2009/5/7 Bev <[email protected]> > Well, here it is a year later and there's still no solution to my problem: > when I open OO the main screen opens in BIGGER than full screen mode, > requiring me to manually resize the screen to a reasonable size. It thinks > it opens in non-full-screen mode and clicking the 'full screen' middle > square button on the upper right of the window makes it SMALLER. > > This is maddening. Is there a setting somewhere that gives the opening > screen geometry? > > > ------------------------old message---------------------------------------- > Bev wrote: > > NoOp wrote: >> >> On 04/02/2008 08:14 PM, Bev wrote: >>> >>>> NoOp wrote: >>>> >>> >>> If deleting/renaming your profile doesn't work, then your basic install >>>>> is messed up. There is no "berlintakemybreatheaway.wav" included with OOo. >>>>> What linux are you running >>>>> >>>> >>>> slackware 11, fvwm95 >>>> >>>> and what version is your OOo? >>>>> >>>> >>>> 2.4.0 Files in the install directory are dated March 14, but the soffice >>>> link is dated March 28. I updated as soon as urged. >>>> >>>> Note: just doing the about OOo won't do, go to where your OOo is >>>>> installed and look for versionrc - open that and report back the info >>>>> in the file. >>>>> >>>> >>>> bb:/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program>cat versionrc >>>> [Version] >>>> AllLanguages=en-US >>>> buildid=680m12(Build:9286) >>>> ExtensionUpdateURL= >>>> http://updateext.services.openoffice.org/ProductUpdateService >>>> /check.Update >>>> OOOBaseVersion=2.4 >>>> ProductBuildid=9286 >>>> ProductMajor=680 >>>> ProductMinor=12 >>>> ProductPatch= >>>> ProductSource=OOH680 >>>> UpdateID=OpenOffice.org_2_en-US >>>> UpdateURL= >>>> http://update24.services.openoffice.org/ProductUpdateService/check.Upd >>>> ate?pkgfmt=rpm >>>> UpdateUserAgent=OpenOffice.org 2.4 (680m12(Build:9286); $_OS; $_ARCH; >>>> BundledLan >>>> guages=en-US) >>>> >>>> And perhaps start a new thread? :-) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Sorry, I just changed the subject before. All better now. >>>> >>>> Here's what's in the gallery subdirectory: >>>> >>>> bb:/root/.openoffice.org2/user/gallery>dir >>>> total 1776 >>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root 4096 Apr 2 16:51 ./ >>>> drwxr-xr-x 17 root 4096 Nov 16 22:13 ../ >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 24700 Jul 6 2006 ????\ (2)\ ??CLEAR.WAV >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 104124 Apr 2 16:51 Romeo\ y\ Julieta\ 1.44.wav >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 459480 Feb 26 2007 a\ door\ That\ Is\ Open\ 2.33.wav >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 752458 Jan 20 2006 berlintakemybreatheaway.wav >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 2048 Jan 31 21:04 sg100.sdv >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 538 Oct 28 2004 sg100.thm >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 5151 Apr 2 16:51 sg30.sdg >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 2048 Apr 2 16:51 sg30.sdv >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 787 Apr 2 16:51 sg30.thm >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root 415800 Feb 13 2007 terreceleste[1].wav >>>> >>>> None of those wavs are anything I ever acquired or even heard of. >>>> >>>> >>> Sorry, I'm not familiar with slackware. However *none* of those wav's >>> are included in any standard OOo package. See: >>> http://www.linuxpackages.net/viewpkg.php?id=11571 >>> >>> You are listing the *user* profile directory - meaning that at one point >>> or another, you, or perhaps an Impress/PPT slide show may have included >>> or used one of those wav's. >>> >> >> I suppose that's possible, but I've only seen a few PPT things (I only >> know a few people who send them, thank god) and never heard any music with >> them. That kind of makes sense, though. I'm going to delete them. >> >> Rename bb:/root/.openoffice.org2/ to bb:/root/x-.openoffice.org2-x >>> and reopen OOo. I think that will solve your full screen problem. >>> >> >> I did that. Restarted. Rebooted X. Rebooted machine. Still comes up >> "fuller" screen. >> >> Also, >>> I'd recommend *not* installing the user profile directory as root >>> (.openoffice.org2), it should be in a standard user directory... you >>> aren't running as root are you? >>> >> >> Yeah, I am. I've done it for 10 years. It's a legacy from someone else >> and I'm stuck with it. I have no user accounts. I've already been raked >> over the coals by JWZ :-) >> >> Hopefully someone with slackware experience will come along and assist. >>> >> >> Knock wood. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > Bev > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "Once you've provoked a few people into publicly swearing they are going > to hunt you down and kill you, the thrill wears off." -Elric of Imrryr
Bev, does the behaviour you describe above occur consistently - i e, whenever you open an OOo service ? I've never seen this happen with OOo, but sometimes with other programmes, most recently a web browser, but I only had to resize it once and the difficulty disappeared.... Henri
