Re: Stable version of AbiWord for WinXP?

I've read Grant's latest message in reference to a laptop
install.

However, as I run a dual boot Windows XP and PCLinuxOS box on
different hard drives, i sought to duplicate the problem on my
Windows XP (v5.1.2006) SP 2.0.

result: unsuccessful.

Suggestion (useful tools for all download installs if the
original on download site makes known the MD5 size):

Hashcalc.zip (we use this as it allows comparisons)
fsum.zip
twinmd5.zip

Re-download from a different site and see if the sizes are the
same. I would not use BitTorrent or any such application but go
directly to an ftp site, if available.

Luck,

RHC

>
>On 2007-01-07, Ryan Pavlik <abiryan@ryand.net> wrote:
>
>>> [...] Unfortunately AbiWord 2.4.6 locks up frequently. Among
>>> other things, doing just about anything involving a textbox or
>>> image will often cause the program to lock up with a permanent
>>> "hourglass" cursor and a "not responding" dialog box when you
>>> try to close the AbiWord window.
>>
>> 2.4.6 is stable for a lot of people, so I'm inclined to think there is
>> more here than meets the eye. (It hasn't hung or crashed for me in a
>> long time on Windows.) The most likely culprits, in order of
>> appearance, are 1) mixed plugin versions,
>
>This is a fresh install of packages downloaded a few hours ago
>from the main AbiWord web site. This machine has never had
>AbiWord on it before.
>
>> 2) a particular document or action,
>
>I've seen this sequence lock up a couple times:
>
> 1) Start AbiWord.
>
> 2) Insert a smallish textbox (2in x 2in) on the page.
>
> 3) Insert a jpeg image in the textbox (the photo is probably on
> the order of 2Kx1K, so it is scaled down considerable
>
> 3) Click on the textbox border and them drag the textbox to
> another spot on the page. This sometimes locks up.
>
> 4) Click outside the textbox to de-select it.
>
>Repeat steps 3/4 a couple times if it doesn't lock up.
>
>Sometimes if you click in the wrong spot and drag the image out
>of the textbox it locks up as well.
>
>> or 3) your default printer driver.
>
>Nobody has ever attempted to print anything with AbiWord on
>this machine -- it's only been installed for a couple hours.
>
>> 2) You mentioned images and textboxes. Is there a particular image,
>> image type,
>
>It's always been a largish JPEG image.
>
>> or document that this apperas more frequently in?
>
>Just the default empty document that you get when you start
>AbiWord. It's happened several times and usually withing a
>minute or two of starting work on a document.
>
>> 3) This may seem weird, but it matters in every program that uses page
>> size to affect the document. (This includes at least Word, and probably
>> many others). What kind of printer do you have?
>
>There is no printer attached to the machine in question. I
>think it's configured to use a Cannon ink-jet printer on
>another machine.
>
>> Are you using the latest drivers from the manufacturer? Try
>> installing PDFCreator from
>> http://www.sf.net/projects/pdfcreator/ and setting it as your
>> default printer.
>
>OK. Installing PDFCreator was already on the list of things to
>do anyway.
>
>> You'll get the capability to create Adobe Acrobat PDF files
>> for free, and it will help stabilize any printing programs
>> (since they all have to ask Windows information about the
>> printer, and Windows in turn asks the printer driver). If the
>> problem goes away with this change, then we know that there's
>> something funky with the way your printer is acting. Try
>> leaving it on all the time - it probably goes into a low-power
>> mode when left alone anyway, and it makes Windows less
>> confused if you don't constantly plug and unplug hardware
>> (which is what on/off on your printer looks like to your
>> computer)
>>
>> Hope this helps! Let us know the answers to these questions.
>> If you get it pinned down to a more specific case or set of
>> cases, please file bugs at http://bugzilla.abisource.com/
>> Thank you!
>
>I'll see if I can narrow it down.
>
>--
>Grant Edwards
>grante@visi.com
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