[Sderby] OpenOffice 1.0

[David Coulson]

> astraguy wrote:
> 
> Hello Dave,
> My first Linux install was SuSE 7.2 prof and this I installed with the
> Defaults including StarOffice 5.2 ,After the Linux SuSe was loaded I
> clicked on the StarOffice icon and the setup screen opened and I
> accepted the default setting this worked with no problems, I then
> loaded the the Open Office from a Linux cd recomended by Dom and again
> accepted the default setting and again when I clicked the Open Office
> icon the program set its self up with no problems, So I am not sure
> what your problem is Dave but I would have thought that like me you
> would not have had any problems, Will you be going to the next meeting
> on Sunday ?.
> Cheers Mike
> 
> 
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Dave Coulson
>      To: sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk
>      Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 5:37 PM
>      Subject: [Sderby] OpenOffice 1.0
> 
>      Hi All
>      Can you advise me on this problem-
>      I installed OpenOffice successfully under SuSe 7.2. However
>      it won't run, simply producing the banner screen when I
>      launch it from KDE.
>      If I type soffice into a Terminal window, I get the banner
>      again and a message which says something like "X window
>      system does not support LC en eur" + a lot of other
>      nonsense. My guess is that it doesnt like the fact that I
>      have chosen English as my base language and maybe it can't
>      find a euro symbol. Whatever the whole thing aborts.
>      Does this mean that I need a more up to date version of
>      XFree86 (current version is 4). If so, is there an easy way
>      to do it from KDE or SuSe, since I have a copy of 4.1.0 on a
>      cover disk and the instructions for use are horrendous.
>      Any advice welcomed.
>      Cheers Dave C.
Thanks for your comments Mike, I will keep trying.
No I'm not at the next meeting due to holidays, so it will be October
before I will attend again.
Cheers Dave C