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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] RESOLVED Re: Forced to reinstall OO 1.1 every time I try to open it!
From:       Jim Kelleher <jkelleher () jps ! net>
Date:       2003-11-30 22:57:55
Message-ID: 200311301457.55611.jkelleher () jps ! net
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Thanks,

Glad to hear you got it running...
NOt sure about the load time my poor little Athalon !ghz, with 640 Mb(Mndk9.2) 
doesnt seem to ttake tha tlong...
OOOqs might help but you'll probably have to re-installit.

Glad to hear you got it working.
Jim TE

On Sunday 30 November 2003 01:19 pm, Mark Adams wrote:
> Hi Jim.  I fixed it this morning and was going to post this.  I'll use
> your message as a good place to top-post it.
>
> I found .sversionrc in my home dir and under /root.  I removed
> everything from both .sversionrc files except:
>
>       OpenOffice.org 1.1.0=file:///home/madams/OpenOffice.org1.1.0
>
> That seemed to solve the install scripting problem, but I still had some
> issues (looong load time and oooqs stopped opening OOo apps). I fell
> back to uninstalling and deleting folders to try and remove as much of
> the program as I could.  After reinstalling, everything is hunky-dorey,
> though it still takes almost a full minute to load on a 1.6MHz P4
> w/512MB RAM.
>
> To answer your question, I reinstalled ver 1.1 to a new folder (/opt)
> after "uninstalling" ver 1.0.1 -- I did not rename or remove that
> folder. That probably screwed things up to begin with. Cleaning out the
> older version and eliminating references to it was what I needed.
>
> I appreciate all the help.  I'm awfully glad I found this resource.
>
> Mark
>
> Jim Kelleher wrote:
> > On Saturday 29 November 2003 11:53 pm, Mark Adams wrote:
> >> Hi Roderick.  See inline:
> >>
> >> G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> >>> Mark Adams wrote:
> >>>> I hope this is an appropriate group to ask this question.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am working with a Linux Mandrake 9.2 installation.  I
> >>>> upgraded to OpenOffice 1.1.0.  It seemed to install just fine,
> >>>>  but after I reboot the system, OO won't start without running
> >>>>  the installation program again (and again, and again).
> >>>>
> >>>> I've tried both remote and workstation installs and it makes no
> >>>>  difference.  How can I get OpenOffice 1.1.0 to install and
> >>>> stay installed?
> >>>>
> >>>> TIA.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> Your .sversionrc is being removed for some reason hence you get
> >>> the install request. So what to do? Install and then open a
> >>> terminal window and copy the new .sversionrc to .sversionrc.sav.
> >>>  Now the next time OOo asks to re-install, bail out and copy
> >>> .sversionrc.sav to .sversionrc. Now at least you can work.
> >>
> >> Okay, did that.  Here's a copy of the contents of that file:
> >> ================= [Versions] OpenOffice.org
> >> 1.0.2=file:///home/madams/OpenOffice.org1.1.0
> >> /home/madams/Documents/personal budget.sxc= OpenOffice.org
> >> 1.1.0=file:///home/madams/OpenOffice.org1.1.0 =================
> >> Don't know if that tells you anything.
> >>
> >>> As to why it's doing this. I don't know but I am suspicious that
> >>>  your $HOME is mounted nfs without proper enabling options and
> >>> voila the .sversionrc disappears.
> >>
> >> Actually, all my Linux stuff is on one partition (most of my actual
> >>  data is on vfat samba shares) and it's mounted ext3.
> >>
> >> [root@adamsmdk madams]# mount /dev/hda7 on / type ext3 (rw)
> >>
> >> Any help?
> >>
> >> Mark
> >
> > Hummm never seen this kind of thing in Linux... HOwever do you have
> > the two versions running? Did you load the new version over the old
> > one? (What I do is put the new version someplace like /opt) And
> > rename the $home directory. Just to keep my settings different... :))
> >  Don't know if this helps but maybe can give you a few directions to
> >  look.. Sorry I don't have a solution at hand. Jim TE Mndk 9.2
> > OOo1.1RC4, And RC5
>
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