Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reports Libre Base

Definitly a hard crash. When restarted it goes into a recovery process.  
If I install Open Office will it work with the Lire Base data bases or 
would I need to export the data and recreate new data bases?

Peter

On 29/11/17 06:47, Girvin Herr wrote:
> Peter,
>
> What indication do you have that LO crashes?
> Does it lock up or disappear (a hard crash)?
>
> If the former, LO may just be taking a long time to process something. 
> Patience is a virtue. I have some reports that search on database 
> string fields that are quite slow to process the report. I can go out 
> and have a cup of coffee and maybe it will be done when I return.
>
> If the latter, there is a known security fix problem with Linux 
> kernels later than about 4.4.75 and Java. This problem affected 
> LibreOffice, but not OpenOffice, from my experience. There is a fix, 
> but it is technical, regarding stack frame gap size settings. The fix 
> is to add a kernel boot parameter to your booter (Lilo or Grub or 
> whatever). If you updated your *buntu since LO last worked, this may 
> be your problem.
>
> HTH.
> Girvin Herr
>
>
>
> On 11/27/2017 09:25 PM, Peter wrote:
> > Base is installed and for my financial database the only problem I 
> > have is reports. I followed the advice and installed the packages. 
> > This made no difference. When I open the data base and select a 
> > previously defined report the data bases crashes. If  I use the 
> > report creation facility when I select the report wizard again the 
> > data base crashes.
> >
> > Does base log these failures and if so where can I look at it?
> >
> > My fishing data base opens but I cannot open fofms , tables , queries 
> > etc.
> >
> > This problem with Base has occurred in the last 12 months.
> >
> > Any suggestions on what to do next will be gratefully received.
> >
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 28/11/17 09:20, Keith Bates wrote:
> > > I use Ubuntu 17.04 also, including the Libreoffice packages 
> > > installed directly from Ubuntu. The default install excludes Base, 
> > > and if you can't open a database, it seems like you don't have Base 
> > > installed. sudo apt install libreoffice-base should fix that,
> > >
> > > For reports the packages you need are libreoffice-report-builder and 
> > > libreoffice-report-builder-bin. Use sudo apt install 
> > > libreoffice-report-builder* and they should install.
> > >
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > >
> > > On 28/11/17 08:45, Peter wrote:
> > > > I reinstalled Libre Office  Base from the Ubuntu repository. I 
> > > > assumed that this wouls automatically install all necessary 
> > > > packages. a=There is nothing that I can find in the__Ubuntu 
> > > > Software Repository that appears to relate to reports for 
> > > > LibreBase.  How can i find out what packages I have installed and 
> > > > what packages are required forreports to work.  I have an old data 
> > > > base which has not been uses since January 2015 which I tried to 
> > > > open today. This will no longer open for any thing , no forms or 
> > > > views or tables can be opened.
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > On 28/11/17 04:50, Robert Großkopf wrote:
> > > > > Hi Peter,
> > > > >
> > > > > > Libre Base 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ubuntu 16.4
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I first found the problem I removed LibreBase and 
> > > > > > reinstalled it
> > > > > > but the problem with reportsremained the  same.
> > > > > This is a special Ubuntu-version of LO. Have a look into your
> > > > > packagemanager. Did you install all packages for the
> > > > > libreoffice-report-builder? Have heard there isn't only one package,
> > > > > which should be installed for reports with the Ubuntu-version of LO.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Robert


--
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted