Re: openoffice not displayed properly

[Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel@planet.nl>]

Ben Thompson wrote:

> I have just installed openoffice on a sarge system but I cannot
> get it to display properly in X. It is as if the widgets are
> broken,  some buttons and toolbars don't display properly, and
> the setup  program just gives me a white screen. Is it possible
> that I am missing some libraries? Or does anyone else have
> suggestions?

The problem sounds similar to the one I cured by

-- not having a font server
-- having the freetype module in XF86Config-4 (not xtt).

See http://www.jw-stumpel.nl/ooprob.html

Regards, Jan