Kword doesn't start

PeterRJG · 09-11-2005, 03:55 AM

I just downloaded Koffice - Kword 1.41 using kyum. I'm running Fedora Core 4 with KDE as my window manager/desktop.

When I try running it, it just quits.

If I run it from the command line, it just quits.

Running it via an strace, the last few lines are:

Code:

shutdown(3, 2 /* send and receive */)   = 0
close(3)                                = 0
write(4, "\1\v\1\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16) = 16
close(4)                                = 0
close(5)                                = 0
close(6)                                = 0
munmap(0x806000, 71676)                 = 0
exit_group(1)                           = ?

which means absolutely nothing to me.

Any ideas? KDE's page on koffice only really deals with compile issues.

nadroj · 09-11-2005, 06:21 PM

what was the message display at the terminal when u ran from there? you said it just quits, ok.. but what message does it display? it _will_ display something. post the output if you need further help

mlangdn · 09-11-2005, 07:29 PM

I use KDE myself and sometimes (though rarely) this occurs on some K-apps. As bad as I hate to say this, sometimes KDE steps on itself during boot. Maybe it kills some of its own registers or something. After a reboot, all is well again.

PeterRJG · 09-12-2005, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mlangdn
I use KDE myself and sometimes (though rarely) this occurs on some K-apps. As bad as I hate to say this, sometimes KDE steps on itself during boot. Maybe it kills some of its own registers or something. After a reboot, all is well again.

LOL, and that fixed it. I'm so used to the way things in Linux work that it's sad to have to do things the Windows way on occasion.

Rebooting fixed it. Works like a charm now.