Wayne C wrote:
> When I try to launch Open Office 2.3 I get the splash screen and then
> the message "The application can't be opened". When I try it in a
> console this is my output:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ooffice -writer %U
> [Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument
> (elements.cxx).javaldx failed!
> [Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument
> (elements.cxx).
> ** (process:29940): WARNING **: Unknown error forking main binary /
> abnormal early exit ...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
> 

As openoffice has java dependencies you might want to check on the
status of java.   There can be multiple versions of java installed on
your system,  check in /etc/alternatives for which java is the default.

 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/alternatives$ ls -l java
 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2007-12-28 15:23 java -> /usr/bin/gij-4.2


I have never spent as much time as I should on fully understanding
debian packaging,  so there may be a better way to do this.
You may want to check on the openoffice packages,  try issuing the
following:

 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l openoffice.org\* | grep ^ii
 ii  openoffice.org                   1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
Office suite
 ii  openoffice.org-base              1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite - database
 ii  openoffice.org-calc              1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite - spreadsheet
 ii  openoffice.org-common            1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite architecture ind
 ii  openoffice.org-core              1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite architecture dep
 ii  openoffice.org-draw              1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite - drawing
 ii  openoffice.org-evolution         1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 Evolution
Addressbook support for OpenOffice
 ii  openoffice.org-gnome             1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 GNOME
Integration for OpenOffice.org (VFS, G
 ii  openoffice.org-gtk               1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 GTK Integration
for OpenOffice.org (Widgets,
 ii  openoffice.org-help-en-us        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
English_american help for OpenOffice.org
 ii  openoffice.org-hyphenation       0.2                Hyphenation
patterns for OpenOffice.org
 ii  openoffice.org-impress           1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite - presentation
 ii  openoffice.org-java-common       1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite Java support arc
 ii  openoffice.org-l10n-common       1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2   common files
for OpenOffice.org language and
 ii  openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2   English_british
language package for OpenOff
 ii  openoffice.org-l10n-en-za        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2
English_southafrican language package for Op
 ii  openoffice.org-math              1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite - equation edito
 ii  openoffice.org-style-human       1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 Human symbol
style for OpenOffice.org
 ii  openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us   1:2.2.0-2ubuntu1   English
Thesaurus for OpenOffice.org
 ii  openoffice.org-writer            1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3 OpenOffice.org
office suite - word processor

You can also check on the status of the main package as well as the
individual packages it installs

 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg --status openoffice.org
 Package: openoffice.org
 Status: install ok installed
 Priority: optional
 Section: editors
 Installed-Size: 44
 Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Architecture: i386
 Version: 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
 Replaces: openoffice.org2 (<< 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3),
openoffice.org-debian-files
 Provides: openoffice.org2
 Depends: openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3),
openoffice.org-writer, openoffice.org-calc, openoffice.org-impress,
openoffice.org-draw, openoffice.org-math, openoffice.org-base,
openoffice.org-java-common (>> 2.2.0-4)
 Recommends: openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev, openoffice.org-officebean,
openoffice.org-filter-binfilter
 Suggests: hunspell-dictionary, myspell-dictionary,
openoffice.org-help-2.3, openoffice.org-l10n-2.3, menu, unixodbc,
cupsys-bsd, libsane, ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera,
openoffice.org-hyphenation, openoffice.org2-thesaurus, libxrender1,
libgl1, msttcorefonts, openoffice.org-gnome | openoffice.org-kde,
iceweasel | firefox | icedove | thunderbird | iceape-browser |
mozilla-browser, gij | java-gcj-compat | libgcj8-1-awt | sun-java5-jre |
sun-java6-jre | icedtea-java7-jre | java2-runtime,
openclipart-openoffice.org, pstoedit, imagemagick, libpaper-utils,
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good,
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
 Conflicts: openoffice.org2 (<< 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3)
 Description: OpenOffice.org Office suite
  OpenOffice.org is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides
  a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
  .
  This metapackage installs all components of openoffice.org:
   * openoffice.org-writer: Word processor
   * openoffice.org-calc: Spreadsheet
   * openoffice.org-impress: Presentation
   * openoffice.org-draw: Drawing
   * openoffice.org-base: Database
   * openoffice.org-math: Equation editor
   * openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev: Mobile Devices filters
   * openoffice.org-filter-binfilter: legacy filters (e.g. StarOffice 5.2)
  .


 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg --status openoffice.org-base
 Package: openoffice.org-base
 Status: install ok installed
 Priority: optional
 Section: editors
 Installed-Size: 7916
 Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Architecture: i386
 Source: openoffice.org
 Version: 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
 Replaces: openoffice.org-core (<< 2.0.1), openoffice.org-common (<<
1.9.113-0pre1), openoffice.org-bin (<< 1.9),
openoffice.org-debian-files, openoffice.org2-base (<<
1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3), openoffice.org-java
 Provides: openoffice.org2-base
 Depends: openoffice.org-core (= 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3), libc6 (>= 2.6-1),
libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), gij | java-gcj-compat |
libgcj8-1-awt | sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre | icedtea-java7-jre |
java2-runtime, libhsqldb-java (>= 1.8.0.8-1), openoffice.org-java-common
(>> 2.2.0-4)
 Suggests: unixodbc, libmyodbc | odbc-postgresql | libsqliteodbc |
tdsodbc | mdbtools, libmysql-java | libpg-java | libsapdbc-java,
openoffice.org-gcj, openoffice.org-report-builder
 Conflicts: openoffice.org-debian-files, openoffice.org2-base (<<
1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3), openoffice.org-common (= 2.0.4-4)
 Description: OpenOffice.org office suite - database
  OpenOffice.org is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides
  a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
  .
  This package contains the database component for OpenOffice.org.
  .
  You can extend the functionality of OpenOffice.org Base by installing
these
  packages:
  .
   * unixodbc: ODBC database support
   * libmyodbc | odbc-postgresql | libsqliteodbc | tdsodbc | mdbtools: ODBC
     drivers for:
     - MySQL
     - PostgreSQL
     - SQLite
     - MS SQL / Sybase SQL
     - *.mdb (JET / MS Access)
   * libmysql-java | libpg-java | libsapdbc-java: JDBC Drivers
     for:
     - MySQL
     - PostgreSQL
     - MaxDB
 Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenOffice Team
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



Jim

> 
> I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 (upgraded from 7.04, 6.10 maybe 6.04) I'm not sure
> if I've used OO on this particular system (I use it on my older SUSE
> sytem).
> 
> Where do I start? Is it a java plugin problem? Looking in "Add/Remove
> Applications" I see I have Sun Java 6 Web Start, Sun Java 5.0 Runtime
> and Java Web Start 1.4 installed. There are other listings of lesser
> popularity not installed. 
> 
> A quick check on Google didn't turn up anything. I'll do some more
> digging.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer to resolve my problem.
> 
> WayneC
> 
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