[K12OSN] Open Office Error specific to user account?

[Shane Stafford]

"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Wed Apr 27 2005 at 11:26 -0500 wrote:
>"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
>Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 10:55 AM +0000 wrote:
>>Looking for some help in this issue.  This error is happening to a user
>on
>>LTSP when he uses Open Office.  It does not happen when other users
>login.
>> It does happen on his existing documents and if he does a new document. 
>>So, somewhere it appears to be his settings.
>>
>>It appears to open up a menu window called Filter Selection, any ideas
>>what I select?
>>
>>thanks
>>Shane
>
>One way to possibly solve it is to delete his hidden openoffice directory
>
>#cd /home/username
>#rm -Rf .openoffice
>
>this will purge their settings, but not the docs and allow you to start
>fresh....simply launching OO again recreates the settings directory and so
>forth.  I've had to do this on occasion and it solves many issues.
>
Thanks Dave
worked like a charm. Will tuck that command away for future use.

Shane


Shane Stafford, MCSE, MCT
Director Information Services Glenburn School and Town
Educational System Integrator/Network Engineer
S & B Consulting