-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 March 2003 06:24 pm, Hal Keene wrote:
Since we are on the upgrading subject, I am running SuSE Ver 8.1 with KDE 3 0. I loaded this system on a fresh hard drive with nothing else on the hard drive except a small partition left behind from formatting the hard drive using DOS's fdisk. I had a bugger of a time getting it to even load (brand new CD's). After about four try's it finally took. I have the professional version since it was the same price. This system has not been at all stable, from time to time it flat kicks me off and wants me to sign on again. Is this a session time out? Open Office won't allow me to save a document. It keeps defaulting to the root/opt/openoffice.org/work directory as a place to save the document. Well the "/work" part of this directory does not exist. So, I signed in as the administrator using the "root xterm with permissions" and tried to make this part of the directory exist. When I changed to the /OpenOffice.org" part of the directory I got an error that say's it does not exist. I can clearly see that it does exist through the file manager!!! So, I think I have a wounded copy of Open Office and tried repairing it through the repair option in the Open Office setup / configuration module. Still no go! So I sign in as administrator an completely re-installed the program. Several errors occurred which tells me I still have a wounded copy. I even tried to save the doc in MS Word format and an org format in a different directory that "does exist" and it would not let me! Boy I thought this would be more stable than what those "MS windows" people put out, but now I m not so sure! Hal
Certainly sounds like there is something wrong with your install. Also it would probably be best to address your issues one at a time. First, get the system stable unfortunately you haven't really provided the info necessary to do this. Also it sounds as if you are new to SuSE linux, I'm sorry if I've got the wrong impression. Second, get the apps working properly. Your first problem could stem from a number of issues, Hardware incompatability/failure, conflicting software etc. What hardware Motherboard, graphics card, how much memory. Was it a recommended install? What additional packages did you install? Do other window managers also crash on you? (Gnome, blackbox...) Although x has crashed on me occasionally this should not be a regular event. Second, get the apps working properly. Since you asked specifically about OpenOffice heres a couple ideas Use yast to uninstall OpenOffice, after it has exitted re-install OpenOffice with yast. Once this is done go to your home directory and rename or delete the directory named OpenOffice.org1.0.1 (or 1.0.2) depending on version. (in my case /home/dh1/OpenOffice.org1.0.2) Also rename /home/yourLogin/.sversion. I usually rename things rather than delete so I can get them back if needed. If there is an OpenOffice.org icon on your desktop use this to re-install the program. Choose the option which installs the smaller amount (megabytes) of files. If there is no Icon on your desktop then you will need to navigate to /opt/OpenOffice.org/program usng konqueror or just open a shell and type (without quotes) "cd /opt/OpenOffice.org/program" at the prompt. Then press enter then type "./setup" (without quotes) Then press enter and follow the directions. I would suggest that due to the depth and variety of your problems you start your own thread for each problem with appropriatley titled subjects to get the best results in the future. HTH, good luck - -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+g9GZBwgxlylUsJARAj3JAJ4hoh2SQdW2eTlc899lNJGmiY9CcwCePjZm SHLqWCJlDBOWP30i3s8UA6w= =2kaX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----