Kurt: Wait until Monday, October 13th (yes manic monday) for the Release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 for MacOSX (as well as many other operating systems.)
Since this will be an Aqua version of the program, you will not have to use X11 anymore, unless you wish to use OpenOffice.org 2.4.1. James McKenzie -----Original Message----- >From: KURT PETERS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 10, 2008 6:51 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Fink-users] OSX 10.5 - X11 - openoffice.org > >I can't say that I bothered trying to install anything from macosxforge. I >DID try to install kopete, which, by the way, always gave an error trying to >connect to a folder and DCOP, and I never got it working. I wonder if that >apt-get install tried to install or modified my X11 configuration??? > >I will try running apps manually. > >Any hints on installing release candidate 3 of OOo? Anything I need to >know? >Kurt > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "KURT PETERS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Fink-users] OSX 10.5 - X11 - openoffice.org >Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:45:17 -0400 > > >On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:32 AM, KURT PETERS wrote: > >>I've recently installed the binary fink for OS X 10.5. Openoffice.org 2.4 >>WAS working (as installed from the dmg from the openoffice.org web site) >>and >>now just comes up to the openoffice menu with no writer screen and a >>perpetual spinning icon. In other words, there seems to be some >>incompatibility between OOo and fink for 10.5. Has anyone else seen this >>problem, and possibly have some solution? >> >>Kurt >> > >Is installing Fink _all_ that you did? > >I've seen this problem, and to my recollection it was unrelated to Fink on >my machine--i.e. Oo.org worked after I installed Fink, and stopped after I >did something else, namely update to an unofficial X11 server from >macosxforge.org . There seems to be an incompatibility with that. > >My workaround is to use the release candidate for the Aqua-based Openoffice >3. The other option is to launch the oo.org apps manually rather than >through the app bundle, e.g. > >/Applications/OpenOffice.org\ 2.4.app/Contents/program/soffice.bin > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Fink-users mailing list >Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
