Bingo!!!! That solved it. Run with sudo, not as root. Thank you
Richard On Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:26:19 PM you wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, rcdawson wrote: > I attempted to run spad min as follows: > > I found the directory containing spadmin. > I changed into that directory "./spadmin". > The result was to return four lines, each reading "No protocol specified". ok, I don't have an answer. I can generate a similar error switching to root using su - since display environment is not set up to present it for root (and the error I get mentions the X display). if I do sudo opt/openoffice.org3/program/spadmin it works; also there is a handy little program called 'sux' which carries the X environment over when you become root. but this may not be the cause. perhaps someone else has a better diagnosis. F. > On Friday, August 31, 2012 09:47:10 PM you wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, rcdawson wrote: > >> It would be nice to know why spadmin doesn't run, however. > > I was never sure what command you used. > > F. > > >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Felmon Davis <[hidden email]> >>> To: Tom <[hidden email]> >>> Cc: [hidden email] >>> Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 18:03 >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: spadmin fails to run >>> >>> On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Tom wrote: >>> >>>> Hi :) >>>> Sorry for the late response! >>>> >>>> An 'obvious' way to get a little bit more information about any unix- based >>>> command is to add the tag "-h" or "--help" after the command. In this > case >>>> it would be something like: >>>> >>>> spadmin -h >>>> >>>> or >>>> >>>> spadmin --help >>>> >>>> It's just a quick-help, "cheat sheet". There is a lot more info in the >>>> manual which you can access using the "man" command (seems a little sexist >>>> but it's really just short for manual). So, try >>>> >>>> man spadmin >>> >>> my understanding is that the OP (you have deleted the original post) wasn't >> getting it to run at all. >>> >>> he had a funny sign in front of the command which I thought might be an >> artifact produced by his email. he should be sure to invoke the command as >>> >>> ./spadmin >>> >>> assuming he is in the same directory or give the whole path (without the >> leading dot). >>> >>>> Hmmm, i don't have spadmin installed on my machine so i got nothing from >>>> either of those commands. >>> >>> I have it but it seems to belong to openoffice in my case (on this machine) > and >> seems to require 'sudo' to invoke it as it's owned by root. >>> >>>> Regards from >>>> Tom :) >>> >>> regards to you too! >>> >>> F. >>> >>> -- Felmon Davis >>> >>> Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. -- >> Johann von Goethe >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- Felmon Davis Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [hidden email] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spadmin-fails-to-run- tp4003722p4004975.html To unsubscribe from spadmin fails to run, click here. NAML -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spadmin-fails-to-run-tp4003722p4005046.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
