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can't run openoffice

Asked by Mario Jesus

I've just upgraded my ubuntu 8.04 (64bits) and I can't run openoffice anymore. From console I've got these messages:

mariojesus@Yin-Yang:~$ oocalc &
[1] 6739
mariojesus@Yin-Yang:~$ Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0x7f9712f1797c]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_lock+0x15) [0x7f9712f17a15]
#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0x7f9716be1323]
#3 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCreateWindow+0x44) [0x7f9716bd8d54]
#4 /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0(gdk_window_new+0x395) [0x7f9712ac1c05]
#5 /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0x7f970e1504c8]
#6 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x10f) [0x7f9711f55bcf]
#7 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0x7f9711f69386]
#8 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x875) [0x7f9711f6b0d5]
#9 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x83) [0x7f9711f6b483]
#10 /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_realize+0x77) [0x7f970e141957]
#11 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680lx.so [0x7f970e4f976d]
#12 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680lx.so [0x7f970e4fa16a]
#13 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680lx.so [0x7f970e4fa82b]
#14 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680lx.so [0x7f970e4d2f64]
#15 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680lx.so [0x7f971a47e4ed]
#16 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680lx.so [0x7f971a413322]
#17 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680lx.so(_ZN9TabDialogC2EP6WindowRK5ResId+0x5f) [0x7f971a4501cf]
#18 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680lx.so [0x7f9706451084]
#19 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680lx.so [0x7f9706625db4]

Can somebody help me, please? Thanks

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Try to reinstall Openoffice without loose your setting.

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install openoffice.org

sudo apt-get -f install

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then retry

HTH

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Mario Jesus (mjesus) said : 		#2

Sorry, but still doesn't run. I'd tried to remove all the package and reinstalled again using synaptic, without success.

Openoffice don't run. Is there an "undo2 for the last upgrade?

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oli (wakinyan-free) said : 		#3

I have the same problem as of yesterday.
I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 (54bit) desktop - Openoffice 2.4. I updgraded from Ubuntu 7.10 (64bit) desktop using update manager.
Open office does not launch.
Uninstalling and reinstalling Open office 2.4 does not help.
Any solution?

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

Hi,
see bug #185311

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Mario Jesus (mjesus) said : 		#5

I still can't run openoffice on my ubuntu 8.04 (64 bits) normally. I'd tried different things without success and I got a once-run when I boot my linux box with the previous kernel version. Why? I don't have an answer. Is this bug related only with gtk?

Does anybody know if there is a patch for this, yet?

Thanks.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#6

Hi,
at the moment there are only workarounds as described in the bug mentioned above.
The easier one works for me at the moment. It is creating a new starter on the panel with a right click "add to panel" and using for the command #/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin

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Best oli (wakinyan-free) said : 		#7

Thanks, Sam for the answer.
I just tried it and it works! :)
However in the command I had to leave out the '#'.

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Mario Jesus (mjesus) said : 		#8

Ok. Thanks.