Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 1146
non-robust behavior without X display access
Last modified: 2003-12-06 14:52:34 UTC
If you start soffice before setting up xauth or xhost, it simply cores out without giving a meaningfull error message, such as xterm's "xterm Xt error: Can't open display: " or xload's "Error: Can't open display: " This can result in obvious confusion, and will, I imagine, be trivial to repair.
TM->OF: please have a look at this one.
I don't know which version is running on your box, I presume your have a 632. This version isn't fitted with these error messages you request. Our current inhouse version gives more information in this case.
Is fixed in 638.
Fixed.