Re: [Hampshire] LibreOffice not working over SSH for one use…

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Author: Chris Liddell
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] LibreOffice not working over SSH for one user but not another
On 26/04/14 16:03, Simon Reap wrote:
> On 26/04/2014 15:20, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
>> If user "V" tries to do the same then LibreOffice starts but after
>> about 1
>> second of any application (e.g. writer) running it vanishes without
>> trace.
>> User "V" has no problem running other applications on "F" and having them
>> display on box "M".
>>
>
> Maybe run strace on the command? So,rather than just "libreoffice" as
> the command you tunnel through SSH,
>
>    strace -o /tmp/lbo.log /usr/bin/libreoffice -writer

>


I would also be tempted to, at least temporarily, zap the ~/.libreoffice
directory for the user for whom it doesn't work - on the infinitesimally
small chance it's something in the configuration causing the different
behaviour.

Chris


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