Sorry, missed that answer request. I think this issue still persists, though its not a problem for me anymore as its no longer required to run libreoffice inside an X container to do anything with it on commandline. So i am fine with Won't Fix solution.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242844 Title: Cannot start with xvfb-run Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org The startup script soffice always detaches from console - this means that you cannot use openoffice.org on ubuntu in server (daemon) mode (i.e. headless parameter) without X. I have been doing this with 6.06 by using xvfb-run. This does no longer work with 8.04 as the soffice script detaches from the console and thus xvfb-run (an with it the virtual X server) is terminated on startup. To get that working i have to hack the soffice script inside /usr/lib/openoffice/program to not run soffice.bin in background and to not use the external oosplash.bin. I suggest to make the loader script aware of the parameters -headless and -invisible and if any of these are present, not using oosplash.bin and not use & to run in background. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/242844/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
