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[EP-tech] Re: OpenOffice failed to start
Okay thanks a lot for you help, it gave me a lot more to go by.
On 19-05-2014 16:41, John Salter wrote:
>
> If running it as root ends with no errors, try running the full
> commandline -- with '-headless' etc as root.
>
> If that seems to run OK (you could check the process list), then it
> sounds like it might be a problem starting openoffice as a non-root user.
>
> Not sure what packages you have installed -- maybe there's other ones
> you need?
>
> http://www.openvpms.org/documentation/install-openoffice-headless-service-ubuntu
>
> Might be worth checking in the Apache error log too -- in case there's
> anything in there.
>
> I can only speak of my experiences with libreoffice on RHEL. If you
> can't run OO from the commandline, I think that's the problem that
> need to be resolved.
>
> 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 14:23
> *To:* eprints-tech at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> *Subject:* [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>
> [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
> <mailto: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**
>
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> 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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