Running Suse 10.2 GM. I recently updated some software and now Open Office will not open any of my documents. It looks like I need to remove it and return to the version supplied with my installation disks. But when I try to remove it via Yast I get "kde-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies" and it will not ignore the requirement.

One of the options it offers is to remove KDE, but I don't think that sounds wise.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

P.S. What kind of software is incompatible with it's own formats. I thought only Microsoft produced such products.

Please cancel my request. I was able to remove OpenOffice 2.3 with smart and to re-install OpenOffice 2.0 off my installation disks. But the following question still stands.

Had a similar problem after an update yesterday (Jan 1st). I could open documents but trying to do any editing or resave and OO crashed. Restarting it would bring up the recover document dialogue, but again it would crash.

I am running Suse 10.3, and had the new openSuse Build Service repository for OpenOffice enabled, so removed OO completely, including the KDE add-ons, disabled the OO repo, and then re-installed the standard version. It came back to the same version number (2.3.0.1.3) but without the Novell branding or the KDE add-on (something to do with desktop integration, which I need to investigate). Now all is well, thought the appearance has changed. The Novell branded version seems to have a slightly different skin, and start-up splash screen.

I think our problems are both to do with KDE integration. I'm going to put back the Novell branding, and test it and then put back the KDE bits and see which, if either, break it.

Stay tuned.

Update:

Added the OpenOffice_org-nld package which put back the Novell branding, and no problems. Then added OpenOffice_org-kde which provides KDE extensions, to integrate the appearance with your desktop theme, and adds some other functions to makes it work better with KDE, and still no problems.

I can only think that there was a point when an update to either OO or KDE broke something, and now they are back in step. I have Suse 10.3 with a 2.6.22.13-0.3-default i686 kernel, and KDE 3.5.8 "release 22.3" on Centrino M 1.3Ghz with 1Gb of RAM. OpenOffice is now 2.3.1.1 with the Novell branding and all the en_GB bits, plus the additional clipart pack.