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I have been working on a research paper in OpenOffice 3.2 Word Processor and I had a slide show OpenOffice 3.2 Presentation. I saved both frequently and they were not very big (no more then 5 pages of text or a few slides). A few days after I last edited and saved them, I tried to open the slide show but I received window saying:

General Error.

General input/output error

When I tried opening the paper, it asked for ASCII Filter Options (font, character, language, and paragraph break). When I set the normal settings, a single blank document opened with nothing on it.

I looked at both of the file's properties and the size was 0 or 1.5 KB, and the volume was unknown. I recently installed some updates for Ubuntu 10.10 and everything else in my computer is working normally including other documents and slide shows.

Is this a fixable crash?

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Are you able to copy the file somewhere else? Does this operation give you any error messages? What do you mean by "0 or 1.5 KB"? – arrange Mar 1 '11 at 19:24
Does the "General input/output error" message only show every time you open the presentation? Or also when open the document? You can try following what is suggested here: goo.gl/nfLUd – Odd-rationale Mar 1 '11 at 19:30
When I view the properties (where you can adjust the permissions,add emblems, etc.) of the file, it says the size is 1.5 KB – user11674 Mar 1 '11 at 19:39
Yes, the error message appears every time I try to open it for both files. – user11674 Mar 1 '11 at 19:40
@Scott: I would try renaming my ~/.openoffice folder then restarting OpenOffice. – Odd-rationale Mar 1 '11 at 19:43
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closed as off topic by Marco Ceppi♦ Feb 4 '12 at 1:35

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