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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

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[SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

installed openoffice-base

running soffice shows the splash screen for a second and then it exists, no error given through the command line..

not sure when this started happening...
anyone got a clue?

Last edited by eldragon (2009-04-28 05:13:50)

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

try to rename OOo's config dir in your home directory.

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

try to rename OOo's config dir in your home directory.

already done that, nothing changes.... it takes a bit longer while regenerating it...

Lexion

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

Try running it as root.

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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

same effect.

UPDATE: trying to run openoffice from another box through ssh redirecting X with ssh -Y yields the same result. yet running the app natively on the other machine works ok.

so i guess its related to Xorg.... anyone know how this could be? and how to find the problem?

Last edited by eldragon (2009-04-23 15:17:50)

Barghest

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From: Hanau/Germany

Registered: 2008-01-03

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

Same here..using soffice in a terminal doesn't start OpenOffice. No error message at all.

Arien

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Registered: 2009-04-23

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

yeah same here, just that the splash screen stays until i do ctrl-c

^Csh-3.2$ soffice
I18N: X Window System doesn't support locale "LC_CTYPE=en_DK.utf8;LC_NUMERIC=en_DK.utf8;LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8;LC_COLLATE=C;LC_MONETARY=en_DK.utf8;LC_MESSAGES=en_DK.utf8;LC_PAPER=en_DK.utf8;LC_NAME=en_DK.utf8;LC_ADDRESS=en_DK.utf8;LC_TELEPHONE=en_DK.utf8;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_DK.utf8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_DK.utf8"

(process:19218): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function

(process:19218): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (interface_type)' failed

(process:19218): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

(process:19218): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function

(process:19218): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

(process:19218): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function

(process:19218): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
^Csh-3.2$

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

Arien, this is a different problem, here soffice just exists gracefully, no error being displayed.... i think the issue is with X11 since redirecting the display from another computer's office works ok.

anyone got a way to debug this?

R00KIE

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

If it is related to xorg then tell us the xorg version you are using (should be the one on the repos but may not be), the drivers you are using and the driver's version.
I suspect that the problem may be caused by the drivers+xorg combination, I've had (and still have) a few issues regarding that.

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eldragon

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Re: [SOLVED] openoffice fails to start

If it is related to xorg then tell us the xorg version you are using (should be the one on the repos but may not be), the drivers you are using and the driver's version.
I suspect that the problem may be caused by the drivers+xorg combination, I've had (and still have) a few issues regarding that.

uptodate system with 2.7.0 intel drivers and xorg 1.6.1, everything from arch repos, testing is enabed too....

i will try to downgrade the intel drivers and see if it goes away... ive been googleing a lot about this issue and i appear to be the only one with this problem...

EDIT: ive tried running openoffice on the same computer, under a differet account and it worked correcrtly..... (?) what config under my home could be stopping OO to start? anyone?

EDIT2: dont know what, where or when...removed ~/.gconf/ and soffice starts... i searched gconf-editor for staroffice/ openoffice, or anything like that with no results...well..there goes my wallpaper list...

Last edited by eldragon (2009-04-28 05:13:31)