openoffice2 keyboard problem

fdac · 2005-11-20 11:08:20

Hi,

Have installed OpenOffice 2.0 but getting increasingly frustrated with it. I can't use the arrow keys, or the insert-delete-home-end-pgup-pgdown keys, or backspace! They don't do anything in Calc unless inside a cell in editing mode, and they don't seem to do anything at all in Writer.

I looked at the Tools -> Customize dialog and tried assigning (e.g.) the Down key to Navigate -> Move Down, and similarly for the others. I modified a few keys, saved the configuration but still no dice. I went back to the dialog box and my changes had disappeared. When I reloaded the file I saved earlier there was still nothing there.

Any clues? Google, wikis and forum searches haven't helped me thus far. I have a standard 101-key PS/2 board which is brand new and works fine in everything else so I don't think it's a hardware or device problem. Using the latest version of OOO 2.0, XFCE4 and x.org on an updated Arch system.

Thanks
Francis

Legout · 2005-11-24 14:33:06

I´ve got the same problem.

And i haven´t found a way to solve this problem.

I hope anybody knows how!

HELP!!!

Otherwise i have to install koffice :x

Legout · 2005-11-25 11:35:08

I solved the problem.

It was very simple, although i don´t know why this causes the problem.

Solution:
~/.openoffice2 was owned by root.

A simple

sudo chown -R <username>:users ~/.openoffice2

did the trick.

fdac · 2005-11-28 06:16:33

Thanks Legout,

I'll give that a shot tonight at home.

Cheers
Francis

elasticdog · 2005-11-28 06:39:06

You should probably file a bug report so the maintainer could take a look and make sure permissions are being set correctly.

synthead · 2008-03-28 18:23:47

Old thread, but I just experienced the same problem. This is on OOo 2.4.0-1.

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root      4096 2000-01-01 02:24 .openoffice.org2

synthead · 2008-03-28 18:25:15

Legout wrote:

I solved the problem.
It was very simple, although i don´t know why this causes the problem.
Solution:
~/.openoffice2 was owned by root.
A simple
sudo chown -R <username>:users ~/.openoffice2
did the trick.

This fixed it right up too.

Arch Linux

#1 2005-11-20 11:08:20

openoffice2 keyboard problem

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#5 2005-11-28 06:39:06

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