On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:15:45 Alex Fisher wrote: > On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:55:38 Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > > Hi Jean-Baptiste, > > > > Jean-Baptiste Faure escribió: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I encountered a problem with BEA300_m1 (and Dev300_m9 and Dev300_m10) > > > under Kubuntu 6.06 LTS. > > > See : http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88724 > > > > > > After having searched with the help of Eric Bachard the source of the > > > problem, it seems that there is a dependence problem with glibc2 as > > > mentionned in the readme file. OOo 2.4 needs at least version 2.2.4 and > > > BEA300_m1 needs at least version 2.3.1. > > > It is very annoying because (K)ubuntu 6.06 has (if I understand well) > > > version 2.2.x. So OOo 3.0 will not run on a only two years old Linux > > > distribution. I think it is not a good idea. > > > > > > For testing purpose I have a workaround by adding > > > export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="gen" > > > at the beginning of the soffice script. But it is not suitable for a > > > stable version because it works only with "gen" and not with "kde" nor > > > "gtk". > > > > > > Another important point is the BEA300 packages do not specify this > > > dependence. I am surprised that this key feature of packages system is > > > not used in this case. I think installation should be refused if glibc2 > > > is not up to date. > > > > > > Kind regards > > > JBF > > > > something similar (although different...) happens in Mandriva: > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=86389
As an aside, I run Google Earth. I have seen many reported problems on the user fora which I do not have. Interestingly, they are nearly all on (K)Ubuntu and Debian machines, with very occasionally a problem on Fedora (although I've not seen a problem with Fedora for several months now) My impression is that Debian-based distros regularly have problems with software which other distos do not have. > > > > > > And it seems there will be no solution, or there is no other solution > > than building OOo yourself on Mandriva. > > Works fine for me on my Mandriva 2008 Spring, although I have not yet done > any serious testing. > > Hardware *might* have a bearing, I'm running an AMD x64 machine, the latest > Mandriva x64 distro with all the latest updates. > > > It's a pity, because this way nobody with a Mandriva distro is using > > Not quite correct. I use the Sun builds exclusively (always have :) ). > > Anyhow, I've had no problems installing and running BEA300 > > > (and so not testing) Sun's build, but the one based in ooo-build/go-ooo. > > > > Regards > > Ariel. -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
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