Hi :) It might have made a difference if he didn't have read/write access to the folder or something dumb like that. Also it's something quick to try and beats just tearing your hair out. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Jay Lozier <[email protected]> >To: Kieran Peckett <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 17:26 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu > >Keieran > >I missed that last night - good catch > >On 03/28/2013 12:51 PM, Kieran Peckett wrote: >> How would that make a difference? Isn't that what he means when he >> said it wouldn't work as SU? - either that or he ran "sudo su" before >> running the command, so I doubt that that is th problem. >> >> On 28/03/2013, Jay Lozier <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 03/27/2013 10:57 PM, Graham Glass wrote: >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I just downloaded libreoffice 4 and installed it on a Mac (Lion) and >>>> Linux >>>> (Ubuntu). On the Mac, everything works exactly as I expected, and I can >>>> easily convert documents to pdfs using the command line tool like this: >>>> >>>> /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice --headless >>>> --convert-to >>>> pdf sample.ppt >>>> >>>> However, on Unbuntu, when I execute the equivalent command, it always >>>> fails >>>> quickly and silently with exit code 77 (Permission denied). >>>> >>>> /opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice --headless --convert-to pdf >>>> sample.ppt >>>> >>>> This failure happens regardless of whether I am a regular user or >>>> superuser. >>>> I am not running libreoffice via a user interface, and this command is >>>> being >>>> executed on an Amazon EC2 headless machine. >>>> >>>> Can someone offer any advice, either a method to get more error >>>> information >>>> (such as a log file or a verbose flag) so I can figure out what's going >>>> on? >>>> I'm sure it's a simple issue, but right now the lack of error reporting >>>> is >>>> making it hard to get the issue resolved. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Graham >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/convert-to-always-fails-silently-on-Ubuntu-tp4046531.html >>>> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >>> Graham, >>> >>> Try the command prefixed with sudo. >>> >>> -- >>> Jay Lozier >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> > > >-- >Jay Lozier >[email protected] > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
