On 02/24/2007 01:29 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Excellent suggestion! Don't know why it never occurred to me to do that > -- error messages can be very revealing. When I launch writer I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ oowriter > > (process:28062): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2240: initialization > assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function >
[snip] > (process:28062): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: > assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed > > I have no idea what the problem is, but evidently something is wrong > with the OOo code, the line IA__g_type_init() should have been used > before gdk_screen_get_font. However, it doesn't seem to affect OOo -- > it launches and runs fine anyway. If someone knows more about this I'd > like to hear it, just in case this is related to the drag and drop of > text problem. My guess is that those indicate that you have a system problem with your Gdk & Glib libraries via AMD64. See: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-qt-engine/+bug/41351 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs-openoffice.org/+bug/78738 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=ia32-libs&search=Search If you are going to use ubuntu-desktop & the meta package *I'd* try: Code: su apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get -f install build-essential apt-get -f install linux-kernel-headers apt-get -f install ia32-libs apt-get -f install ubuntu-desktop apt-get -f install openoffice.org You may already have the latest for some of the above, but if not that will ensure that you do. The -f will 'force' a new install even if the package shows that it is the latest & greatest version I'd also update/reinstall all of your gdk & glib's plus your locale. If you want to do it with out try: Code: su apt-get -f remove ubuntu-desktop apt-get -f remove openoffice.org apt-get -f install build-essential apt-get -f install linux-kernel-headers apt-get -f install ia32-libs Download the RPM package for OOo 2.1 from OOo. Note: interesting that the download page (http://download.openoffice.org/2.1.0/index.html?focus=download) shows Linux >2.2.13(120MB) - I'm downloading to see exactly what that is but the download shows OOo_2.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz). Extract via the archive manager. Rename the directory where the archive manager extracted the files to something simple like 'OOo'. ia32-libs has been suggested in other installs for amd64 - Google + http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/libs/ia32-libs >From a terminal: su cd OOo cd RPMS alien -k -v *.rpm dpkg -i *.rpm cd desktop-integration dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.1.5_all.deb killall gnome-panel give it a moment, then Applications|Office|OpenOffice.org 2.1 Writer Note: I recommend that you *not* use 'sudo' for this. The folks over at Mozilla figure that 'sudo' is seriously broken for some applications and recommend *only* using 'su'. Don't know why, just know that in the latest nightly installs for SeaMonkey they definitely recommended that I not use 'sudo' and use 'su' instead. Added note: On a test machine (Dapper) I reinstalled from the fresh download from OOo and can report that 2.1 installed and comes up just fine as 2.1. As do the Wizards for: Letter, Fax, Agenda, Presentation, Web Page, Document Converter, Address Data Source, Install new dictionaries, Install fonts from the web *all* come up correctly. Java version is Sun Java 1.5.0_10. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
