Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Libreoffice-5.4.2.2 fails to start
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
Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Libreoffice-5.4.2.2 fails to start
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) pgpG1SW_w8KDX.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Libreoffice-5.4.2.2 fails to start
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
