OO 1.1.3 won't load under xfce-4.2 beta

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hi

OpenOffice crashes on some system when used with the session manager.

unset the environment variable "SESSION_MANAGER" prior to run soffice
and that fixes the problem.

I tend to think it's a problem with OO though.

HTH
Olivier.

On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 10:51 -0700, Paul Bucalo wrote:
> I originally installed OO 1.1.3 under Gnome 2 on my WBEL 3.0 workstation. Under
> that DE it runs fine. Then I installed xfce-4.2 beta. I had what appeared to be
> minor problems upon installing, compiling all of it from source, but in the end I
> believe I got everything working as it should. I reinstalled via --force with my
> created RPM's in the proper order specified, just to be sure. 
> 
> The only complaint I have with this beta version is that I can't run OO from
> within it. I get startup activity and then nothing. Switch back to Gnome 2 and OO
> runs just fine. I have tried starting from the 'soffice' script under my /home,
> at the base installation's directory, and even tried opening up the individual
> applets as does the Gnome 2 menu. Nothing. Is this a known issue with the beta,
> or do I just have something amiss in my installation? Did OO install with an
> expectation to pre-load a portion of itself that I am not doing under the XFce
> startup?
> 
> For what it's worth, I truly enjoy the refinements made in this beta and the
> greater customizing ability over its predicessors. It still runs mighty fast for
> me on my AMD 500 box. :0) 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> ---- Get Urchin 6 On Demand web analytics. Because you can't wait to be found.
> http://www.urchin.com/?utm_campaign=U6OD&utm_medium=email&source=spymac.com&content=cantwait
> _______________________________________________
> Xfce mailing list
> Xfce at xfce.org
> http://lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
> http://www.xfce.org