Re: Crashing when I open .abw and .doc files (only when they include text)

From: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 21:42:40 EDT

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    > I am using gentoo linux and kde 3.1.3.
    >
    > Any time I open an .abw or .doc with text in it, abiword crashes with
    > this:
    >
    > Application "AbiWord" (process 3420) has crashed
    > due to a fatal error.
    > (Aborted)
    >
    > If the document only has a picture in it and I save and reopen it,
    > abiword does not crash. I don't know where to start looking for the
    > problem. It was working fine and then I started trying to get it to
    > import wpd documents and after messing around for a while it started

    There is some weirdness with people running kde on gentoo and using
    abiword. There is some service, I can't remember what, you need to run
    that is not run. ie Another bug in gentoo. Look in the abiword-user
    archive over the last month.

    Cheers

    Martin

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