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g4j
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 Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] OpenOffice can't find JRE |
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Hello,
OObase is broken on two Gento boxes, and it seems to be Java related. Everything was working fine till I did an "emerge -u world" the other month. I finally got both versions (1.4 and 1.5) of Java back up and running..
| Code: | # java-config-1 -L
The following JDKs are available for generation-1:
1) Sun JDK 1.4.2.12 [sun-jdk-1.4.2.12]
*) Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03]
# java-config-2 -L
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
1) Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2]
2) Blackdown JRE 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jre-1.4.2]
3) Sun JDK 1.4.2.12 [sun-jdk-1.4]
*) Sun JDK 1.5.0.08 [sun-jdk-1.5]
5) Sun JRE 1.5.0.08 [sun-jre-bin-1.5]
# java-check-environment
* === Java Environment Checker ===
* The purpose of this script is to check the sanity of your Java Environment.
* We have significantly changed and improved the way Java is handled in many respects.
* Please refer to http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/java-upgrade.xml for details
* Checking vm_environment_files ... [ ok ]
* Checking user_settings ...
* Running as root. Don't need to check user settings. [ ok ]
* Checking generation_1_system_vm ... [ ok ]
* Checking virtual_provides ... [ ok ]
* Checking overlays_eclasses ... [ ok ]
* Java environment is sane. Congratulations!
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Yet, when I try to configure the JRE in OpenOffice (Tools | Options | Java), no JRE's are listed. I've tried clicking on "Add" and browsing to a location, such as "/opt/sun-jdk-1.5.0.08/bin/java" but noting works. Everything in OO seems to work without Java -- EXCEPT for base which can not open anything. I really need this fixed.
Thanks in advance.
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alienjon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Is your user setting set, or just the system?
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g4j
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for your reply, alienjon.
Java-config (1 and 2) give me the same results regardless of whether I'm logged in as root or as a user.
Here's what java-check-environment gives when logged on as a user:
| Code: | $ java-check-environment
* === Java Environment Checker ===
* The purpose of this script is to check the sanity of your Java Environment.
* We have significantly changed and improved the way Java is handled in many respects.
* Please refer to http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/java-upgrade.xml for details
* Checking vm_environment_files ... [ ok ]
* Checking user_settings ... [ ok ]
* Checking generation_1_system_vm ... [ ok ]
* Checking virtual_provides ... [ ok ]
* Checking overlays_eclasses ...
*** You are not in the portage group. You may experience cache problems
*** due to permissions preventing the creation of the on-disk cache.
*** Please add this user to the portage group if you wish to use portage.
[ ok ]
* Java environment is sane. Congratulations! |
Which appears to be ok.
Is this what you're asking? |
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alienjon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:46 am Post subject: |
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As user and root, please run and post the following output:
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eselect java-vm list
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This will tell us which virtual machine is being used for the user and the system (root). If I remember correctly, running it as user will actually tell you both, so give that one a shot first in the event that it saves you some time 
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g4j
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Here it is as root....
| Code: | # eselect java-vm list
Available Java Virtual Machines:
[1] blackdown-jdk-1.4.2
[2] blackdown-jre-1.4.2
[3] sun-jdk-1.4
[4] sun-jdk-1.5 system-vm
[5] sun-jre-bin-1.5 |
I get the exact same output as a user. |
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Ok, it doesn't look like you have a user vm set. Pick one of them that you want to use (I'd recommed sun-jdk-1.5) and run:
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eselect java-vm set user {vm}
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Here it is using my example:
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eselect java-vm set user sun-jdk-1.5
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Try that and let us know how it goes.
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g4j
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks alienjon.
As I was about to run your suggested eselect command, I noticed that the user output for the previous eselect command isn't exactly the same as for root.
| Code: | $ eselect java-vm list
Available Java Virtual Machines:
[1] blackdown-jdk-1.4.2
[2] blackdown-jre-1.4.2
[3] sun-jdk-1.4
[4] sun-jdk-1.5 system-vm user-vm
[5] sun-jre-bin-1.5 |
So it appears that a user VM is indeed already selected.
Just to be sure, I ran (as a user) your suggested eselect command. There was no output, and no change to the output of eselect java-vm list command. Most importantly, there is no change in OpenOffice. I still can't select a JRE. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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Only other thing I can think of, I'm afraid, is making sure that the java support is there in the first place. Run:
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emerge openoffice -pv # (or openoffice-bin, depending on whichever you are using right now)
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Is the java use flag enabled?
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g4j
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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Son of a gun! Java is disabled....
| Code: | # emerge -pv openoffice
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] app-office/openoffice-2.0.3 USE="eds gtk kde pam xml -binfilter -cairo
-debug -firefox -gnome -java -ldap -mono -odk" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be_BY -bg -bn
-bs -ca -cs -cy -da -de -el -en -en_GB -en_US -en_ZA -es -et -fa -fi -fr -gu_IN -he
-hi_IN -hr -hu -it -ja -km -ko -lt -mk -nb -nl -nn -nr -ns -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru
-rw -sh_YU -sk -sl -sr_CS -st -sv -sw_TZ -th -tn -tr -ts -vi -xh -zh_CN -zh_TW -zu" 0 kB
Total size of downloads: 0 kB |
I thought Java was a requirement for Openoffice that couldn't be disabled. I guess I was wrong. I don't look forward to rebuilding OO, but I guess that's what I need to do.
Thanks for your help, alienjon. I'll leave this thread open till the re-build is complete and I know it's solved. (That will probably take a few days.) |
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You can always go with the precompiled openoffice-bin to save time, if you want. It also has the java use flag.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Well rats! Last night I remerged Openoffice-bin on my AMD-64 desktop. (The regular oo ebuild is still compiling on my x86 notebook. I don't expect it to finish till tonight or maybe tomorrow.) I still have the same problem. Even though Java was included this time, Openoffice will not recoginze any JRE.
Am I browsing to the wrong location? (I've tried many.) What path are others using for their OO Java configuration? |
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alienjon
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| Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Mine is set to:
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/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.12/jre
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| Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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That looks similar to what I've tried, except I've been going to 1.5 rather than 1.4. I'll try 1.4 when I get home tonight.
Thanks again alienjon. |
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g4j
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Recompiling with java specified seems to have done the trick. I can now select my JRE and I have regained database functionality. I'm surprised that java is not a default requirement of the e-build.
Thanks for your help, alienjon. |
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