[opensuse] libreoffice hangs at startup
Hello: I have openSUSE 11.2 and libreoffice 3.3.2.2 packages (downloaded from repos when they were available). When I start any libreoffice application as usual, the program shows the splash screen and hangs. If I start it from command line, eg oowriter program, it gives neither any error nor other message. If I login as another user the program runs as expected. I have renamed my ~/.libreoffice directory but it did not fix the problem. I guess it is related to my home folder but I don't know what to look for. Any idea? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 31 Aug 2011 14:39:12 Istvan Gabor wrote:
Hello:
I have openSUSE 11.2 and libreoffice 3.3.2.2 packages (downloaded from repos when they were available).
When I start any libreoffice application as usual, the program shows the splash screen and hangs. If I start it from command line, eg oowriter program, it gives neither any error nor other message.
Have you tried using the full path? :~> /usr/bin/oowriter
If I login as another user the program runs as expected.
I have renamed my ~/.libreoffice directory but it did not fix the problem. I guess it is related to my home folder but I don't know what to look for. Any idea?
It does sound like a permissions problem, but I don't know what else to suggest. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.4 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop, KDE 4.6.5 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
2011. augusztus 31. 15:53 napon Bob Williams <linux@barrowhillfarm.org.uk> írta:
On Wednesday 31 Aug 2011 14:39:12 Istvan Gabor wrote:
Hello:
I have openSUSE 11.2 and libreoffice 3.3.2.2 packages (downloaded from repos when they were available).
When I start any libreoffice application as usual, the program shows the splash screen and hangs. If I start it from command line, eg oowriter program, it gives neither any error nor other message.
Have you tried using the full path?
:~> /usr/bin/oowriter
Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately using full path command doesn't change anything.
If I login as another user the program runs as expected.
I have renamed my ~/.libreoffice directory but it did not fix the problem. I guess it is related to my home folder but I don't know what to look for. Any idea?
It does sound like a permissions problem, but I don't know what else to suggest.
I ran "chown -R myusername ./" in my home dir but it hasn't fixed the problem. I experienced a little bit and found if I use eg. sawfish window manager, the problem disappears. So it has to do something with KDE3, the desktop manager I use. Other idea? Thanks again, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 31 Aug 2011 16:46:12 Istvan Gabor wrote:
2011. augusztus 31. 15:53 napon Bob Williams <linux@barrowhillfarm.org.uk> írta:
On Wednesday 31 Aug 2011 14:39:12 Istvan Gabor wrote:
Hello:
I have openSUSE 11.2 and libreoffice 3.3.2.2 packages (downloaded from repos when they were available).
When I start any libreoffice application as usual, the program shows the splash screen and hangs. If I start it from command line, eg oowriter program, it gives neither any error nor other message.
Have you tried using the full path?
:~> /usr/bin/oowriter
Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately using full path command doesn't change anything.
If I login as another user the program runs as expected.
I have renamed my ~/.libreoffice directory but it did not fix the problem. I guess it is related to my home folder but I don't know what to look for. Any idea?
It does sound like a permissions problem, but I don't know what else to suggest.
I ran "chown -R myusername ./" in my home dir but it hasn't fixed the problem.
That makes sure that you _own_ all the hidden directories in your /home, but are the permissions set correctly. My ~./ooo3 has 0700 permissions, whereas my ~./libreoffice has 0755. In both cases, therefore, I can read, write and execute.
I experienced a little bit and found if I use eg. sawfish window manager, the problem disappears. So it has to do something with KDE3, the desktop manager I use.
Other idea?
Thanks again,
Istvan
-- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.4 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop, KDE 4.6.5 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 08/31/2011 10:46 AM, Istvan Gabor wrote:
2011. augusztus 31. 15:53 napon Bob Williams<linux@barrowhillfarm.org.uk> írta:
On Wednesday 31 Aug 2011 14:39:12 Istvan Gabor wrote:
Hello:
I have openSUSE 11.2 and libreoffice 3.3.2.2 packages (downloaded from repos when they were available).
When I start any libreoffice application as usual, the program shows the splash screen and hangs. If I start it from command line, eg oowriter program, it gives neither any error nor other message.
Have you tried using the full path?
:~> /usr/bin/oowriter
Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately using full path command doesn't change anything.
If I login as another user the program runs as expected.
I have renamed my ~/.libreoffice directory but it did not fix the problem. I guess it is related to my home folder but I don't know what to look for. Any idea?
It does sound like a permissions problem, but I don't know what else to suggest.
I ran "chown -R myusername ./" in my home dir but it hasn't fixed the problem.
I experienced a little bit and found if I use eg. sawfish window manager, the problem disappears. So it has to do something with KDE3, the desktop manager I use.
Other idea?
Thanks again,
Istvan
Istvan, Check your /var/log/messages file for oosplash segfaults. Libre introduced a bug a week or two ago that caused problems on Arch with libX11. I don't know whether it is libre or X11: Aug 26 14:02:39 providence kernel: [594758.312988] oosplash.bin[11248]: segfault at 4d0 ip b76d6a1b sp bfb39e00 error 4 in libX11.so.6.3.0[b76a3000+132000] Aug 26 14:19:28 providence kernel: [595767.455414] CIFS VFS: did not end path lookup where expected namelen is 0 Aug 26 14:19:28 providence kernel: [595767.462452] CIFS VFS: did not end path lookup where expected namelen is 0 Aug 26 14:19:30 providence kernel: [595769.996426] CIFS VFS: did not end path lookup where expected namelen is 0 I don't know what the status is on this, but I'm updating to Libre 3.4.3-1 as we speak. I'll let you know if it is still there. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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