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I just installed OpenOffice 2.0 including the spelling pack for english, and can't quite get things working. At first when I tried loading it from the menu, nothing would happend. I then checked the wiki and ended up running <code>/opt/openoffice/program/soffice</code>, and nothing happened again...until I ran it as root.
After logging out and logging back on, OpenOffice loaded up as a regular user, but then had all sorts of problems...when I tried to close it, the window just froze. I minimized it and brought it back, and it came back as just a blank window, but still would not close.
I also just upgraded to a new video card, a GeForce 6200, and as part of the instructions on the wiki, disabled the DRI section in my <code>xorg.conf</code> file. Could that be what's causing my issues? Is there any way I will be able to run OpenOffice correctly not as root?
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I am using OO 2 with the proprietary Nvidia driver and have no problems running it as regular user, so your problem must be with something else ?
I using the arch stock kernel and KDE 3.5, everything updated to the latest stand.
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
(A works at time B) && (time C > time B ) ≠ (A works at time C)
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Well, that does answer my question of if it's possible. Did you follow the same procedure to install?
$ sudo pacman -S openoffice-base
...
$ sudo /opt/openoffice/program/soffice
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If i remember correctly i used this for install :
pacman -S openoffice-base openoffice-spell-en openoffice-spell-nl
i ran it from console as root, WITHOUT X/KDE running.
Then i used startx as regular user, and started Open Office Calc from the KDE menu.
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
(A works at time B) && (time C > time B ) ≠ (A works at time C)
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Hmmm...I haven't had the chance to really fool around with this yet, but it's still freezing every time I run it. Sometimes I can get the main screen to pop up, but as soon as I try to save or exit (or anything really) it all goes to hell. Is there a specific log file for OpenOffice somewhere that might give me some clues?
Lone_Wolf, did you comment out the DRI section in your <code>xorg.conf</code>, or did you leave it as it was?
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I think these are the relevant parts of my xorg.conf file.
Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
# Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
EndSection
#Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
#EndSection
Edit :
I am using the arch stock kernel
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
(A works at time B) && (time C > time B ) ≠ (A works at time C)
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Hmmm...that looks like what I've got. The nVIDIA instructions said to comment out the <code>DRI</code> stuff, so that should be correct.
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[SOLVED] This turned out to be a separate issue regarding permissions on the <code>~/openoffice.org2/</code> folder, not DRI related as I had orginally thought. See this thread for details...
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