Re: StarOffice + Unstable

[Randy Edwards]

 Hmm...  I was running a 2.4.2 kernel.  In view of what you said I got
 the 2.4.3 kernel source and tried that - no change - same error, and
 then tried my last 2.4.1 kernel - still no-go.

   There's a thread on this issue on the DebianHELP site
http://www.debianhelp.org/viewtopic.php?topic=5forum=12 which
explains the StarOffice problem along with suggested fixes.

 Hope it helps,
 .
 Randy

Re: StarOffice + Unstable

[Colin Watson]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   There's a thread on this issue on the DebianHELP site
http://www.debianhelp.org/viewtopic.php?topic=5forum=12 which
explains the StarOffice problem along with suggested fixes.

sharefont was a problem for many people, and the fix will go in today.
I'm still having problems at work despite not having sharefont
installed, mind you, so there may be other issues.

The problem with sharefont was a missing newline in its fonts.dir file
causing very odd syntax in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/fonts.dir. If
you still have problems, look through
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/*/fonts.dir and see if there are any lines
there that look out of place.

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Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: StarOffice + Unstable

[Lee Elliott]

Michael Perry wrote:
 
 This is rather strange I think.  I have two unstable boxes which get updated
 quite often and I have no problems with staroffice.  ARe these systems by
 chance running the 2.4.x kernel series?  I have seen some posts in the
 newsgroups about people with issues with StarOffice and the 2.4.x kernels.
 I am running 2.2.18 here on both systems.  StarOffice opens documents,
 prints, saves, just fine.  Do these systems run kde or gnome 1.4?  I only
 run windowmaker here.  I have done all the upgrades like anyone else.  This
 system is uptodate as of today at about 1600 pdt.
 
 I would respond to the list with this but I have been having problems
 getting my responses accepted lately.
 
 --
 Michael Perry
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Hmm...  I was running a 2.4.2 kernel.  In view of what you said I got
the 2.4.3 kernel source and tried that - no change - same error, and
then tried my last 2.4.1 kernel - still no-go.

I've got three Debian unstables installed on this box and when I get an
upgrade/snapshot that I'm happy with I freeze it and then bring the next
oldest snapshot up to date, and start updating that.  I tried booting up
my last snapshot - running a 2.4.2 kernel, and that was ok, so it seems
that it's one of the packages that has caused the problem.

Although I can get the --get-selections list from dpkg, there doesn't
seem to be a way of getting a list of installed packages and their
versions.  I can identify the newest packages from their date stamp but
there was over 100 packages updated last time I did it.  When I get more
time I'll try reverting some of the more obvious candidates.

LeeE