[CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Therese Trudeau
Hi, I just ran an install of OpenOffice 2.31 on Centos 5.1 using these instructions - http://www.melvilletheatre.com/articles/openoffice-fedora/index.html Install seemed to go fine until I finished and then tried to start up K writer and none of the OO apps will start up from the menu. even th

[CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Therese Trudeau
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:10:48 -0500 > > > >> K Writer? That sounds very much like Koffice, which is a complete

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:59:05 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Install seemed to go fine until I finished and then tried to start up K writer K Writer? That sounds very much like Koffice, which is a completely different program than OpenOffice. You won't be able to use Koffice

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:13:01 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I type in ooffice I get "command not found", and when I type soffice I > > get "no suitable windowing system found, exiting." Disable selinux, as the article tells you to. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sas

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Therese Trudeau
>>> When I type in ooffice I get "command not found", and when I type soffice I >>> get "no suitable windowing system found, exiting." > > Disable selinux, as the article tells you to. Oh...I must not be seeing that in the article, I searched it and could not find that anywhere - seaarched fo

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:24:29 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh...I must not be seeing that in the article, I searched it and could not > find that anywhere - seaarched for disable and selinux. could you please > quote that part or indicate how I would do that? http://sysdig

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Therese Trudeau
> http://sysdigg.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-disable-selinux-in-centos-5.html OK I just disabled SeLinux and rebooted, still none of the OpenOffice applications will start. _ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need yo

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:49:27 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK I just disabled SeLinux and rebooted, still none of the OpenOffice > applications will start. What happens when you type "ooffice" or "soffice" at a terminal window prompt? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Therese Trudeau
> What happens when you type "ooffice" or "soffice" at a terminal window prompt? Same as before - "command not found" and "no suitable windowing system found, exiting." _ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://w

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-06 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:03:33 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What happens when you type "ooffice" or "soffice" at a terminal window > > prompt? > > Same as before - "command not found" and "no suitable windowing system found, > exiting." That's highly unusual, because I ha

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Niki Kovacs
Frank Cox a écrit : That's highly unusual, because I have never seen that error caused by anything other than selinux. Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure places in opt/, and not included in the PATH :oD I bet my whole Aretha Franklin CD collection that addin

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 10:00 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Frank Cox a écrit : > > > Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -' and > then enter your root password) and type: > > # find / -name 'swriter' Suggestion for future faster "finds": After installing/removing compone

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 10:00 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Frank Cox a écrit : > > > > That's highly unusual, because I have never seen that error caused by > > anything > > other than selinux. > > > Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure > places in opt/, and not inc

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> That's highly unusual, because I have never seen that error caused by anything > other than selinux. > > What does this tell you when you type it at a command line: > "/usr/sbin/sestatus" I get - "SELinux status: disabled" __

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure > places in opt/, and not included in the PATH :oD > > I bet my whole Aretha Franklin CD collection that adding the correct > path will solve the problem. > > Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -'

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> Suggestion for future faster "finds": > > After installing/removing components, run updatedb. Then instead of > find, you can "locate swriter". You'll probably need to filter the > output as locate's match seems to be very regex-generalized. > > Also, if updating components that have control f

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>> Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -' and >> then enter your root password) and type: >> >> # find / -name 'swriter' > > On my 4.0 CentOS, OO 2.0, swriter is a lib component. Try oowriter. WFM. > OK, for output of "find / -name 'oowriter', I get no output. ___

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread MHR
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:29 AM, Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -' and > >> then enter your root password) and type: > >> > >> # find / -name 'swriter' > > > > On my 4.0 CentOS, OO 2.0, swriter is a lib component. Tr