Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 9897
Cannot run soffice on remote X computer as non-privileged user.
Last modified: 2004-03-06 13:02:43 UTC
soffice works as normal user if I am using the local X session on the computer. When I use WinaXe Plus v7 on Windows platform and connect to the Linux PC, the soffice begins to launch and dies shortly after presenting the window if I run as a regular user. Strangely it works OK on the remote X if I am root when I launch it. As regular user privilege it starts, splash screen, a prompt to register, I say I am already registered then i get a dialog saying An unrecoverable error has occured. All modified files can probably be recovered at program restart <OK>. Then it dies.
I dont know enought to edit the startup script effectively but I can read some of it. I did an export of the environment and collected this which shows the remote display. I also note that when I run GEDIT as root I get an odd message but the app still works. The message from GEDIT is GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. [base@chikolinux OpenOffice]$ export declare -x COLORTERM="gnome-terminal" declare -x DISPLAY="chikoamd.chikow2k.com:0" declare -x GDMSESSION="Default" declare -x GDM_LANG="en_US" declare -x GNOME_SESSION_NAME="Default" declare -x HISTSIZE="1000" declare -x HOME="/home/base" declare -x HOSTNAME="chikolinux" declare -x HOSTTYPE="i386" declare -x INPUTRC="/etc/inputrc" declare -x KDEDIR="/usr" declare -x LAMHELPFILE="/etc/lam/lam-helpfile" declare -x LANG="en_US" declare -x LESSOPEN="|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s" declare -x LOGNAME="base" declare -x LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35:" declare -x MACHTYPE="i386-redhat-linux-gnu" declare -x MAIL="/var/spool/mail/base" declare -x OLDPWD="/home/base" declare -x OSTYPE="linux-gnu" declare -x PATH="/usr/local/j2re1.3.1/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/j2re1.3.1/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/base/bin:/home/base/bin" declare -x PVM_ROOT="/usr/share/pvm3" declare -x PVM_RSH="/usr/bin/rsh" declare -x PWD="/home/base/OpenOffice" declare -x QTDIR="/usr/lib/qt-2.3.1" declare -x SESSION_MANAGER="local/chikolinux:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1585" declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash" declare -x SHLVL="3" declare -x SSH_ASKPASS="/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass" declare -x TERM="xterm" declare -x USER="base" declare -x WINDOWID="50331758" declare -x XAUTHORITY="/home/base/.Xauthority" declare -x XMODIFIERS="@im=none" declare -x XPVM_ROOT="/usr/share/pvm3/xpvm"
I hope this doesnt kill the issue but it works OK as regular user when using KDE. Fails under GNOME. OS version is Red Hat 7.3, I think.
Can you still repeat this with OpenOffice1.1rc2 or later? If so, let's get a crash log, I'll bet we can track this down.
Please check if behaviour is still reproducible with a more recent build like RC4.
Please try using the latest OpenOffice 1.1 Final , you can download it from www.openoffice.org many bug fixes and enhancements since your version and 1.1 Final . If the problem still happend in 1.1 please report back It maybe not yet solve your Issue, but it worth to try.
no further news from reporter or confirming comments from another person for one year. -> WFM, closing
closing for now