Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:47:29 +1000 (EST) From: Rob Hurle <rob@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: Eduardo Huertas <eduhuertas@yahoo.com> Cc: openoffice@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Openoffice 2.0.2 on FreeBSD 6.1 Message-ID: <20060719134211.X585@freebsd.connect-a.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20060718144110.32640.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060718144110.32640.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi Eduardo, Thanks for the comments: > > That's the background, here is the problem. > > OOo2.0.2 works > > well and is a great improvement over its > > predecessor, StarOffice 5.2. > > However, in trying to open almost any document not > > made by OOo2.0.2 I > > get "General error - General I/O error". I can open > > some documents > > (e.g. spreadsheets) by inserting them, but others > > (e.g. StarWriter > > files, MS Office documents) can not be opened at > > all. > > > > I am sure that I have done something wrong in the > > build, but > > what is it and how can I undo it or redo it? > [snip]... > Hi Rob > Maybe your build is OK. The problem you mention is > about locking and NFS. > > You can fix that by commenting this on > /usr/local/openoffice.org-2.0.3/program/soffice > > # file locking now enabled by default > #SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1 > #export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING I tried this, but General Error still came to visit me. The error occurs when I try to read both NFS files and local ones. I'm running out of ideas, but I'll insert some diagnostic writes in the scripts so that I can see what environment is being passed over. Thanks again. Cheers, Rob Hurle ----------------------------------------------------- Rob Hurle Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU Home address and contacts: Tel: +61 2 6247 2397 PO Box 4013 Fax: +61 2 6247 2397 Ainslie Cell phone: 0417 293 603 Australia e-mail: rob@coombs.anu.edu.au -----------------------------------------------------
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