[gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User

[gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User

[Drew Tomlinson]

I emerged OpenOffice 2.3.1 on my amd64 install running gentoo-2.6.23-r5 
kernel.  I can start OpenOffice as root but not as a regular user.  I 
have found some posts that suggest deleting ~/ooo-2.0 so it will be 
recreated with appropriate permissions.  However this has not worked for me.

Any suggestions on how to get this going?

Thanks,

Drew

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Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User

[Mark Knecht]

OpenOffice or OpenOffice-bin?

I'm running 2.3.1 here on my AMD64. No problems that I've seen so far.

- Mark

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
> I emerged OpenOffice 2.3.1 on my amd64 install running gentoo-2.6.23-r5
>  kernel.  I can start OpenOffice as root but not as a regular user.  I
>  have found some posts that suggest deleting ~/ooo-2.0 so it will be
>  recreated with appropriate permissions.  However this has not worked for me.
>
>  Any suggestions on how to get this going?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Drew
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User

[Drew Tomlinson]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> OpenOffice or OpenOffice-bin?
>
> I'm running 2.3.1 here on my AMD64. No problems that I've seen so far.
>
> - Mark
>   

The actual OpenOffice that took many hours to compile on my AMD Turion 
TL-50 1.6ghz laptop.  :)

Thanks,

Drew

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
>   
>> I emerged OpenOffice 2.3.1 on my amd64 install running gentoo-2.6.23-r5
>>  kernel.  I can start OpenOffice as root but not as a regular user.  I
>>  have found some posts that suggest deleting ~/ooo-2.0 so it will be
>>  recreated with appropriate permissions.  However this has not worked for me.
>>
>>  Any suggestions on how to get this going?
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>
>>  Drew
>>     


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Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User

[Philip Webb]

080221 Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I emerged OpenOffice 2.3.1 on my amd64 install running gentoo-2.6.23-r5.
> I can start OpenOffice as root but not as a regular user.

How are you starting it ?  Do you enter eg 'oocalc' from a CLI
or do you click on an icon in a start menu ?  If the latter,
check that the menu is using the correct command (eg use Kmenuedit).
If the former, are there any error messages ?

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What is LD_LIBRARY_PATH? (Was Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User)

[Drew Tomlinson]

Philip Webb wrote:
> 080221 Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>   
>> I emerged OpenOffice 2.3.1 on my amd64 install running gentoo-2.6.23-r5.
>> I can start OpenOffice as root but not as a regular user.
>>     
>
> How are you starting it ?  Do you enter eg 'oocalc' from a CLI
> or do you click on an icon in a start menu ?  If the latter,
> check that the menu is using the correct command (eg use Kmenuedit).
> If the former, are there any error messages ?
>   

I have started it both ways as a user.  As root, I start from the CLI 
after su to root from my user login.

There are no error messages.  When starting as a user, the splash 
graphic just sits there and the CPU usage is basically 100% for both X 
and oosplash.bin.  When starting as root, the splash graphic starts and 
then a progress bar at the bottom of the splash graphic progresses in 
about 10 seconds and OpenOffice starts.  The progress bar never 
progresses when starting as a user.  I have to kill oosplash.bin with 
signal 15 after starting as a user to return my system to normal.

Some more Googling turned up this post:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-623771-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-25.html?sid=1514fa8e48f6a12a86c6c66e920161e9

I found that when I su to root, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not defined.  As a 
user, it is defined as:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32/xorg:/usr/lib64/xorg

If I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH in a user terminal, then OpenOffice starts.  
So what is LD_LIBRARY_PATH and why am I seeing this behavior?

Thanks,

Drew





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Re: What is LD_LIBRARY_PATH? (Was Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User)

[Willie Wong]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 09:52:39AM -0800, Penguin Lover Drew Tomlinson squawked:
> There are no error messages.  When starting as a user, the splash 
> graphic just sits there and the CPU usage is basically 100% for both X 
> and oosplash.bin.  When starting as root, the splash graphic starts and 
> then a progress bar at the bottom of the splash graphic progresses in 
> about 10 seconds and OpenOffice starts.  The progress bar never 
> progresses when starting as a user.  I have to kill oosplash.bin with 
> signal 15 after starting as a user to return my system to normal.
> 
> Some more Googling turned up this post:
> 
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-623771-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-25.html?sid=1514fa8e48f6a12a86c6c66e920161e9
> 
> I found that when I su to root, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not defined.  As a 
> user, it is defined as:
> 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32/xorg:/usr/lib64/xorg
> 
> If I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH in a user terminal, then OpenOffice starts.  
> So what is LD_LIBRARY_PATH and why am I seeing this behavior?
> 

See

 http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html
 http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/LD_LIBRARY_PATH

So the question is one of hunting down where this variable is set.
Your .bashrc? Perhaps grepping through /etc/env.d? 

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ATI Drivers Sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Was Re: What is LD_LIBRARY_PATH? (Was Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User))

[Drew Tomlinson]

Willie Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 09:52:39AM -0800, Penguin Lover Drew Tomlinson squawked:
>   
>> There are no error messages.  When starting as a user, the splash 
>> graphic just sits there and the CPU usage is basically 100% for both X 
>> and oosplash.bin.  When starting as root, the splash graphic starts and 
>> then a progress bar at the bottom of the splash graphic progresses in 
>> about 10 seconds and OpenOffice starts.  The progress bar never 
>> progresses when starting as a user.  I have to kill oosplash.bin with 
>> signal 15 after starting as a user to return my system to normal.
>>
>> Some more Googling turned up this post:
>>
>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-623771-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-25.html?sid=1514fa8e48f6a12a86c6c66e920161e9
>>
>> I found that when I su to root, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not defined.  As a 
>> user, it is defined as:
>>
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32/xorg:/usr/lib64/xorg
>>
>> If I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH in a user terminal, then OpenOffice starts.  
>> So what is LD_LIBRARY_PATH and why am I seeing this behavior?
>>
>>     
>
> See
>
>  http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html
>  http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
> So the question is one of hunting down where this variable is set.
> Your .bashrc? Perhaps grepping through /etc/env.d? 
>   

Thank you for your reply.  The culprit appears to be 
/etc/profile.d/ati-fglrx.sh.  So if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not a 
good idea, why does the ATI driver do so?  And more importantly, how can 
I workaround this issue?

Thanks,

Drew

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Re: ATI Drivers Sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Was Re: What is LD_LIBRARY_PATH? (Was Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.3.1 Won't Start As User))

[Willie Wong]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 05:34:54PM -0800, Penguin Lover Drew Tomlinson squawked:
> >>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32/xorg:/usr/lib64/xorg
> >>
> >>If I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH in a user terminal, then OpenOffice starts.  
> >>So what is LD_LIBRARY_PATH and why am I seeing this behavior?
> >>
> >>    
> >
> >See
> >
> > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html
> > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> >
> >So the question is one of hunting down where this variable is set.
> >Your .bashrc? Perhaps grepping through /etc/env.d? 
> >  
> 
> Thank you for your reply.  The culprit appears to be 
> /etc/profile.d/ati-fglrx.sh.  So if setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not a 
> good idea, why does the ATI driver do so?  And more importantly, how can 
> I workaround this issue?
> 

As I don't use fglrx, I can't comment on that behaviour. A workaround
is simply to alias oocal in your bashrc to something that unsets the 
problematic path. 

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