if you are using gnome, there is a procedure that kills apps that take too long to start up. so if oo takes too long it may get killed. you can fix this by editing the soffice script ~/OpenOffice.org1.0.1/soffice . all you have to do is put this line at the top of the script:
unset SESSION_MANAGER (from here: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=317640&listName=users ) cheers matthew On 22 Nov 2002 09:51:48 -0700 "Jason E. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Curtis Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So, I installed Openoffice 1.0.1c, but every time I try to open Word > > and Excel docs, it crashes. Anyone had similar problems? >

