Two problems - OpenOffice1.1 & KDE Screensaver
 

Hi folks - having the usual problems.... running MDK9.1 with KDE3.1.3 and Gnome2.2

Have installed OpenOffice RC1.5 and of course when I install it, it doesn't appear in the menus (whats new :-Z). Does anyone know what symbolic links I should put in the new menu entry boxes in Menudrake so that I can actually launch the apps? It's not much use at the moment as I can't get to the bl**dy thing even though it installed without errors.... clicking on anything that looks like a program icon just trys to start the install process again - frustrating!

Another issue with a screensaver - Kfiresaver3d0.6. Once again installed without errors but initially it doesn't appear in the screensaver menu in KDE or Gnome (no surprise there then!) . Followed some instructions on here and put the kfiresaver.desktop file in: /usr/share/applnk/System/Screensavers and also usr/share/applnk.mdk/.hidden/ScreenSavers and it appeared under the KDE screensavers menu (but not the Gnome menu - 1 out of 2 isn't that bad) but when I log out and log back in it dissapears from the Screensavers menu..... have to manually the .desktop file back into these menus AGAIN and it promptly dissapears again next time I log out...

Anyone got any ideas?

openoffice will be in /usr/bin/oofice or just the the writer portion (word) is under /usr/bin/oowriter for your screensaver i can only suggest using the command whereis or locate (man whereis man locate though theyre rather self explanatory)

-good luch
mork

Thanks
 

but they're not in /user/bin - anyone else got any ideas?

look for soffice in the program folder in the installation folder of Oo. The default would be /opt/OpenOffice1.1rc5/program

If you did what they call a network install and then installed it for an individual user, you can also use soffice in ~/OpenOffice.org1.1.0

it you want to start oowriter use
soffice --swriter

you can put a script in /usr/bin called oowriter that looks
#!/bin/bash
soffice --swriter
and then use this script to start oowriter.

EDIT: this was a bit unclear. You'll have to either place a symbolic link soffice in /usr/bin or use ~/OpenOffice/soffice or something like this.

Thanks
 

I found the "soffice" one and have created a link to it as a menu item - I do wish installation instructions had a bit more on how to set these things up :-S