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On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:21:35 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Log out, log in as root (or su from another user) and see if |
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> > /var/run/user/1000 exists. Rename it to something else in case you |
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> > need the contents, and then see if libreoffice works. |
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> > If everything seems okay, get rid of the old version |
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> > (My system has multiple users, I'm the only person logged in, and |
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> > folder 1000 (my user-id) is the only one there. I guess somehow some |
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> > old file has got "stuck" and needs deleting.) |
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> > Cheers, |
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> > Wol |
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> I solved it by unmerging / emerging "libreoffice". The system required |
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> reboot, after that libreoffice start working for all users on the |
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> machine. |
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So what solved, the reinstall or the reboot? |
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> This is like a Windows solution, they always ask you to reboot the |
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> computer :-/ |
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/var/run is a symlink to /run, which is on a tmpfs and would be cleared |
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with a reboot. It appears that Wol's suggestion of spurious files |
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in /var/run could well have been the cause. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"Of course, I could switch back to Windows. At least there, if I have a |
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problem, I don't suffer under the illusion that I could ever fix it." - |
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Unknown (paraphrased) |
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