[K12OSN] Open Office problem!

[Joseph Bishay]

Hello,

Thank you for the replies.  Here is the current situation with my
OpenOffice setup

1) I was able to, using gconf-editor as root, assign the 3 OO panel
items (writer, calc, and impress) as mandatory
2) I was able to, using gconf-editor as root, correct the launch path
so it points to the new OO3 installation

However, this did not cause the icons to show up in the panel. :(
Note I did not add those three items to the panel settings in gconf --
they were already there.  But making the changes/setting as mandatory
did not cause them to appear.  I tried creating a new account on the
off change it couldn't affect existing accounts, but would be OK for
new accounts, but that was not the case; the new account is also
missing the panel launchers. I don't know what to do.

The other issue relates to the default associations/icons for the docx
and other MS office 2007 files.  Looking at my
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list made no sense at all --
especially since it seems to refer only to the old version of
OpenOffice, not the new one.  But the new one correctly launches with
DOC files, just not DOCX files.  I've pasted the defaults.list file
below in case someone can tell me what needs to be changed please.

Thank you!
Joseph

[Default Applications]
application/x-dia-diagram=dia.desktop
text/x-vcard=evolution-2.0.desktop
text/x-vcalendar=evolution-2.0.desktop
text/calendar=evolution-2.0.desktop
application/x-arj=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-bzip-compressed-tar=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-bzip=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-compress=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-compressed-tar=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-gzip=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-glade=gnome-glade-2.desktop
application/x-lha=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-lhz=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-lzop=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-rar=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-tar=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-tarz=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-tzo=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/x-zoo=gnome-file-roller.desktop
application/zip=gnome-file-roller.desktop
image/x-compressed-xcf=gimp-2.0.desktop
image/x-xcf=gimp-2.0.desktop
image/x-psd=gimp-2.0.desktop
image/x-fits=gimp-2.0.desktop
image/bmp=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/gif=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/jpeg=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/jpg=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/pjpeg=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/png=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/tiff=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-icb=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-ico=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-pcx=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-portable-anymap=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-portable-bitmap=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-portable-graymap=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-portable-pixmap=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-xbitmap=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-xpixmap=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/x-xwindowdump=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
image/svg+xml=gnome-eog.desktop;gthumb.desktop;
application/vnd.ms-word=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.wordperfect=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.writer=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.writer=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master=openoffice.org-1.9-writer.desktop
application/vnd.ms-excel=openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.calc=openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.calc=openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.template=openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet=openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template=openoffice.org-1.9-calc.desktop
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint=openoffice.org-1.9-impress.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.impress=openoffice.org-1.9-impress.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.impress=openoffice.org-1.9-impress.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template=openoffice.org-1.9-impress.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation=openoffice.org-1.9-impress.desktop
