Re: openoffice

[Brian Brazil <bbrazil@netsoc.tcd.ie>]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:21:22AM +0000, 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.

Oh the pain I had with this. Set up your locale properly and it will
work. I put enteries in /etc/security/env.conf for LC_LANG IIRC.
'C' doesn't work. Try 'en'. You might need to complie locales.
YMMV.

Apparently /etc/enviroment is the right place to put this sort of
stuff...

Brian