On 01/21/2018 02:16 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > On 20/01/18 01:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 01/19/2018 05:25 PM, the...@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