have also built 3.2.1.4 for Slackware64-13.1 but I can't reproduce  
that problem. Templates & backgrounds load without any trouble.

Perhaps you could check our binary at:
     http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/slackware64/13.1/openoffice-3.2.1.4-x86_64-1_uqv.txz

and if it works as expected (which it should) then we can investigate  
whether some difference in building technique is causing the problem.


chris


> Ways to reproduce:
>
> Open Impress.  During initial "Presentation Wizard" dialogue choose
> "From template".  The "Preview" checkbox is checked per default.  A
> window pops up containing the error message "Error loading the  
> template:
> General error".
>
> Open Impress.  During initial "Presentation Wizard" dialogue choose
> "Empty presentation".  Click "Next".  The "Preview" checkbox is  
> checked
> per default.  Select any of the options listed under "Presentation
> Backgrounds" or "Presentations".  A window pops up containing the  
> error
> message "Error loading the template: General error".
>
> Creating an empty presentation and choosing a background from "Master
> Pages" -> "Available for Use" seems to have no effect.  There are no
> warnings or errors but the background of the presentation does not  
> change.
>
> Starting Impress from the command line provides no additional output.
>
> Templates are installed in the directory
> /usr/lib64/ooo-3.2/basis3.2/share/template/en-US/layout/ with the
> naming pattern lyt-{template}.otp.  Permissions on the files are 444.
>
> Web searches turn up little.  I did run across a posting on the Arch
> Linux forums that describe the same behavior:
>
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=85592
>
> That thread gives no resolution.  Also, posters indicate vanilla
> OpenOffice.org releases do not exhibit this behavior.
>
> Please let me know if there are any steps I can take to fix this
> problem.  As always, let me know if any further information is  
> required.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8316
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University of Queensland