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-template=openoffice.org-1.9-impress.desktop
application/vnd.stardivision.draw=openoffice.org-1.9-draw.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.draw=openoffice.org-1.9-draw.desktop
application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template=openoffice.org-1.9-draw.desktop
application/ogg=totem.desktop;realplay.desktop
application/x-extension-m4a=totem.desktop
application/x-extension-mp4=totem.desktop
application/x-flac=totem.desktop
application/x-flash-video=totem.desktop
application/x-matroska=totem.desktop
application/x-ogg=totem.desktop
application/x-quicktime-media-link=totem.desktop
application/x-shockwave-flash=totem.desktop
application/x-shorten=totem.desktop
application/x-smil=totem.desktop
application/xspf+xml=totem.desktop
audio/3gpp=totem.desktop
audio/AMR-WB=totem.desktop
audio/AMR=totem.desktop
audio/ac3=totem.desktop
audio/basic=totem.desktop
audio/mp4=totem.desktop
audio/mpeg=totem.desktop
audio/mpegurl=totem.desktop
audio/x-ape=totem.desktop
audio/x-flac=totem.desktop;rhythmbox.desktop
audio/x-it=totem.desktop
audio/x-m4a=totem.desktop
audio/x-mod=totem.desktop
audio/x-mp3-playlist=totem.desktop;realplay.desktop
audio/x-mp3=totem.desktop;realplay.desktop
audio/x-mpeg=totem.desktop;realplay.desktop
audio/x-mpegurl=totem.desktop
audio/x-ms-asf=totem.desktop
audio/x-ms-asx=totem.desktop
audio/x-ms-wax=totem.desktop
audio/x-musepack=totem.desktop
audio/x-scpls=totem.desktop
audio/x-wav=totem.desktop
audio/x-wav=totem.desktop;rhythmbox.desktop
misc/ultravox=totem.desktop
video/3gpp=totem.desktop
video/dv=totem.desktop
video/mp4=totem.desktop
video/mpeg=totem.desktop
video/msvideo=totem.desktop
video/quicktime=totem.desktop
video/vnd.divx=totem.desktop
video/x-anim=totem.desktop
video/x-avi=totem.desktop
video/x-flc=totem.desktop
video/x-fli=totem.desktop
video/x-m4v=totem.desktop
video/x-mpeg=totem.desktop
video/x-ms-asf=totem.desktop
video/x-ms-wmv=totem.desktop
video/x-msvideo=totem.desktop
video/x-nsv=totem.desktop
video/x-ogm+ogg=totem.desktop
video/x-theora+ogg=totem.desktop
application/postscript=evince.desktop
application/x-qw=gnome-gnucash.desktop
application/x-gnucash=gnome-gnucash.desktop
application/vnd.lotus-1-2-3=gnome-gnumeric.desktop
application/x-oleo=gnome-gnumeric.desktop
application/x-gnumeric=gnome-gnumeric.desktop
application/x-xbase=gnome-gnumeric.desktop
application/x-abiword=gnome-abiword.desktop
application/x-dvi=tetex-xdvi.desktop
application/x-rpm=system-install-packages.desktop
text/plain=gnome-gedit.desktop
text/html=redhat-web.desktop
inode/directory=gnome-nautilus-folder-handler.desktop
text/vnd.rn-realtext=realplay.desktop;
application/vnd.rn-realmedia-secure=realplay.desktop;
application/vnd.rn-realaudio-secure=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-realaudio-secure=realplay.desktop;
video/vnd.rn-realvideo-secure=realplay.desktop;
audio/vnd.rn-realaudio=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-realaudio=realplay.desktop;
application/vnd.rn-realmedia=realplay.desktop;
application/vnd.rn-realmedia-vbr=realplay.desktop;
image/vnd.rn-realpix=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-pn-realaudio=realplay.desktop;
video/vnd.rn-realvideo=realplay.desktop;
application/vnd.rn-realsystem-rmj=realplay.desktop;
application/vnd.rn-realsystem-rmx=realplay.desktop;
audio/aac=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-aac=realplay.desktop;
audio/m4a=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-m4a=realplay.desktop;
application/smil=realplay.desktop;
application/x-smil=realplay.desktop;
application/streamingmedia=realplay.desktop;
application/x-streamingmedia=realplay.desktop;
application/sdp=realplay.desktop;
video/3gpp=realplay.desktop;
video/3gpp-encrypted=realplay.desktop;
audio/3gpp=realplay.desktop;
audio/3gpp-encrypted=realplay.desktop;
audio/amr=realplay.desktop;
audio/amr-encrypted=realplay.desktop;
audio/amr-wb=realplay.desktop;
audio/amr-wb-encrypted=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-rn-3gpp-amr=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-rn-3gpp-amr-encrypted=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-rn-3gpp-amr-wb=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-rn-3gpp-amr-wb-encrypted=realplay.desktop;
video/3gpp2=realplay.desktop;
audio/x-3gpp2=realplay.desktop;
application/pdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.fdf=AdobeReader.desktop
application/vnd.adobe.pdx=AdobeReader.desktop