Re: [libreoffice-users] LO won't open - claims Default.ott is corrupt

On 03/31/2017 12:16 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:17:30 +0100
> Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> dijo:
>
> > Renaming the user-profile will remove all the add-ons but it's
> > probably a good idea anyway.
> > Copying the default.ott from the working computer was brilliant imo,
> > as was trying to rename the previous one to see what happened.  I
> > wonder if renaming the whole folder that default.ott is in might make
> > LO regenerate the whole of that sub-folder?
> > Some sort of reinstall might dislodge something and fix it but
> > generally reinstalling tends to keep the user-profile (incl
> > Extensions/add-ons) intact so it might not do anything useful for this.
> > So unless Brian or Regina or someone like that weighs in then going for
> > Virgil's idea is likely to be the best 'first' step.  You can always
> > rename the user-profile (or chunks of it) back.
> > Good luck and regards from Tom :)
> Thanks to Tom and everyone else who offered suggestions. I finally bit
> the bullet and restarted the computer (I hate that because I have so
> many things going on). Afterwards the problem was solved except for the
> Default.ott.old file (my renaming). Writer happily opened the 'corrupt'
> documents and, after I renamed Default.ott.old back to Default.ott it
> opens without bitching about the missing file.
>
> All is right in my world again. And as if it was a sign from the
> computer gods, as soon as the problem was resolved the morning clouds
> parted and the sun came out. Now I'm going for a walk to celebrate my
> victory over evil bugs.
>
> I do wish I knew what happened to cause this. It would be good to let
> the devs know, but alas, this will probably remain a mystery.
Phase of the moon?  SEU (Single Event Upset) from Cosmic rays?  Once in 
a long while, I must restart my Slackware Linux machine when it doesn't 
work right after booting.  (I shut mine down every night.) So, it does 
happen with Linux, but not very often.  I would say about once or twice 
a year for me.  I chalk it up to a SEU from a Cosmic ray hitting a vital 
memory cell or two at this 4400-foot altitude.
Glad you solved your problem.
Girvin Herr


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