I had a small problem earlier with StarOffice 5.2. I've now solved the problem and the solution is as follows: If you get "Failed to load necessary components" then it is my guess that you've touched your ~/office52/ directory. What happens then is that the symlinks in this directory is converted into files and StarOffice does not like that at all. Delete them and make them into symlinks again, and the problem is solved. I've been trying to get this problem solved for over a week and now, finally, it's back up :) Just thought I'd let you all know about this... Thanks for all the help and suggestions I recieved to my previous post. -- Stig-Ørjan Smelror Systemutvikler Linux Communications AS Sandakerveien 48b Box 1801 - Vika N-0123 Oslo, Norway tel. +47 22 09 28 80 fax. +47 22 09 28 81 http://www.lincom.no/