Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:19 am Post subject: Start OpenOffice not working
I'm using the new Tiger OS. When I click on Start Openoffice, the app icon appears on my screen followed shortly by the X11 icon. But the X11 icon only opens for a second, then disappears.
After a few more seconds, an error message from Start Openoffice appears saying that it could'nt open because it was unable to load the following libraries:
/user/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
and
/user/X11R6/lib/libx11.6.dylib
Can someone help me with this? I really need access to my files.
Thanks!
Misha
Joined: May 25, 2003 Posts: 4752 Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:54 am Post subject:
What OOo version are you using? If you installed it and didn't get any warnings, then I suspect you aren't using the 1.1.2 GM installer that has all the dependent packages in it
You will need to install the X11 system on your computer. X11 is an optional install with Tiger and should be included on the Tiger DVD (X11.pkg). Alternatively you can download it from the following location:
For 10.3.x and 10.4.x, you need to install Apple's X11 from your Mac OS X CD/DVD (you can use XDarwin, but I'm not sure the 1.1.2GM installer will offer to install XDarwin for you like it does on 10.2.x...Ed?).
On the Mac OS X 10.3.x retail upgrade, the X11 installer is on Disc 3.
Mac OS X Install Disc 3/Packages/X11User.pkg
I don't know where it is on a Mac OS X 10.3.x DVD, but you can search for X11User.pkg.
For 10.4.x, I can't find the download at Apple anymore (it was there when 10.4 first came out). The on-disc installer is located in the Optional Packages folder.
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Joined: May 25, 2003 Posts: 4752 Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:18 pm Post subject:
I'm glad you found it To answer one of the questions above, the 1.1.2 GM will install XDarwin for computers running 10.2. For 10.3 it will not offer the option to use that bundled XDarwin as it wasn't fully compatible. Only Apple X11 is supported under 10.3, but we couldn't include it in the OOo installer due to licensing issues.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: same problem
Hi everybody, i have the same problem
I have OOo 2.0rc3 (dmg image) on a new iBook 12"
I have installed X11 (R6), dev tools 2.0, X11 for developers, gimp-print, but nothing changed.
The strange thing is that the file exists, has the rx permissions for non-root users and seems ok.
I downloaded the dmg file from one mirror, i opened the dmg then copied the .app file into my applications folder on the finder. The installation ends correctly,but nothing runs, even when i open OOo from a OOo empty file (tried with writer and the electronic sheet). Empty file means a new file with no text, saved as is.
The most incredible thing is that i tried to install the latest neooffice (based on OOo 1.4) and it works.
I also have a script error from bash in an error window:
sh: line1: ps: command not found
sh: line1: grep: command not found
sh: line1: wc: command not found
However, below i paste the latest message in soffice.bin.crash.log.
Hope you'll help me, are 2 days i'm trying to solve it by myself
Host Name: xvx
Date/Time: 2005-11-17 11:58:41.951 +0100
OS Version: 10.4.3 (Build 8F46)
Report Version: 3
Command: soffice.bin
Path: /Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org/program/soffice.bin
Parent: sh [569]
Version: ??? (???)
PID: 587
Thread: Unknown
Link (dyld) error:
Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org/program/libvcl680mxp.dylib
Reason: image not found
I have a script error from bash in an error window:
sh: line1: ps: command not found
sh: line1: grep: command not found
sh: line1: wc: command not found
with two choices: OK and edit.. if iclick OK everithing about OOo is closed, but X11 remain opened (console and dock icon)
If i click on edit.. is opened the script editor, that shows two error messages:
(sorry for the bad text but it's a translation from italian)
1) "open dictionary
Impossible read application's dictionary or the extension because can't be piloted from script"
(piloted is a translation of italian verb pilotare: to pilot, to drive, to ride; since the italian verb is in a passive form, "pilotato", i added the suffix -ed to the verb pilot, i think that driven is better but i prefer a litelar translation)
2) "impossible open the "droplet.rsrc" document. Script Editor can't open documents in "Document" format"
Unti i click one of the two buttos of the shell eroor message,in the menu bar (on top) there's the OOo menu (Openoffice.org, file, edit the menu items) but the voices of each submenu are grey, so can't be clicked, except for "hide Openoffice.org" and "hide others" in the "OpenOffice.org" menu chioce.
Apart this error message,a X11 console (xterm is the title) opens, with X11 icon in the dock
sorry for double replies
i forgot to say that i have on my OOo installation two differences from the readme you wrote here about 2.0rc3:
1) the folder under /Applications isn't "OpenOffice.org2.0.app" but has a space: "OpenOffice.org 2.0.app" The same for the name displayed on Applications list in the finder: there's the space. May be this a problem? How can i change the name?
2) Even with the space, the path
/Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org/soffice doesn' exists on my pc.
Under /Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org i have only those files: (after a ls)
LICENSE licenses
LICENSE.html presets
README program
README.html readmes
THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.html share
help
2) Even with the space, the path
/Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org/soffice doesn' exists on my pc.
Under /Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org i have only those files: (after a ls)
LICENSE licenses
LICENSE.html presets
README program
README.html readmes
THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.html share
help
no soffice
full path should be /Applications/OpenOffice.org 2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org/program/soffice
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