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Date:      Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:59:03 -0700
From:      "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com>
To:        AN <andy@neu.net>
Cc:        freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problem starting office
Message-ID:  <ab581e310710230159v3416f2e8wa02dcec21c144ad0@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20071022160458.J52700@neu.net>
References:  <20071022160458.J52700@neu.net>

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On 10/22/07, AN <andy@neu.net> wrote:
> I recently installed openoffice 2.2 via pkg_add.  When I try to start the
> program, I get the following response:
>
> [root@R51 /usr/local/openoffice.org-2.2.1/program]# ./soffice
> no suitable windowing system found, exiting.
>
>
> I am running Gnome 2.18.1 on FreeBSD 6.2 stable.  I am not sure how to
> troubleshoot this, please advise what other information can help solve
> this.  Any help is appreciated.

Why are you running openoffice in root? Are you logged in as root or
user on the window manager?



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