I've tried that, problem is it doesn't "stick" - when I close the Options, and reload, I still get the message, and the options shows JRE as unselected again.
Dianne On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 21:59 +0100, David Jones wrote: > > I had the same error message today after upgrading. > > To solve it, from within OpenOffice Writer (Possibly the others > as well), I went to Tools -> Options -> Java > > After a few seconds, a screen with Sun Microsystems Inc.1.6.0_06 > and > Sun Microsystems Inc 1.6.0 with accessibility comes up. > > I ticked the box for version 1.6.0_06, restarted OpenOffice > Writer and the error message went away. > > Hope that helps > > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 21:35 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > Updated to Hardy yesterday. I'm getting JRE errors in Open Office, > > > > "OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime enviornment (JRE) to perform the > > task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another version" > > > > I already have openoffice.org-java-common installed, version 1:2.4 in > > usr/lib/openoffice (which is the solution given in the forums). > > > > OO options shows Sun Java 1.6.0_06 , in usr/lib/jvm > > > > So which should I be using? I remember when I first switched to Ubuntu, > > I was using Dapper, and had to uninstall the Ubuntu JRE and install the > > Sun JRE. Do I need to do this again? > > > > One day I'll understand it all .... > > > > TIA > > Dianne > > > > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/