[gentoo-user] Re: LibreOffice problem importing file

[walt]

On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:57:45 -0400
Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:

> I've run into a problem opening a M$ Office spreadsheet using
> LibreOffice. I've put the original file up at
>  http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ttc-rider-85-15.xlsx
> It should show a table of ridership figures for the Toronto transit
> system.
>
> When I tried to open it using LO 5.1.0.3 on my Gentoo system,
> the window froze (Fluxbox 1.3.7-r2) & I had to kill it via Htop.
> However, when I tried it with LO 4.4.3.2 on Mint (another partition),
> it opened correctly & I could save it as .ods & .csv : these are at
>  http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ttc-rider-85-15.ods
>  http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/ttc-rider-85-15.csv
> However again, when I tried to open these version with my Gentoo LO,
> the .ods froze the window, while the .csv opened with garbage in  1
> cell. I've updated LO twice to 5.1.1.3 & 5.1.2.2 , but the same
> happens.
>
> Can others please test my files with their own Gentoo versions of LO ?
> If they have a problem too, I'll file a bug with LO ;
> if not, can anyone suggest what is causing the problem with my
> version ?

LO 5.0.5.2 open the file okay for me, but I can't easily test the
higher versions at the moment.  Have you tried running localc from an
xterm window to look for error messages?  Anything interesting in dmesg
or the Xorg logs?