openoffice-database: opening but no longer working

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 19:12 +0100, Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > try to create a new database with the openoffice-thing. i can open the 
> > app, but after telling - create new database, it closes...
> > 
> > even here - nothing in log or dmesg.
> > 
> > Roger
> > 
> Ok, i've seen, the database are created, but according to java, it 
> doesn't work, so it terminates the app.
> 
> double-clicking in nautilus starts the db-app, but doesn't load to 
> finish. The following errormessage occurs:
> [err]
> The connection to the datasource "file.///blah couldn't be created.
> 
> No Java installation could be found. Please check your installation!
> [/err]
> 
> Shall i install java (jre) from the java-homepage, or should it be 
> included in the distro somewhere?

No, don't install a JRE, but file bugs against stuff that complains that
Java doesn't exist.  We're trying to get everything working with GCJ
(_free_ Java that we can redistribute) and need to know about this
stuff.

Dan