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[EP-tech] Re: OpenOffice failed to start



Okay I changed the openoffice path back to reference soffice.bin, and my 
paths look right.

There is no openoffice.pid file in the ~/var/ dir, but eprints does not 
have problems writing to the log. The /var/ dir is CHMOD 775, so the 
user can write.

/"Starting OpenOffice//
//OpenOffice process died, restarting...//
//...//
//(repeated 10 times)//
//...//
//Starting OpenOffice//
//Tried 10 times to start OpenOffice in the last 15 secs. Something is 
wrong, leaving now//"/

Is added every time I try to start it, but /"Something is wrong"/ 
doesn't really help much.

Running soffice.bin as eprints without parameters still gives me 
'Permission denied". Running it as root without parameters produces no 
output in terminal, so I guess that means, it should be running?

I noticed soffice.bin is CHMOD 755, so the user can't write to it, but 
should be able to execute it. Should I try to change that, or will I 
mess things up?

Thanks for the tip on the indexer by the way, I will be sure to restart 
it, if I ever get OpenOffice running.

/All the best!
Jacob

On 19-05-2014 14:51, John Salter wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You're right, I got the log file path wrong.
>
> Do you also have an openoffice.pid file in the ~/var/ directory?
>
> Is the ownership on that directory OK for the user to create a file in 
> there (e.g. can the pid file get created)?
>
> I **think** you need to reference the soffice.bin directly.
>
> I have:
>
> $c->{executables}->{openoffice} = 
> '/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin';
>
> $c->{executables}->{python} = '/usr/bin/python';
>
> $c->{executables}->{uno_converter} = 
> "$c->{base_path}/bin/DocumentConverter.py";
>
> I think that python is only needed for uno_converter.
>
> If you just run openoffice without other parameters, does it start OK?
>
> If not, can you run it as root?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> *From:*eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
> [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Jacob Wenzel
> *Sent:* 19 May 2014 13:29
> *To:* eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> *Subject:* [EP-tech] Re: OpenOffice failed to start
>
> Thanks again!
>
> I also got /usr/bin/python from 'which python' so I have used that.
>
> I ran 'which openoffice.org'  that points to the same directory so I 
> changed my paths to:
> $c->{executables}->{openoffice} = '/usr/bin/openoffice.org';
> $c->{executables}->{python} = '/usr/bin/python';
> (removing the direct link to /program/soffice.bin)
>
> Does your paths look similar? Everything seems fine in the Admin 
> pages, until I try to start OpenOffice.
>
> I have no ~/archives/ARCHIVEID/var/opennoffce.log but 
> ~/var/opennoffce.log is owned by eprints and in the www-data group.
>
> Running:
> > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin 
> "--accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager" 
> --norestore --nofirststartwizard --nologo --headless
> and:
> > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin 
> "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager" -norestore 
> -nofirststartwizard -nologo -headless
>
> both give me "permission denied". I think double-hyphen for this old 
> version of OpenOffice is the correct usage.
>
> I noticed the owner for 'openoffice.pl' was www-data, so I changed 
> that to eprints, but that didn't make any difference.
>
> I guess it must be a permissions problem. What could prevent eprints 
> from being able to run OpenOffice?
>
> Should I try changing every file folder and subfolder in the prints3 
> directory to the eprints user and the www-data group, or could it be a 
> CHMOD problem?
>
> I really appreciate your help, I have been at a dead end for days, and 
> it seems I am finally making a bit of progress.
>
> On 19-05-2014 13:07, John Salter wrote:
>
>     As the user 'eprints' what does the command 'which python' give?
>
>     I'd try that as a first option -- on our RedHat system, it's
>     /usr/bin/python
>
>     Check the user/group for the
>     ~/archives/ARCHIVEID/var/opennoffce.log file too -- this might
>     have been created as the www-data user?
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     John
>
>     *From:*eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>     <mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>     [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Jacob
>     Wenzel
>     *Sent:* 19 May 2014 11:40
>     *To:* eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>     <mailto:eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>     *Subject:* [EP-tech] Re: OpenOffice failed to start
