[K12OSN] OpenOffice troubles

[Petre Scheie]

I had OOo 1.1.0 on a k12ltsp/FC1 box.  I installed OOo 1.1.2 without 
removing the old version.  The old version appeared to be installed in 
/usr/lib/openoffice, while the new version installed in 
/opt/OpenOffice1.1.2.  There were also startup scripts in /usr/bin that 
called the /usr/lib/openoffice binaries; for example, oowriter was just 
a shell script that called 'exec usr/bin/ooffice 
private:factory/swriter'.  After installing the new version, I renamed 
all the /usr/bin/oo* files and created new ones that were symlinks to 
the respective parts in /opt/OpenOffice1.1.2. I also renamed 
~/.openoffice so that a new one was created the first time I started the 
new version. That worked but a peculiarity appeared in Writer: Sometimes 
the cursor appears a few characters ahead of what where the text 
actually appears in the document.  Shutting down OOo didn't fix it, nor 
did logging out and logging back in.  And it doesn't happen all the 
time, nor is the number of characters between the cursor and the text 
always the same.  Figuring it might be some sort of library conflict, I 
removed the /usr/bin/oo* symlinks and renamed the old /usr/bin/oo* 
scripts back to their original names, e.g. oowriter which would then 
call the 1.1.0 version in /usr/lib/openoffice.  I also renamed the new 
~/.openoffice and moved the old ~/.openoffice back into place.  So, I 
figured I should be able to start up the old version just as before.  
But every time I try to run it, it tries to go through the initial 
startup setup.  Even if I go through it, it tries to create 
~/OpenOffice.org.1.1.0, and even then it doesn't start, and if I try to 
start it again, it just goes through the setup again.  So, I'm a bit 
perplexed.  Any ideas about how to get out of this?  Thanks.

Petre