Openoffice beta package

BSD bsd at xtremedev.com
Wed Apr 30 03:39:02 PDT 2003


I got the same error. Both from installing the precompiled packages and
via ports. Running from KDE icons or from ~/OpenOffice/soffice. However,
I found that it would start up properly if I ran the
/usr/local/bin/openoffice_1.1* applications from shell.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:55:04AM -0700, Michael Collette wrote:
> Running on: 4.8-STABLE #0: Tue Apr 29 00:09:31 PDT 2003
> 
> Attempted to install the beta package of OpenOffice found on...
> http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/
> 
> The pkg_add works, though the messages are a little off from reality.  As a 
> regular user I then ran through the GUI setup.  So far so good.  When I 
> actually try to run the thing I get a pop up dialog error telling me that it 
> can't load the Sun splash screen.
> 
> I went through and verified that every port that this package relies on was up 
> to the latest version.  Made doubly sure that all traces of old installs were 
> gone.  None of it made a difference.
> 
> I then went and installed the 1.0.3 package instead.  No glitches at all.  
> Only the beta seems to be having problems.
> 
> Was wondering if I'm all alone on seeing these results, or if others are also 
> having problems running the beta?
> 
> Later on,
> -- 
> "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark 
> to read."
>  - Groucho Marx
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