I think that by default, the openoffice log is overwritten, not appended to (this may have changed since I last looked at it though). I had to tweak it slightly as we use LibreOffce. I guess I'll try all the 'python' locations just to make sure, but I have no idea what to do about the permission denied error.Īnd check all the paths are OK ? it may be that Ubuntu installs them elsewhere. Tried 10 times to start OpenOffice in the last 15 secs. User and group for is The log file is now appended to, but unfortunately it is not very helpful: ~/archives/ARCHIVEID/bin/ ARCHIVEID start

However there is no 'python' in the same folder, and searching for it gives me several locations, because there is no file extension, so I am not sure which location to choose.Īm I looking for a file or a folder, and are there any clues, that might point me to the right path? $c-> = '/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin' I *think* you need to reference the soffice.bin directly. Is the ownership on that directory OK for the user to create a file in there (e.g. You?re right, I got the log file path wrong.ĭo you also have an openoffice.pid file in the ~/var/ directory?

From: J.Salter at leeds.ac.uk (John Salter).

Subject: Re: OpenOffice failed to start.

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