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kastrul

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Registered: 2008-07-17

Posts: 5

OOffice crashes after startup

For some reason Openoffice.org will crash if I try to do something with it. Starting it with command 'soffice' from terminal window will display empty window (as expected, some menus, some buttons), but I can't push any button or open any menu - it will close. No error is printed to terminal. I don't use office every day, so I can't say, after what that problem started.
What I have done so far:
- uninstalled+installed different office versions
- uninstalled+installed gnome+gtk
- removed office, gnome, gtk configs.

No luck. Any ideas?

Last edited by kastrul (2008-07-17 11:33:30)

kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

Posts: 219

Re: OOffice crashes after startup

Why would you remove the configs?

I'm assuming that you are using GNOME, so put this in /usr/bin/soffice:

export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome

And see if that fixes the problem.  Also, check if you have the JRE installed or not:

pacman -Qs jre

If not, go ahead and install it, as Openoffice has some Java components in it.

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kastrul

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Registered: 2008-07-17

Posts: 5

Re: OOffice crashes after startup

I'm using Fluxbox, Gnome base files are nessesary for some programs.
Removing configs is something, that I do as last resort. Sometimes that helps.

export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome

changes nothing.

kastrul ~  $ sudo pacman -Qs jre
local/jre 6u7-1
    Sun's java runtime environment

Something else to try?