Group, I just found out that running ./soffice in ~/.openoffice will open OOo as desired. However, I must run this program as root! ~/.openoffice/soffice links to /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.
Any ideas why this is the case? Why would OOo require root to run? It isn't good to run as root so this isn't a solution. Thanks in advance. Steve On Mar 18 10:35AM, Steve C. Thompson wrote: > Hello Group, > > I'm sure this problem has been solved... > > I'm running Debian testing (sarge). OOo has worked fine in the past. > Recently when trying to start OOo I get something like ``OpenOffice.org > lockfile found'' and the program won't start. I remove ~/.sversionrc > and ~/.openoffice, run again, it stalls. I ``apt-get remove > openoffice.org; apt-get clean; apt-get update; apt-get install > openoffice.org''. I now have a fresh OOo install. Try to run it, the > terminal says something about ``setting up OOo, starting OOo'' but it > hangs. Try to run oowriter, oocalc, etc., all hang. I run the setup > program in ~/.openoffice (./setup), takes me to a fancy repair/remove > OOo screen, I ask to repair, hangs. > > I remember something like this happening to me in the past, maybe 1 year > ago. I didn't worry too much about it. Then, one day, magically, I run > OOo and it starts. I'm not having such luck this time around. > > Like I said, I use Debian testing, have been for years, and run apt-get > update; apt-get upgrade each day. > > One final note. I used an obscure OOo-only mirror in the past since > Debian didn't have OOo in its repository. Since OOo is now in testing, > I've removed the old mirror from my sources.list; I only have: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main > deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main > > Please advise! > > Thanks, > Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
