<quote name="AGC" date="952301088" email="acad@accefyn.org.co">

I have just installed suse 6.3... I am very new to linux I must say before all, well I have this questions:

1. as root I installed the staroffice and it works fine when I log in as root, but I do not know how to use it when I log in as a usual user... (I am not on any net, just my home pc) how can I use the staroffice when I do not log in as root? (as a usual user I opened a terminal and typed staroffice and it took me to the installation process of the star.... do I have to install the office every time for all the users that may log on my home pc? )

Unfortunately, yes. The staroffice license does not permit you to use it with multiple installations on a single machine.

2. I had before linux win98, when I turn the pc on it displays the lilo, but do not let me load win 98... ho can I tell the lilo that I need to ave the chance to choose wich OS I want o use? I installed the lilo in the MBR.

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Hi there AGC, I know Jerry has already replied to this post - I started writing this before his reply, but had to go out before I could finish it. And I didn't want to waste all that effort, so here it is. My install of StarOffice also happened to be buggered, and I hadn't got around to fixing it yet. I decided now was as good a time as any... I did this on SuSE 6.1, but there shouldn't be any major differences in the 6.3 version (I hope). Also note that this removes all traces of StarOffice, any work you may have done that you may have saved in its directory, and all configuration/customisations that have been made. This wasn't a problem for me (and probably not for you) since I hadn't even got it running yet. One other final thing to note is that I did the uninstallation and reinstallation in two steps. It should be possible to just replace ([R]) the StarOffice package, but I wanted to be on the safe side, as I didn't want to do this again (it takes long enough to install those 150MB as it is). AGC wrote:

I have just installed suse 6.3... I am very new to linux I must say before all, well I have this questions:

1. as root I installed the staroffice and it works fine when I log in as root, but I do not know how to use it when I log in as a usual user... (I am not on any net, just my home pc) how can I use the staroffice when I do not log in as root? (as a usual user I opened a terminal and typed staroffice and it took me to the installation process of the star.... do I have to install the office every time for all the users that may log on my home pc? )

Right, what you have to do is uninstall StarOffice and reinstall it the following way. This all needs to be done as root, apart from steps 10 and 11. 1. See if you can uninstall StarOffice by running StarOffice setup. I'm not sure if you can, and if you can't just skip over this and move on to 2. 2. Go into YaST -> Choose/Install Packages -> Change/create configuration. Go to the 'pay' series and find the StarOffice package (I think it is called so_en). 3. Press space twice, so that the [i] changes to a [D], and then press F10 twice. 4. Move to the 'Start Installation' option and press return. YaST will now delete the StarOffice package. Keep pressing escape until SuSEConfig is run. 5. Switch to another console and delete the /root/.sversionrc file. Also delete the .sversionrc file which will be in the home directories of any users that you tried to run StarOffice as. 6. If the /opt/Office<whatever> directory still exists, delete it (rm -rf /opt/Office*). 7. Now return to YaST and go back to Choose/Install Packages -> Change/create configuration. Again, go to the 'pay' series and find the StarOffice package. This time press space, to change the [ ] to and [x]. Press F10 twice. 8. Use the 'Start Installation' option again, and once YaST has finished installing StarOffice, press escape until you can exit YaST. 9. When YaST installs StarOffice, it is done as the equivalent of running './setup /net' (see Jerry's post). 10. Now you just need to set up StarOffice for each user that wants to use it. To do this, simply log in as the user, and run '/opt/Office*/bin/setup'. This will ask you various question, and at the appropriate place, select 'Workstation Install' or whatever it is. Then just simply follow the instructions. You could also read the readme which is shown during this install process. 11. Enjoy.

2. I had before linux win98, when I turn the pc on it displays the lilo, but do not let me load win 98... ho can I tell the lilo that I need to ave the chance to choose wich OS I want o use? I installed the lilo in the MBR.

You can edit the LILO configuration file /etc/lilo.conf, in which case 'man lilo.conf' would be helpful. (This is the method I use.) The other (easier) alternative is to do this through YaST. Go to: System Administration -> Kernel and Boot Configuration -> LILO Configuration and you should be able to set it up in there. You Windows partition is probably /deb/hdx1 (where x is the letter for your hard drive, probably the same letter as that of the hard drive your Linux partition is on). Use F4 to create a configuration, and the rest should be reasonably straightforward. Sorry for the long post, but I hope it helps. I think this one will go up on my website... Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/