[Solved] OOo won't start

herrvideman · 2010-03-15 03:01:54

i try to start openoffice but i get an error:

[me@MyComp ~]$ oocalc %U
[Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument (elements.cxx).
javaldx failed! 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException'

i've looked everywhere for an answer but found nothing that helped.

Last edited by herrvideman (2010-03-15 14:03:09)

Ultraman · 2010-03-15 11:14:12

Have you installed a Java runtime?

herrvideman · 2010-03-15 12:37:42

Yes. I had openjdk6, then I figured maybe there was a problem with that. So i switched to jre, which is what I have now.

phantasmik · 2010-03-15 13:14:50

Have you tried reinstalling/updating the go-openoffice package and its dependencies? I have openjdk6 and cannot reproduce the issue, what version of xorg are you running?

herrvideman · 2010-03-15 13:34:22

I have version "xorg-server 1.7.5.902". And my Arch is up to date.

And as far as uninstalling/reinstalling: I first installed the vanilla OOo. Then I uninstalled and then reinstalled it. Then I uninstalled it again and installed go-openoffice. Then I reinstalled that as well. None of that helped. (All dependencies were reinstalled as well (I used "pacman -Rnsu")).

I also tried all that with both openjdk6 and jre.

phantasmik · 2010-03-15 13:38:50

check permissions on: /home/user/.config/.openoffice.org

you can try:

sudo chown -vR youruser:yourgroup ~/.config/.openoffice.org

herrvideman · 2010-03-15 13:44:34

Here's what I get for that:

[matt@ArchBox ~]$ sudo chown -vR matt:users ~/.config/.openoffice.org
chown: cannot access `/home/matt/.config/.openoffice.org': No such file or directory
failed to change ownership of `/home/matt/.config/.openoffice.org' to matt:users

I thought before that might have something to do with my problem but I couldn't find any such folder anywhere.

phantasmik · 2010-03-15 13:52:48

What are the permissions of ~/.config ? Maybe perms on .config are not correct and openoffice cannot create the required folder within there.

herrvideman · 2010-03-15 13:56:57

The permissions are:

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Mar  6 13:58 .config

Only folder in ~/ owned by root I might add.

phantasmik · 2010-03-15 13:59:00

that being the case

 sudo chown -vR matt:users /home/matt/.config

Your user should own .config within your home folder

herrvideman · 2010-03-15 14:02:40

I did that and it worked. Thanks very much for all the help! This is why I Love Arch.

phantasmik · 2010-03-15 16:57:53

Thats great! glad it worked for you

Arch Linux

#1 2010-03-15 03:01:54

[Solved] OOo won't start

#2 2010-03-15 11:14:12

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#3 2010-03-15 12:37:42

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#4 2010-03-15 13:14:50

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#5 2010-03-15 13:34:22

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#6 2010-03-15 13:38:50

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#7 2010-03-15 13:44:34

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#8 2010-03-15 13:52:48

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#9 2010-03-15 13:56:57

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#10 2010-03-15 13:59:00

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#11 2010-03-15 14:02:40

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

#12 2010-03-15 16:57:53

Re: [Solved] OOo won't start

Board footer