[KLUG Members] OpenOffice won't load

[Adam Tauno WIlliams]

> Bruce, OpenOffice did open OK with a new user. I ran the -V option on all of
> the packages and did not get any response other than a return to the command
> prompt. Does this mean they're all OK?
> 
> Mathew: there's no file called "OpenOffice.org1.1" or such. There's an
> ".openoffice" directory, but no such file in that directory either. (I don't
> see one for "newuser" either.)

.openoffice is probably it, some packages rename this directory. If it
contains files like "LICENSE", "setup.log" and "instdb.ins" this is most
certainly it.   This is where OOo stores per-user config, preferences,
etc...  I have mine go wonky once years ago, but no problems since.

On a SuSe box the global defaults copy of this directory is
/opt/OpenOffice.org

Do you get any interesting messages if you just type "OOo" on the
command line in a terminal window? (OOo is the command on SuSe to start
OpenOffice).