2008/11/24 Darabos Dániel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear Guy, > > I am terribly sorry to hear that! > > The patcher only modified the > OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/basis-link/program/uno.py file, and this > file is only used by Python extensions. I have now tried deleting this > file, and OpenOffice.org still starts up fine (the Python extensions > do not work now of course). So I have a hard time imagining how the > patch could have rendered your installation unable to start. I will > still describe of course how to undo the patch: > > The patcher itself includes the original version of uno.py. Assuming > the default locations for the patcher and the OpenOffice.org > application, you can undo the patch from the terminal with the > following command line: > > cp /Volumes/OOo\ 3.0\ Python\ Patcher/OOo\ 3.0\ Python\ > Patcher.app/Contents/Resources/uno.py.orig > /Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/basis-link/program/uno.py > > (This should of course go on a single line.) > > However there can be different reasons for OpenOffice.org not starting > up. In my experience sometimes OpenOffice.org crashes, but does not > exit. In this case you can not start it again, because it is still > running. You could try to see if you can force-quit it or kill it from > the terminal. > > Another possible reason for the application not starting up is when > something gets messed up in the user configuration files. I am > guessing that maybe when you tried installing our extension earlier, > OpenOffice.org was not able to install it fully because of the problem > with Python, but it still managed to install part of it, and now that > the Python support is fixed, that half-installed extension is acting > up. To make sure this is not the case, you could remove the > ~/Library/Application Support/OpenOffice.org directory. This cleans > all personal settings and extensions, and restores OpenOffice.org to > the state before it was first started. > > Please let me know how this problem is solved, because if there is in > fact some problem caused by the patcher, we will have to fix it > immediately. So far I have only heard of positive experiences from > users, so I hope your problem is not directly caused by the patcher > either. > > Best regards, > > Daniel Darabos >
Hello Daniel, It turned out the patcher crashed. I have the log if you're interested. I don't know why OOo didn't want to start up again. I tried to rename the application support files, but that didn't help. Finally, I trashed this version of OOo and installed the recent milestone 12, that works fine. I haven't had time to try and install the EuroOffice_Dic extension (or any other) yet... Thanks for you help anyway! -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua 3.0.0 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo Aqua 3.0.0 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
