Hi Wolfgang,
first of all you can try to reset your Basic settings. The following
will reset only the Basic things (e.g., macros) but nothing more:
- close all AOO documents and windows
- open a terminal
- rename the Basic directory "$HOME/.openoffice.org/4/user/basic"
- cd ~
- mv .openoffice.org/4/user/basic
.openoffice.org/4/user/basic_maybe_broken
- start AOO new
- try if the error message is still showing
If this will not help, try to reset the complete AOO profile:
- close all AOO documents and windows
- open a terminal
- rename the complete profile directory "$HOME/.openoffice.org"
- cd ~
- mv .openoffice.org .openoffice.org_maybe_broken
- start AOO new
- try if the error message is still showing
Please note:
You should know that all your customized settings will be gone. They all
need to be setup again.
Please be carefully:
Rename the profile directory. You can delete it anytime later when it is
sure that the profile was somehow broken.
Otherwise if the problem persists you can decide to go back to the old
profile directory by renaming it back with the following commands in the
terminal:
cd ~
rm -rf .openoffice.org
mv .openoffice.org_maybe_broken .openoffice.org
HTH
Marcus
Am 26.12.25 um 10:40 schrieb Wolfgang Hinzmann:
as You suggested, I will try OpenOffice, especially Writer,
with a new profile.
Because I never needed special settings and other useful extensions so far.
The only question for me in that wayis:
How can I realize that?
If You get other hints too, I would be very glad.
Marcus [email protected] schrieb am Dienstag, 23. Dezember 2025 um 13:45:
Am 21.12.25 um 18:09 schrieb Wolfgang Hinzmann:
/as You suggested, I opened the terminal, and /
/typed then the command "soffice"./
/After that, the main-menu of OpenOffice started./
/There, I go to "Open last files", and opened the "Testfile01.odt"./
/After that I got the message:/
/image.png/
/
/In the_terminal-window_, there are the following messages:/
/wolfganghinzmann@fedora:~$ soffice/
/javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!/
/
/That's all./
than I (you) need help from others as I've no idea at the moment what
could be checked next.
@All:
Has anyone more hints? Thanks.
Last resort:
There is always the possibility to start from scratch with a new AOO
profile. But that means you would loose all your settings that you have
done up to know (customized toolbars, menus, keyboard shortcuts, see
menu "Tools - Customize" or in German: "Extras - Anpassen" plus some
more settings in other locations, e.g., "Format - AutoCorrext -
AutoCorrect Optionen").
So, it depends on you if you want to try it.
Marcus [email protected] mailto:[email protected] schrieb am
Sonntag, 21. Dezember 2025 um 14:44:
Am 21.12.25 um 14:12 schrieb Wolfgang Hinzmann:
/I don't use macros in my documents./
OK, a possible root cause less.
/Question:/
/You suggested, I should try to start Writer from Terminal./
/How can I do this? I am really not so familiar with all these
commands./
that should be simple. You just open the terminal and enter the
following command:
soffice
If this results in an unknown command, then please use it with the full
path. It depends where you have installed it in your system. E.g.,
/opt/openoffice4/program/soffice
The output until the error message appears could be helpful. Fore this
purpose start OpenOffice and then open a document that shows that error
message. After that please post the complete text here.
Thanks
Marcus
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mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] schrieb am
Sonntag, 21. Dezember 2025 um 10:05:
Am 20.12.25 um 16:32 schrieb Wolfgang Hinzmann:
great that it is now installing and working.
/There is only one problem with OpenOffice, I had already in the/
/earlier version too:/
/By opening an odt-file with Writer I receive always the error
message/
/ "Allgemeiner Fehler"./
/image.png
/
/I had the hope, that this message will disappear by the
installation of
the new version./
/But it doesn't./
/
/But what is the solution for it?/
/After pressing the button "OK" I am able to work normally with
the file
I opened:/
/Changing it and saving it./
do you have macros inside the document? Please have a look via
the menu
"Tools - Macros - Organize Macros - Basic" (German: "Extras -
Makros -
Makros verwalten - Basic")?
If so, it's up to you to decide if you still need them - then
you have
to adjust parts to run correctly. Then there is good chance that the
document will open without error messages. Or to delete them.
Please make sure you have made a backup before deleting things
that you
still need.
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