Re: Can't start OpenOffice anymore

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Bernard Fay wrote:

>Hello group,
>
>When I try to start OOo, I have the following error:
>
>The program 'soffice.bin' received an X Window System error.
>This probably reflects a bug in the program.
>The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
>  (Details: serial 83 error_code 1 request_code 143 minor_code 21)
>  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()
>function.)
>
>
>Does someone has a cure to this problem?
>  
>
I would start by renaming your ~/.openoffice directory.

Or perhaps by creating a new user, logging in as that user, and trying
to start OO.o to see if it's something with your account.

You can try running soffice.bin from the command line to look for
obvious error messages.

You can also try running soffice.bin via strace, as in "strace
soffice.gin" and look for any obvious errorr messages.

-- 
Kent