On 09/07/2010 04:43 PM, Mark Eggers wrote: > 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/ Hey... you do spend more time with yum than I do :) :) But it is a very good heads-up. I will certainly use it if the need arises. Thanx for the info. -- 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
