any problems with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 ?

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mrbrightside
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any problems with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 ?

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I am using LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 on Arch Linux.
When I try to 'Get Prices', nothing happens but the spreadsheet is still usable.
When I try to 'Get DL forecast yields', the soffice process spins at 100% and has to be killed.
I can repeat this behaviour with a clean, fresh spreadsheet containing BP.

I cleaned out the ~/.config/libreoffice configuration and enabled macros as normal.

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Re: any problems with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 ?

Post by kiloran »

I just tried HYPTUSS version b-i-1 with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 on Windows 10 and it worked fine

I then tried my Ubuntu 18.04 on a Virtual Machine, updated LibreOffice to 6.1.3.2, set Macro Security to medium, then tried HYPTUSS version b-i-1 and it again worked fine.

Sorry, I don't have Arch Linux, but if you have ongoing problems, I might try installing it on a VM to have a play over the weekend.

Something else you might try....
I have built in a a data dump which has never really been used in anger but may help.
  1. Go to the Parameters sheet
  2. Unhide rows 2-10
  3. Change B9 from 0 to 1
  4. Run "Get DL Forecast Yields"
  5. DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE!!
This will create a data dump HYPTUSS_log.txt
Send this file to me at the email address at the bottom of http://lemonfoolfinancialsoftware.weebly.com/

Make sure that you reset B9 to 0 after all this, otherwise everything you do will keep appending data to the log file and it will get VERY big!

--kiloran

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Re: any problems with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 ?

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Thanks for your help with this. The issue was eventually traced to a problem with the darned Wayland X server. Reverted to good old, reliable, trusted X-org and all was well again.

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Re: any problems with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 ?

Post by kiloran »

mrbrightside wrote:Thanks for your help with this. The issue was eventually traced to a problem with the darned Wayland X server. Reverted to good old, reliable, trusted X-org and all was well again.
Excellent news!
At this very moment I'm in the middle of installing Arch Linux in a virtual machine to have a play. What an excruciatingly painful process! I think I'll stick with Linus Mint for normal use, a total doddle to install

--kiloran

mrbrightside
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Re: any problems with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 ?

Post by mrbrightside »

Indeed Arch isn't exactly user friendly and I have discarded it a few times in exasperation. However, I have recently hopped back because I like
  • - rolling distro
    - speedy (no bloat)
    - bleeding edge packages
    - AUR
    - documentation

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