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trying to start openoffice in linux

I am trying to start openoffice3 in linux ,failing with this error

Code:



[root@ACFAS11 ~]# /usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice

/usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display: 

  Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option

  or check permissions of your X-Server

  (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)

please advice me what is causing this and how to resolve this.

Hi,

Why are you trying to run soffice as root? You should run it as a normal user.
In any case, if you have logged in X as a normal user and then su to root to run soffice you need to do the following:
In an xterm as normal user run:

Code:

xhost +localhost

su -

export DISPLAY=:0.0

/usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice

Regards

I want to run openoffice as a service not as s GUI ,I am using jodconverter http://artofsolving.com/node/12

jodconverter has java java api which allows file conversion in various formats this jodconverter internally uses openoffice.The api connects to openoffice running as a service.
the link aboove talks about running openoffice as a service in linux . I am trying to run openoffice as service.

I tried this still failing

Code:

[root@ACFAS11 webapps]# export DISPLAY=:0.0

[root@ACFAS11 webapps]# echo $DISPLAY

:0.0

[root@ACFAS11 webapps]#  /usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice -headless -accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" -nofirststartwizard 

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server

Xlib: No protocol specified



/usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display: 

  Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option

  or check permissions of your X-Server

  (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)

[root@ACFAS11 webapps]#

Hi,

According to the link you've posted, you don't need to set a DISPLAY. Instead you need to unset it, if it's already set (i.e. if you're going to run the soffice command from inside an X terminal)

Quote:

$ unset DISPLAY
$ soffice -headless -accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" -nofirststartwizard

BTW, I've tested the command above from CLI and it works as expected. It only complained that using a simple dash "-" is deprecated (I'm running libreoffice), so I had to use double dashes:

Code:

soffice --headless --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" --nofirststartwizard

Regards

Initially I tried

Code:

$ unset DISPLAY

as it is not working I tried your suggestions. I am loggin to this linux server using ssh , you said about X Terminal, I dont know about X terminal do I need one ? canT I do this using ssh ?

Quote:

I am loggin to this linux server using ssh , you said about X Terminal, I dont know about X terminal do I need one ? canT I do this using ssh ?

If you use ssh to connect to the remote box, there is no DISPLAY set, so you don't have to unset it, even it doesn't hurt to.
To verify you can run:

Code:

echo $DISPLAY

Just run the soffice command and see what happens

Regards

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory (Post 4538470)

If you use ssh to connect to the remote box, there is no DISPLAY set, so you don't have to unset it, even it doesn't hurt to.
To verify you can run:

Code:

echo $DISPLAY

Just run the soffice command and see what happens

Regards

I did as you said.

Code:

[root@ACFAS11 ~]# echo $DISPLAY



[root@ACFAS11 ~]# /usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice --headless --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" --nofirststartwizard

/usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display: 

  Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option

  or check permissions of your X-Server

  (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)

[root@ACFAS11 ~]#

its the same error.

Huh, it works here (Slackware and LibreOffice 3.4.4) and I don't think that Openoffice is different on this.
Anyway try to run Xvfb before soffice to get a dummy DISPLAY and see what you have

Code:

Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x8 &

soffice --headless --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" --nofirststartwizard --display 0:0

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory (Post 4539350)

Huh, it works here (Slackware and LibreOffice 3.4.4) and I don't think that Openoffice is different on this.
Anyway try to run Xvfb before soffice to get a dummy DISPLAY and see what you have

Code:

Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x8 &

so/usffice --headless --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" --nofirststartwizard --display 0:0

still not working

Code:

[root@ACFAS11 ~]# Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x8 &

[1] 16600

[root@ACFAS11 ~]# -bash: Xvfb: command not found



[root@ACFAS11 ~]# /usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice --headless --accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" --nofirststartwizard --display 0:0

/usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display: 0:0

  Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option

  or check permissions of your X-Server

  (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)

[1]+  Exit 127                Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x8

[root@ACFAS11 ~]#

You don't have Xvfb installed. You can use your package manager to install it.
What is your distro btw?
There is an openoffice-headless package for various distros (e.g for centos it's openoffice.org-headless), so you might install that, instead of going into that trouble.

Regards

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory (Post 4539431)

Thanks a lot for all your help,

I tried this

Code:

[root@ACFAS11 tmp]# yum install openoffice.org-headless

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

 * base: mirrors.lga7.us.voxel.net

 * updates: mirror.ash.fastserv.com

 * extras: mirror.ash.fastserv.com

Setting up Install Process

Parsing package install arguments

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package openoffice.org-headless.x86_64 1:3.1.1-19.5.el5_5.6 set to be updated

--> Finished Dependency Resolution



Dependencies Resolved



=======================================================================================================================================================================================================



 Package                                                  Arch                                    Version                                                  Repository                            Size

=======================================================================================================================================================================================================



Installing:

 openoffice.org-headless                                  x86_64                                  1:3.1.1-19.5.el5_5.6                                    base                                  672 k



Transaction Summary

=======================================================================================================================================================================================================



Install      1 Package(s)        

Update      0 Package(s)        

Remove      0 Package(s)        



Total download size: 672 k

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading Packages:

openoffice.org-headless-3.1.1-19.5.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                          | 672 kB    00:00    



Running rpm_check_debug

Running Transaction Test

Finished Transaction Test

Transaction Test Succeeded

Running Transaction

  Installing    : openoffice.org-headless                          [1/1] 



Installed: openoffice.org-headless.x86_64 1:3.1.1-19.5.el5_5.6

Complete!

I dont know where it installed
I tried find

Code:



[root@ACFAS11 tmp]# find /  -name 'soffice'

/usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice

/usr/bin/soffice

it still showing the two old installations ,Help me further.

Hi,

I can only guess that /usr/bin/soffice is a symlink for /usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.
Did you try to see if it works now?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory (Post 4540316)

Hi,

I can only guess that /usr/bin/soffice is a symlink for /usr/lib64/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.
Did you try to see if it works now?

Yes it worked. Thanks