On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:21:35 -0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > 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.
So what solved, the reinstall or the reboot? > This is like a Windows solution, they always ask you to reboot the > computer :-/ /var/run is a symlink to /run, which is on a tmpfs and would be cleared with a reboot. It appears that Wol's suggestion of spurious files in /var/run could well have been the cause. -- Neil Bothwick "Of course, I could switch back to Windows. At least there, if I have a problem, I don't suffer under the illusion that I could ever fix it." - Unknown (paraphrased)
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