Group,
I've sent this problem to the list in the past, and have included a
previous message below.
I'm running OOo 1.1.3 on Debian GNU/Linux (testing). When I try to open
OOo, by issuing openoffice from a terminal, it get:
# openoffice
OpenOffice.org lockfile found (/home/steve/.openoffice/1.1.3/.lock)
Using existing OpenOffice.org
I think that I know what happened. Running OOo previously, I didn't
quit with File > Quit; I issued Ctrl-c in the terminal window used to
start OOo. This Ctrl-c made OOo hang. Restarting X windows, and trying
to restart OOo, I get the above problem.
I don't know how to fix this. In the past I've tried to remove the
~/.openoffice directory and all that (see
http://elsteve.com/usageNotes.html#015b for more), but the only thing
that has solved this is time. OOo seems to reset itself and work the
next time the Debian team provides a new release...
Does anyone know if OOo typically hangs with a Ctrl-c (I wouldn't
recommend testing it yourself!). Possibly this isn't good practice, but
I know other graphical programs (the GIMP) can hand this operation.
Is this a bug?
Thanks,
Steve
On Mar 18 11:14AM, Steve C. Thompson wrote:
> 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
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