Hi, I have found is correct a small bug in the file: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice who did not start openoffice. bug message: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice: line 367: syntax error near unexpected toke n `fi' /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice: line 367: `fi' I corrected the line 367 by replacing "fi" with "done" and Now it works correctly. -- Claudio Giordano