From owner-freebsd-openoffice@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 19 03:48:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: openoffice@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-openoffice@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED5B116A4DD for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:48:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rob@coombs.anu.edu.au) Received: from mailhost.netspeed.com.au (mailhost.netspeed.com.au [203.31.48.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C0A443D49 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:48:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rob@coombs.anu.edu.au) Received: from freebsd.connect-a.com.au (unverified [61.69.2.125]) by NSmailhost (SurgeMail 3.7c) with ESMTP id 230721862 for multiple; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:47:25 +1000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebsd.connect-a.com.au (8.12.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id k6J3lTvY001019; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:47:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from rob@coombs.anu.edu.au) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:47:29 +1000 (EST) From: Rob Hurle X-X-Sender: rob@freebsd.connect-a.com.au To: Eduardo Huertas In-Reply-To: <20060718144110.32640.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060719134211.X585@freebsd.connect-a.com.au> References: <20060718144110.32640.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=896955829 Cc: openoffice@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Openoffice 2.0.2 on FreeBSD 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting OpenOffice to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:48:40 -0000 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 -----------------------------------------------------