On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:14:23 -0800 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > On 02/24/2007 01:29 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Excellent suggestion! Don't know why it never occurred to me to do that > > -- error messages can be very revealing. When I launch writer I get: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ oowriter > > > > (process:28062): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2240: initialization > > assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function > > > > [snip] > > > (process:28062): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: > > assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
> My guess is that those indicate that you have a system problem with your > Gdk & Glib libraries via AMD64. See: > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-qt-engine/+bug/41351 > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs-openoffice.org/+bug/78738 > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=ia32-libs&search=Search > > If you are going to use ubuntu-desktop & the meta package *I'd* try: > > Code: > su > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > apt-get -f install build-essential > apt-get -f install linux-kernel-headers > apt-get -f install ia32-libs > apt-get -f install ubuntu-desktop > apt-get -f install openoffice.org > > You may already have the latest for some of the above, but if not that > will ensure that you do. The -f will 'force' a new install even if the > package shows that it is the latest & greatest version > > I'd also update/reinstall all of your gdk & glib's plus your locale. > > If you want to do it with out try: > > Code: > su > apt-get -f remove ubuntu-desktop > apt-get -f remove openoffice.org > apt-get -f install build-essential > apt-get -f install linux-kernel-headers > apt-get -f install ia32-libs > > Download the RPM package for OOo 2.1 from OOo. Note: interesting that > the download page > (http://download.openoffice.org/2.1.0/index.html?focus=download) shows > Linux >2.2.13(120MB) - I'm downloading to see exactly what that is but > the download shows OOo_2.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz). Extract > via the archive manager. Rename the directory where the archive manager > extracted the files to something simple like 'OOo'. ia32-libs has been > suggested in other installs for amd64 - Google + > http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/libs/ia32-libs > > From a terminal: > su > cd OOo > cd RPMS > alien -k -v *.rpm > dpkg -i *.rpm > cd desktop-integration > dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.1.5_all.deb > killall gnome-panel > > give it a moment, then Applications|Office|OpenOffice.org 2.1 Writer > > Note: I recommend that you *not* use 'sudo' for this. The folks over at > Mozilla figure that 'sudo' is seriously broken for some applications and > recommend *only* using 'su'. Don't know why, just know that in the > latest nightly installs for SeaMonkey they definitely recommended that I > not use 'sudo' and use 'su' instead. > > Added note: On a test machine (Dapper) I reinstalled from the fresh > download from OOo and can report that 2.1 installed and comes up just > fine as 2.1. As do the Wizards for: Letter, Fax, Agenda, Presentation, > Web Page, Document Converter, Address Data Source, Install new > dictionaries, Install fonts from the web *all* come up correctly. Java > version is Sun Java 1.5.0_10. NoOp: Thanks for the detailed suggestions. I think I will try your instructions. However, I have a couple big papers due Monday, so this will have to wait until Tuesday night. I should add that I did already install 2.1 from amd64 .debs I found on the net. It didn't work well at all (bad display problems), but I didn't check any features like the wizards and connecting to a database. Also, who knows how well done the .debs were -- they were from a site in Finland, not OOo, as I recall. I have archived your message so I can do it Tuesday. If it solves my problems I know a number of amd64 Edgy users who have similar problems. You will become famous and Ubuntu will give you a croix de guerre or something. Well, they ought to, anyway. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
