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Bug#530943: [openoffice.org] oowriter shows an error dialog and doesn't start



tag 530943 + moreinfo
tag 530943 + unreproducible
thanks

Giovanni Mascellani wrote:
> Just after having upgraded openoffice.org to 1:3.1.0-4, I can't run it
> anymore. More specifically, if I call it (both from shell or from menu,
> using "soffice" or "oowriter" or "oo<somewhat other>") it shows the blue
> splash screen, but then, instead of loading the main window, shows a
> dialog with written in it:
> 
> The application cannot be started.
> The user interface language cannot be determined.
> 
> The only available choice is "OK", which causes openoffice to be closed.

I'll never understand why people don't actually check their system
first before reporting a bug.
(Because wven when you don't know why this could happen as I do - when
googling for that error there's forum posts outlining possible problems)

In this case I'd check whether the user-dir of OOo is readable and
writable by you (There are some bugs which can cause it to be created
by root...)
This e.g.  happens when a extension is registered but the
javasettingsunopkginstall.xml file is not pointed to something else.
Then it will write a new home if not existing with that file - on package
install then obviously as root. (The Debian packages of extensions
*do* specify that option)

> I'm setting severity to important, because right now I can't use it.

That would be grave actually, but I can't reproduce it anyway.:
(Because the "%/§/ reporting doesn't show the locale I assume it_IT.UTF-8
but it also works with e.g. en_US". ...

> hunspell-dictionary                              |
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> openoffice.org-help-3.1                          |
> openoffice.org-l10n-3.1                          |

... with and without langpack installed.

Grüße/Regards,

René
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