Open office won't open files Error: GObject-CRITICAL......

[Lowell Gilbert]

Alasdair Reed <alasdair at iprimus.com.au> writes:

> am having a problem with OpenOffice2.4.0, it will not open any files. It just hangs when trying to open from the open file menu. I get the following error message on the terminal that OO was opened in
> (process:1882): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2248: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_i
> nit() prior to this function
>
> (process:1882): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
>
> (process:1882): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed
>
> I dont use gnome or kde. My window manager is xmonad. I am running FreeBSD 6.3 .
>
> I have Googled the error message and cut down versions of it with no result.

You could always try updating; the issue may have been fixed already.

The way to debug it as a software error is to open the source and
find the file and line (line 2248 in a file called "gtype.c" and see
what the assertion is that fails.  I'm in the middle of building
OpenOffice 3, so I don't have the disk space available to look at
older versions.  gtype.c doesn't exist in my tree for version 3.

Going to an OpenOffice support forum might also be appropriate.

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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