Bug#475008: openoffice.org: OOo does not work with installed Java

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

tag 475008 + unreproducible
tag 475008 + moreinfo
found 475008 1:2.3.1-3
thanks

Hi,

Frank Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi all, my OOo does not work with the Java installed. I usually have
> sun-java6-jre installed (latest version) but OOo did not work with it.
> Now I've installed gij and openoffice.org-gcj but still no success.
> When OOo needs Java e.g. formular assistant in base I do get 2 popups:
> 1) OOo needs a JRE to perform this task, the chosen JRE is broken.
> Please choos another version or install a new JRE.
> 
> I click ok and get 
> 
> 2)The connection to the DB could not be established. No Java
> installation could be found. Please check your installation.
> 
> Whenever I go to Extras - Option - Java the radio buttion for selecting
> a JRE is inactive. I've done this a couple of times now, slecting a
> JRE, restarting OOo again and find Java not working.
> 
> I'm running an up-to-date sid.

What if you move your profile away and try from a clean one?
(Needless to say, it works here, have to try on i386, though, but I
doubt it'd be different there)

Regards,

Rene