when i start openoffice.org 1.0.3 and the "address data source autopilot" window comes up, one of two things happens:

1) if i press next, the application freezes with no errors; i have to kill the process.
2) if i press cancel, i get an error popup that says, "an unrecoverable error has occurred, all modified files have been saved and can probably be recovered at program restart."

with either of these, i get no specific error messages in window or in the terminal. i am so incredibly lost; i have no idea what would cause OO to crash randomly at start like this. i couldn't find any mention of it at openoffice.org either.

redhat 9
gnome 2.2

thanks,
andrew

That's definately a strange one. You started OO from a terminal and there's no clue in the term as to what happened?

absolutely no clue at all, just that error popup and then the crash. it's really annoying. any more ideas? has anyone else experienced this problem?

Is this the OO that came with RH9 or did you download it?

i downloaded it from openoffice.org.

edit: new developments. in my term that i started it from, i got this error:

Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x26cb)!

i haven't been able to reproduce that yet. seems to have happened when i was able to advance on the address book setup window.

I just got this same problem with Slack 9. I tried versions 1.0.2 and 1.0.3.1 from their site, with the exact same result, and the same Xlib error.

well, you are in luck; i fixed the problem a while ago. i mean, this worked for me, but it may not for you. anyway, openoffice.org 1.1 beta 2 works without a hitch.

andrew

So, all you did was install a different version? If so, that's not exactly a fix. And I heard that the 1.1 beta doesn't have a lot of features.

okay okay, maybe it's not a fix, but do you have any better ideas? the oo forum isn't much help on the topic either. believe me, i've tried. give 1.1b2 a go and tell me if it works.

I'll give it a try.