On 01/21/2018 04:00 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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?
I suspect both. I was rebooting it before but libreoffice did not start for user "joseph" only for "alex" When I unmerge / emerge libreoffice it still did not work for user "joseph" but when I turn off the PC and rebooted next day, libreoffice all of a sudden started working for user "joseph" (both users). >> 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. Now it is showing: ll /var/run/user drwx------ 2 joseph root 40 Jan 21 16:58 1000 drwx------ 3 alex root 60 Jan 21 16:42 1001 Joseph
