From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 12:09:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B44F1106566B for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.78.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 780098FC2D for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:09:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 76A6E28440; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:09:21 -0400 (EDT) To: Alasdair Reed References: <20080912051424.GA2665@localhost.locahost.net> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:09:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080912051424.GA2665@localhost.locahost.net> (Alasdair Reed's message of "Fri\, 12 Sep 2008 15\:14\:24 +1000") Message-ID: <447i9d7gr3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open office won't open files Error: GObject-CRITICAL...... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:09:27 -0000 Alasdair Reed 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. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/