<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Interesting...on which distro of GNU/Linux is this happening? GDK sits in between X11 and the GTK API. How do other GTK-based apps behave, for example, Evolution? Another test: with a given userID, try logging into a KDE desktop instead of GNOME and try starting up staroffice -writer. If that doesn't work, then try running "soffice -writer" to run the built-in OpenOffice.org. --TP <div class="moz-signature">_______________________________ Do you <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a>? <a href="http://www.cmosnetworks.com">Microsoft Free since 2003</a>--the ultimate antivirus protection! </div> David Hopkins wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:bad371bd0901042026p4b0ad54ama255061ca56c6218@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">This is actually with StarOffice8 but ... perhaps someone has a clue ... at this point I don't. I have a couple of users who cannot launch the application via the panel or from the command line IF they specify the type of document. e.g. if they launch a terminal session and type "staroffice8" , it launches and they can then select a new document. However, if, for example, they type "staroffice8 -writer", they get the following: (repeated numerous times) (soffice:6231): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_xid_table_lookup_for_display: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed (soffice:6231): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_peek_event: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed (soffice:6231): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_xid_table_lookup_for_display: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed I have tried deleting all .gnome* .gconf* files, I have reset the desktop, I have deleted all files/directories from /tmp ... but nothing works. Now, to make it really strange, if I open a terminal and then su - their_username (in essence creating a login terminal session environment?), now, from this second login in the shell staroffice8 -writer WORKS!! ???? .... Why? It implies there is something wrong with their initial terminal session. How is su - different from just opening a terminal from a gnome session where they are logged in? Googling for Gdk-CRITICAL ... doesn't/hasn't been useful. I know I could upgrade to OpenOffice 3 (or the StarOffice equivalent) but I can't do so in the middle of the school year. Sincerely, Dave Hopkins Newark Charter School _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>