Hello Rory, On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 11:43:19AM +0100, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> Is anyone using Xubuntu 26.04, or any of the linux versions based on > that? > > I have tried OpenOffice 4.1.16 on two machines, one using Xubuntu 26.04 (64 > bit) > and the other using Xubuntu 26.04 minimal. On opening a Writer file I > get a "General error", then the file opens. On closing a modified file > I may get another General error; these show up as segmentation faults in > the logs. There is an issue with SELinux, that is enabled by default on some distributions. You can also check this long thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/2y50cgsjcy7l9shm06yt7p8w2s021d6m The issue was fixed with pull request #483, this means that the next version will not be affected. There are many possible workarounds to this issue: 1- disable SELinux; 2- mark the OpenOffice executable as requiring executable stack (you need to compile the execstack program, that is most probably not available in your distro repository) https://lists.apache.org/thread/sg5trgwvj01n92yv904z20k2398jzzll $ sudo execstack -s /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice.bin 3- mark file /opt/openoffice4/program/libraptor2.so.0 to not require executable stack $ sudo execstack -c /opt/openoffice4/program/libraptor2.so.0 The safest choice should be 3- but I did not test it yet. I hope this helps. Best regards, -- Arrigo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
