Bug#489792: openoffice.org-writer: JRE defective

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

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thanks

Hi,

Peter Hombach wrote:
> The wizard complains that no JRE is installed, and recommends
> oprnoffice.org-java-common to be installed. However, it IS installed.

Because that's a package many people simply forget to install when they
just install -writer.

> After re-installation of the original package (which is the current 
> version), the error message reads "the selected JRE is defective".
> This is a no-win situation.

Did you try going to the Options and actually *set* a Java runtime to
use?
(If that somehow doesn't work try removing javasettings_x86.xml in your
.openoffice.org2)

Regards,

Rene