On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:14:23 -0800 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > 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 > > > > (process:28062): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: > > assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
> 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 I did the above and none of it helped. But I had a brilliant idea to try before moving on to your suggestions below. I have a live/install CD for Ubuntu Edgy amd64 and I knew it loaded OOo. So I rebooted the computer to the live/install CD. When it was finished I launched OOo Writer. As soon as it was up I typed a few words into the blank document that opened automatically. Then I selected a word and tried to drag and drop it. It did not work. Then I went into Tools > Options and noticed that "use printer metrics" was checked under the compatibility options for Writer. I unchecked it, opened a new blank document, and the "use printer metrics" box was back checked again. Then I tried Wizards > Web and it crashed OOo. These are exactly the same problems that I have with OOo 2.0.4 on Ubuntu Edgy amd64 as installed on the hard disk. There are other things in Tools > Options that do not get saved as well, but the "use printer metrics" test, the fact that drag and drop editing of text was broken, and that the web wizard crashed OOo was enough. I knew right then and there that there is nothing "wrong" with my installation of Ubuntu Edgy amd64. OOo 2.0.4 isn't working any better with the live CD, so the problem is not me or some rogue conflict or missing library. The problem is either in Ubuntu Edgy amd64 or in OOo 2.0.4 and their interaction with some hardware device on this computer. It is also important to revisit the fact that a year and a half ago I bought this laptop and put Ubuntu Hoary amd64 on it, together with OOo 1.something (whatever was in the repositories then). Later I upgraded to Breezy amd64, then Dapper amd64, and each time upgraded OOo to whatever was the latest version. I never had any of the above problems. The problems all started right after upgrading to Edgy amd64 and OOo 2.0.4. And I have researched this and posted about it on the Ubuntu amd64 forums and there are half a dozen others with the same problem -- out of tens of thousands of users of OOo on Edgy amd64. So the logic is inescapable: Either 2.0.4 or Edgy amd64 does not like something in this computer. It would be pointless to try to fix OOo 2.0.4 -- I can uninstall and reinstall all day long and it's not going to help. I could wipe the hard disk, reinstall Edgy amd64, reinstall OOo 2.0.4, and the problems will still be there. The live CD proves that. The question remains, however, is it OOo 2.0.4 or Ubuntu Edgy amd64? I also have a live CD for 32-bit Edgy. I rebooted the computer to it and tried OOo Writer again. This time drag and drop worked perfectly. The web wizard worked perfectly. And changing settings in Tools > Options were saved for subsequent new documents. I still don't know if it is Edgy and64 or the version of OOo 2.0.4 that is in the Edgy amd64 repositories. > 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. For my next exercise I was going to follow the rest of your suggestions and wipe out 2.0.4 and then install 2.1. But I no longer hold out any hope for this because I already tried it with amd64 .debs for 2.1 that I found online. OOo 2.1 was horrible on Edgy (bad display issues), and none of the above problems were resolved. That is, I could not drag and drop text and settings in Tools > Options were not being saved to the default template. The .debs I found online were not official .debs, though. So I could go through the exercise just in case creating .debs with alien would produce .debs that would work. But I think the odds of that are nil. Even if the .debs I found online had issues, the fact that exactly the same problems happened with them as with 2.0.4 tells me that the cause is most likely in Edgy amd64 and my hardware, not OOo. There is a chance, however, that the problem lies in 2.0.4 and was just continued into 2.1. Therefore, it might be worth a try to wipe out 2.0.4 and install 2.0.2. Unfortunately, 2.0.2 is not in the Edgy repositories. Nevertheless, that will be my next exercise. I found the .debs for OOo 2.0.2 as were installed on Dapper, but I'm not sure I have all of them. I am going to try that next, unless someone here reads this and has a brilliant suggestion to offer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