>
>     Thanks a lot for your reply!
>
>     I've actually tried fiddling with several versions of LibreOffice
>     and OpenOffice and finally reverted to OpenOffice from the main
>     lucid repository (i've made sure to purge old installs before
>     trying new ones), because all had the same behaviour.
>
>     I had to change the paths in ~/lib/cfg.d/openoffice.pl, because I
>     initially saw the error "OpenOffice is not installed on your system".
>
>     I could easily search for soffice.bin and change the path to:
>     /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin
>
>     $c->{executables}->{openoffice} =
>     '/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin';
>
>     However there is no "python" in the same folder, and searching for
>     it gives me several locations, because there is no file extension,
>     so I am not sure which location to choose.
>
>     Am I looking for a file or a folder, and are there any clues, that
>     might point me to the right path?
>
>     Running:
>     ~/archives/ARCHIVEID/bin/openoffice-local.pl ARCHIVEID start
>
>     Gives me "Permission denied". User and group for
>     openoffice-local.pl is www-data. I've tried changing the user to
>     eprints, but still "permission denied".
>
>     The log file is now appended to, but unfortunately it is not very
>     helpful:
>     "...
>     OpenOffice process died, restarting...
>     Starting OpenOffice
>     Tried 10 times to start OpenOffice in the last 15 secs. Something
>     is wrong, leaving now"
>
>     Thanks again for you help. I guess I'll try all the "python"
>     locations just to make sure, but I have no idea what to do about
>     the permission denied error.
>
>     *Med venlig hilsen/Best regards*
>
>     *JACOB WENZEL**
>     *Projektleder**
>
>     *ENERGIAKADEMIET*
>     Strandengen 1
>     8305 SAMS?
>     +45 60 61 15 97
>     jw at energiakademiet.dk <mailto:jw at energiakademiet.dk>
>     www.energiakademiet.dk <http://energiakademiet.dk>
>
>     On 19-05-2014 11:19, John Salter wrote:
>
>         Try running it from the commandline:
>
>         ~/archives/ARCHIVEID/bin/openoffice-local.pl ARCHIVEID start
>
>         I'd have a look at the following:
>
>         ~/lib/cfg.d/openoffice.pl
>
>         and check all the paths are OK -- it may be that Ubuntu
>         installs them elsewhere. I had to tweak it slightly as we use
>         LibreOffce.
>
>         I think that by default, the openoffice log is overwritten,
>         not appended to (this may have changed since I last looked at
>         it though). Look in
>         ~/lib/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/OpenOffice.pm, at the 'new' sub
>         -- you might want to change:
>
>         if( open( $fh, "+>".$self->logfile() ) )
>
>         to
>
>         if( open( $fh, ">>".$self->logfile() ) )
>
>         If you're using OpenOffice for coversheets, it's also worth
>         knowing that the indexer (that process' the events) uses it's
>         own copy of the EPrints stack -- so any changes to the config
>         of a reo require the indexer to be restarted before they are
>         picked up.
>
>         Cheers,
>
>         John
>
>         *From:*eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>         <mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>         [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of
>         *Jacob Wenzel
>         *Sent:* 19 May 2014 07:23
>         *To:* eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>         <mailto:eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>         *Subject:* [EP-tech] OpenOffice failed to start
>
>         In EPrints v3.3.12 on Ubuntu Server 10.04.04: Whenever I press
>         "Start OpenOffice", EPrints displays the message: "OpenOffice
>         started".
>
>         But when I refresh the page or click somewhere else and go
>         back, a red error message is displayed reading "Failed to
>         start OpenOffice".
>
>         "Openoffice.log" in "/usr/share/eprints3/var" is completely
>         empty, even though it seems to be edited every time I try to
>         start OpenOffice from EPrints.
>
>         This is driving me nuts, please help me solve this puzzle. Any
>         help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>         -- 
>
>         *Med venlig hilsen/Best regards*
>
>         *JACOB WENZEL**
>         *Projektleder**
>
>         *ENERGIAKADEMIET*
>         Strandengen 1
>         8305 SAMS?
>         +45 60 61 15 97
>         jw at energiakademiet.dk <mailto:jw at energiakademiet.dk>
>         www.energiakademiet.dk <http://energiakademiet.dk>
>
>
>
>
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