Libreoffice base - Impossible to use it [solved]

[DidgeriDude]

Hello.

I have this problem with both libreoffice and libreoffice-bin : when I create a new database or open an existing one (HSQLDB or Firebird, embedded or not), I can't go to the table tab.
I started libreoffice from a terminal but no error showed up when tring to access table tab.
So I started libreoffice from a terminal and, when creating a new database, I checked "Create tables using the table wizard" and this error occured in the terminal :

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janv. 20, 2026 11:55:25 AM com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData getConnection
GRAVE: null
com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException: NSS_NoDB_Init failed with PR_CALL_ONCE_ERROR (-5925)
	at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.dispatch_call(Native Method)
	at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.invoke(JNI_proxy.java:185)
	at jdk.proxy1/jdk.proxy1.$Proxy28.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData.getConnection(DBMetaData.java:630)
	at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData.getConnection(DBMetaData.java:597)
	at com.sun.star.wizards.db.DBMetaData.getConnection(DBMetaData.java:575)
	at com.sun.star.wizards.db.TableDescriptor.getConnection(TableDescriptor.java:101)
	at com.sun.star.wizards.table.TableWizard.startTableWizard(TableWizard.java:344)
	at com.sun.star.wizards.table.CallTableWizard$TableWizardImplementation.trigger(CallTableWizard.java:80)

I am currently using libreoffice-bin 25.8 with openjdk-bin:21 (I tried libreoffice 25.2, various versions of java, even various extensions such as jdbcDriverOOo, tried to connect external databases with jaybird, etc.)
I tried looking for problems with NSS (renaming thunderbird and firefox profile folders in order to prevent LibreOffice for searching certificates there), tried to modify /opt/openjdk-bin-21.0.8_p9/conf/security/java.security, tried different startup options for java into LibreOffice advanced options, nothing happened.

I am stuck so... could you help me ?

[ian.au]

I don't think libreoffice-bin allows use of the base modules.

You'll have to compile it with appropriate flags for your use case.

Did you try the Wiki?

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LibreOffice

[Goverp]

It might be that libreoffice is configured to use the wrong JDK - check on Tools->Options->LibreOffice->Advanced

[logrusx]

emerge --info libreoffice

EDIT: all works fine for me when libreoffice is compiled with base and java USE flags enabled as the warning always says when I install/update libreoffice.

Best Regards,
Georgi

[DidgeriDude]

Thank you all of you.

Installing libreoffice (not -bin) resolved the problem (with an HSQLDB).

I now have to figure out how to connect to my Firebird database (FDB file) now that the Firebird support had been drooped in Gentoo...

Thank you again