On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:51 AM, KURT PETERS wrote: > 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.
That's a matter for another thread; and a more specific error message transcript. It may be a permissions problem; but it's hard to say. > I wonder if that apt-get install tried to install or modified my X11 > configuration??? Not directly. It's remotely possible that the Fink "xinitrc" package, which is in the dependency chain for kopete, might have altered how X11 starts up and produced this issue. You might try removing xinitrc via "apt- get remove" and see if your oo.org is happy. Fink does _not_ (barring a broken package, which is not the case here) modify your system area in any way. > > > I will try running apps manually. > > Any hints on installing release candidate 3 of OOo? Anything I need > to know? > Kurt > The main note is that it's Intel-only. It's just an app bundle that you download--RC4 is available at http://download.openoffice.org/680/ > ----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
