On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 2:50 AM, NoOp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/10/2010 02:55 AM, Linda L. Hull wrote: >> We had a power failure, my UPS didn't last. >> >> When I try to open Open Office from either Applications > Office or >> command line, it gets half way and stops. >> >> I have Ubuntu 9.04, and OpenOffice 3.01 I think. >> >> :~$ soffice -writer 2009-06-17usernamesspreads.xls >> >> ** (soffice:13172): WARNING **: unable to get gail version number > > <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=ubuntu+%2B"unable+to+get+gail+version+number"&btnG=Search> > >> ^C >> :~$ soffice -calc 2009-06-17usernamesspreads.xls >> >> ** (soffice:13193): WARNING **: unable to get gail version number >> :~$ error - missing word count in dictionary file >> Hash Manager Error : 4 > > <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q="+error+-+missing+word+count+in+dictionary+file"&btnG=Search> > > From what I gather, 'unable to get gail version number' is the warning & > the actual error seems to be in the dictionary file. > > There are a couple of things you can try: > > 1. Move/rename your user profile and allow OOo to create a new user > profile. If that works then you know that the problem is in the profile. > First backup. To do this (from a terminal): > > $ mkdir ~/ooobackup > $ mv ~/.openoffice.org* ~/ooobackup > > Your OOo profile will now be located in ~/ooobackup so you can move back > if the profile is not the issue. Now restart OOo and see if it works. If > not, move your profile(s) back: > > $ cd ~/ooobackup > $ la > [Now check to see if you have more than one folder (.openoffice.org > .openoffice.org2 etc). If you do move each folder back:] > $ mv ~/ooobackup/.openoffice.org/ ~/.openoffice.org > mv ~/ooobackup/.openoffice.org2/ ~/.openoffice.org2 > > 2. See if you have any broken packages as a result of your power failure: > > $ sudo apt-get install -f > $ sudo dpkg --configure -a > > If you get errors from the above, hopefully they will be fixed when you > run the commands. Try OOo again. > > 3. If the above doesn't work, _backup_ your profile again: > > $ cp -R ~/.openoffice.org* ~/ooobackup > > now purge & reinstall OOo (make sure that you have a valid/good > networking connection beforehand): [note: purge so that the config > scripts do not remain - you will of course have to reinstall any special > extensions that you may have. Reinstalling is a bit drastic, but unless > you have the time, inclination to track down each dict file, it's > probably the easiest to do at this point.] > > $ sudo apt-get -s purge openoffice.org* > will show you what is about to be uninstalled without actually > performing the action. When you decide to go ahead and purge, remove the > '-s' in the command: > $ sudo apt-get purge openoffice.org* > > Now reinstall: > > $ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org > > Try OOo again. If it works (and it should), you can move your previous > profile(s) back to ~/.openoffice.org. > > *Of course the normal disclaimer applies: backup & only purge/reinstall > if you feel comfortable doing so. I've done the above on multiple > systems without issues... your results may vary - particularly since you > are running an EOL distro version* If you run into problems, contact me > directly and I'll install 9.04 on a test system and see if I can assist > further. > > BTW: you realize that Ubuntu 9.04 has reached EOL? See: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases > You might want to consider upgrading your system. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
I guess that 10.04 is a safer upgrade because it's a LTS version. I recently upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 and I have to say 10.10 is not very impressive. I even experience observable lags in mouse and video playback from time to time, while 10.04 could run smoothly on my machine. -- WANG, Xiaoyun Shanghai, China --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
