Re: openoffice

[Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

On Friday 27 February 2004 11:21, steve downes wrote:
> After an apt-upgrade Openoffice.org will no longer work. Nothing in
> the logs seems reevant & nothing in /var/log.
>
> Tried a forced re-install to no effect. I don't even get a "cannot
> find" note. Just the PC carries on as if I hadn't asked it to do
> anything.
>
> Don't know where else to look, A bug report wouldn't seem appropriate
> without something to say.
>
> Anybody any ideas please.
>
> Deb testing, also running ltsp but not running on server screen
> either.

Hmm, my openoffice (1.1.0, sid) is part broken too.  I have abandoned using it 
seriously because of this, so haven't investigated in depth.  Two symptoms 
are:
 - strange subset of cups printers shown.
 - inability to save - gives repeated error messages, somehting about "Unable 
   to load BASIC of document".  WHatever that means.  I have to cancel this 
   error about twenty time in a row before it gives up and says something 
   about  "that document is not found in the database".  Which also sounds 
   irrelevent to saving a text document.  

Had no time to go into this, but maybe others have similar problems.  Life is 
too short.  Using Lyx instead (with all the limitations that brings!!).

-- 
richard