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sven

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Registered: 2005-02-01

Posts: 311

OpenOffice doesn't allow editing when non-root user [SOLVED]

I've been having this problem for some time now: for example whenever I open swriter to edit a text or make a new one, swriter always closes at the moment I type something. This problem does not exist when I use OO as the root user.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: OpenOffice doesn't allow editing when non-root user [SOLVED]

Try removing the .openoffice.org2 folder in your home directory. You'll need to do that as root, if the problem is what I think it is... You see, OOo seems to do some configuration on install, and that's as whatever user installed it - so if you install from Arch's packages, you need to delete the config stuff before you can use it.

(Usually, though, that's manifested as OOo not starting at all, so I'm not sure it's your problem.)

sven

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Registered: 2005-02-01

Posts: 311

Re: OpenOffice doesn't allow editing when non-root user [SOLVED]

Thanks for this tip  That worked right away