Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Libreoffice-5.4.2.2 fails to start

[thelma@sys-concept.com]

On 01/21/2018 02:16 AM, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 20/01/18 01:11, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>> On 01/19/2018 05:25 PM, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> The strange part is that on the same box I created a new "user" and
>>> Libreoffice works just fine.
>>> But it will not work when I log in.
>>>
>>> I've deleted the folder setting. /home/joseph/.config/libreoffice/
>>> and copied the same folder from new user directory back to my directory.
>>> Libreofice still will not start.
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>
>> Additional information.
>> When I try to start soffice help I'm getting this error
>>
>> soffice --help
>> X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
>>
>> (process:24269): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/var/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly.
>> LibreOffice 5.4.2.2.0 40m0(Build:2)
>>
>> This error does not show up when I run it as new user that I just created.
>>
>>
> This is intuition, not knowledge, but /var/run is, I think, stuff that
> should appear when you log in, and disappear when you log out.
> 
> Log out, log in as root (or su from another user) and see if
> /var/run/user/1000 exists. Rename it to something else in case you need
> the contents, and then see if libreoffice works.
> 
> If everything seems okay, get rid of the old version
> 
> (My system has multiple users, I'm the only person logged in, and folder
> 1000 (my user-id) is the only one there. I guess somehow some old file
> has got "stuck" and needs deleting.)
> 
> Cheers,
> Wol

I solved it by unmerging / emerging "libreoffice".  The system required
reboot, after that libreoffice start working for all users on the
machine.
This is like a Windows solution, they always ask you to reboot the
computer :-/

Joseph