On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 20:26 -0400, Joe wrote: > I'm running both 1.1.5 and 2.0.2 under Mandrake Linux 9.1. > For 1.1.5, I (think I) did a network install and then a user install > under the user bigbird. > > Everything was fine until I upgraded from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2. > > Now 2.0.2 works fine, but I have problems starting 1.1.5. > > I have a (kde 3.1) desktop icon for OOo writer that is set to execute > /home/bigbird/OpenOffice.org1.1.5/soffice (which was a symlink into > /opt/OpenOffice1.1.5/program/soffice and now is a symlink to > ./program/soffice). > > Now, my desktop icon runs and exits. Running from the file itself in a > terminal does the same with no error messages. > > The startup runs .../soffice -writer -nologo . > > If I eliminate the two flags, it will start OOo with no file open. > > I didn't change anything. > > Since then, I ran setup repair and then uninstalled 1.1.5 and > reinstalled (with replace never) and still have the same problem. now > it wants my root password to run or when I tell it to ignore the > password, it runs with no file open. > > What's going on? >
>From your description I would guess that you have installed single user rather than as multi-user. Please check the installation steps in the SETUP_GUIDE.pdf that is in the install set. I will bet that by starting from scratch you will get where you want to go. On the off chance that the 1.1.5 setup guide is deleted you can get a copy on-line at http://documentation.openoffice.org/ -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
