Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 11:43 am Post subject: dyld deadlock issue
I just downloaded & installed NeoOffice. I really like having the Ximian icons because the stock OpenOffice 1.0.3 icons are not quite as visually appealing & intuitive (I think). However, I've been having some issues that are preventing me from really being able to use NeoOffice. Here's my config to start off:
PB 12" w/640MB
OS - 10.2.6
Apple X11 installed - I think I installed Xfree using fink at one point as well
I had a preexisting OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 version installed.
Installation location: /Applications/OpenOffice.org1.0.3
I've tried installing NeoOffice several times. The last time, I uninstalled OpenOffice.org & NeoOffice, reinstalled OpenOffice and then installed NeoOffice in the same directory (in order to get the Start OpenOffice App to work correctly)
The installation worked, as was described in the README, but segfaulted after reaching 100%. I copied the 2 files over, as described in the README, and started up NeoOffice using the Start OpenOffice app. I get the following error message in /tmp/Start_000.xxxxxx:
However, NeoOffice does open up using the Start OpenOffice.org script/app. I can open up Word/text documents w/o any problem. If I try to open up a Excel/Spreadsheet document, the program locks up, CPU utilization goes to 100% and I get the following error in/tmp/Start_000.xxxxx:
dyld: /Applications/OpenOffice.org1.0.3/program/soffice.bin dead lock (dyld operation attempted in a thread already doing a dyld operation)
Joined: May 25, 2003 Posts: 4752 Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 12:26 pm Post subject:
Are you referring to Neo or OOo Brand X? Neo's a double clickable bundle and doesn't have any installer.
Brand X is the X11 graphics based one with the Ximian icons and patches. I just tried opening up excel spreadsheets in it and haven't had any problems.
How much free space do you have on your startup drive for swap space? When any of these apps cause you to run out of swap space/temp space they tend to lock up instead of telling you you're running out of memory. I experience swap space issues if I have less then 1GB free space on my startup disk. BrandX takes slightly more space due to the high-quality icons, and from my experience you should have at least 750 MB free for swap to expand when using multiple parts of it (e.g. spreadsheet + draw, writer + spreadsheet, etc.).
Sorry about that. I meant the Brand X. I guess I'm confused as to what NeoOffice is then....
As for the free space on my drive, that shouldn't be a problem. I have a 40GB drive and have 30GB free. Swap space however...I have to claim ignorance. I'm new to OSX and swap confg seems to be different than on linux. Here's the out of my df listing:
Joined: May 25, 2003 Posts: 4752 Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 4:47 pm Post subject:
Perhaps I should add a FAQ about the different branches....regardless....
(moves topic into X11 forum)
As to opening up an excel doc that exhibits a freeze, can you choose File > New > Spreadsheet and get an empty spreadsheet without a freeze? You may have found a general problem with the excel filters that crashes on specific excel files and is not OS X specific.
Another test strategy is to create an empty document in Excel, save it, and then try to open it in brand x.
The freezing seems to occur only on spreadsheets (either openoffice or excel). I tried opening new documents of different types (e.g. Presentation, ,HTML, Equation, Master Document, Business Cards, etc) and I opened them all simultaneously - had 5-6 document windows open. When I try File | New | Spreadsheet ...Brand X freezes. I monitored the /tmp/Start_000.xxxxxxx file that the Start OpenOffice.org app outputs to and the dyld dead lock error appears only when I attempt to open a new or existing spreadsheet. I had the stock OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 installed before and I had been able to work with both Excel & OpenOffice spreadsheets, with no problem.
Thanks for the comments so far. I was wondering if there was anything else I should try. Seems that the spreadsheet component is completely unusable at this point. Let me know if there is something else I should be looking for, trying, etc.
Joined: May 25, 2003 Posts: 4752 Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:27 pm Post subject:
Wow, that is strange...so it definitely seems to be an issue with the spreadsheet stuff. Here's what I'd try next:
Archive away the .sversionrc file (it's in your home directory...you can't see it in the Finder, so you may need to use a Terminal to "cp" or "mv" it away)
Create a new directory in a path that has no spaces in it.
Install Brand X into that fresh directory, e.g. not on top of an existing OOo 103 or Brand X install. This will force the Brand X installer to recreate all of the config and such in that fresh directory for a single user.
Make a copy of Start OpenOffice.org from the old OOo directory into the new one.
Double-click the copy of Start OOo in the new directory.
Try creating a new spreadsheet.
If that works, then we know the problem's lying somewhere in a library that didn't get overwritten or a configuration issue. If the spreadsheet module still doesn't work in that clean installation directory, then we'll have to do a bit more detailed troubleshooting. If it's isolated to "sc" (starcalc) then I suspect the issue may be installing on top of an existing install...I haven't been able to reproduce the Calc problem locally in clean brand x installs on my two 10.2.6 boxen (didn't try 10.3 or earlier OS releases, but that shouldn't be the issue if it's just deadlocking for each spreadsheet).
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