On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:16:44 -0700, JD wrote: > On 09/07/2010 01:03 PM, Jim wrote: >> On 09/07/2010 02:59 PM, JD wrote: >>> On 09/07/2010 11:46 AM, Jim wrote: >>>> FC13/KDE >>>> >>>> oowriter will not execute as user, but it will execute as Root. >>>> >>>> $ ls -al oo* >>>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 41 Aug 14 11:14 oobase -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root >>>> root 41 Aug 14 11:14 oocalc -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 41 Aug 14 11:14 >>>> oodraw -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 35 Aug 14 11:14 ooffice -rwxr-xr-x. 1 >>>> root root 44 Aug 14 11:14 ooimpress -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 41 Aug 14 >>>> 11:14 oomath -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 41 Aug 14 11:14 ooviewdoc >>>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 43 Aug 14 11:14 oowriter >>>> >>>> >>> oowriter works just fine here as regular user. >>> >>> Are you sure you are executing /usr/bin/oowriter and not some oowriter >>> in a different dir, which is also in your PATH? >>> >>> type the command: >>> >>> which oowriter >>> >>> to be sure. >>> >>> >> I executed it as /usr/bin/oowriter in console and it tries to start , >> and it does not give any error messages. > > So, the openoffice banner does not pop up? > > I suggest you do the following: > > 1. rpm -qa | grep openoffice.org | sed 's/\-[0-9].*$//' > /tmp/oo.pkgs > 2. cat /tmp/oo.pkgs | xargs sudo rpm -e --nodeps 3. cat /tmp/oo.pkgs | > xargs sudo yum -y install > > after that, retry oowriter. > > Cheers, > > JD How about: 0. su - 1. yum shell 2. resinstall openoffice.org* 3. ts list 4. run 5. quit Step 1 puts you in the yum shell (run as root) Step 2 sets up a reinstall of all packages beginning with openoffice.org Step 3 shows you what is about to happen with the transaction Step 4 actually runs the transaction Step 5 quits This keeps everything in yum. . . . . just my two cents. /mde/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines