Yes, I know what's up. You installed it as root in non-networked mode. So the files belong to root and you would have to do a seperate install for each user. If you are the only user on the box then just do this. In your /root directory rm the file called .sversionrc. The remove the directory that you installed StarOffice into..after this you can install it as yourself (user) and I would suggest (depending on the space you have) to put it in your home directory or in a pre-made directory you own. You could (as root) make a directory called /usr/local/office52 then do this (as root): chown yourusername.users /usr/local/office52 -R This will let you install the office package into it. You can then make a shortcut on your desktop (KDE or Gnome) or add it to any menu in any WM you choose. If you have any issues..I am sure that someone here will add something to what I have said. Regards, =>> the installation process of StarOffice 5.2 went fine but only root can start =>> it... =>> =>> Any ideas about what could be going wrong? -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.

* quintaq@yahoo.co.uk (quintaq@yahoo.co.uk) [010426 08:09]: =>On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:52:13 -0700 =>Ben Rosenberg wrote: => =>> =>> Yes, I know what's up <helpful reply snipped> => =>Ben, do you ever sleep ? About 7 hours ago you responded to a post of mine within about 10 minutes of sending at what I guess was past bedtime where you are. Sheesh I thought I was chained to this thing, but you have got me beat. => Geoff, Actually, I responded to this about 10 minutes after I woke up..directly after smoke and fresh coffee. ;) Regards, -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.