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Created attachment 394990 [details] file that gives working settings with the rpms from Openoffice.org, but not with Fedora rpms Description of problem: On Fedora 12, x86_64, OpenOffice Writer does not retain the settings in Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org Writer -> Changes. In particular, setting the changes to be colored by author only holds until I exit OpenOffice. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.1.1-19.26.fc12.x86_64 and ealier How reproducible: 100%. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open a document, go to Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org Writer -> Changes and set the changes to be colored by author, click ok, exit OpenOffice. 2.Open the same or another document, and the color for changes is [None] again. 3. Actual results: color by author setting doesn't persist Expected results: setting should persist (in fact, it should be the default) Additional info: I tried removing my .openoffice.org directory and starting fresh, but that didn't work. I tried with a new user, but that didn't work. color-by-author does seem to be the default (and persist if you change to something else and change back) on my one 32-bit Fedora 12 machine, but not on any of my 64-bit boxes. Following a suggestion on the mailing list, I removed the Fedora rpms and installed the ones from the OpenOffice.org website. After doing the "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome" trick to get OpenOffice to stop segfaulting in kde, setting to color-by-author works fine. I even tried removing the rpms from OpenOffice and reinstalling the Fedora ones, but using the same .openoffice.org directory, but the Fedora rpms seem to ignore the settings in .openoffice.org/3/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Writer.xcu when the color is set to -1 (for color by author). I have attached the working Writer.xcu produced by the rpms from the OpenOffice.org website. This problem is not new with Fedora 12.
The comment in step 2 to reproduce isn't quite right. The color for changes is blank when you restart. [None] is actually a distinct setting. I also tried this with a new user in gnome, instead of my usual kde, and had the same problem, so it's not an artifact of kde.
fix checked in, will be in >=3.1.1-19.27.fc12
openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.28.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.28.fc12
openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.28.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update openoffice.org'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.28.fc12
openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.28.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.