Subject: Re: Install and run
From: David Shochat (shochat@acm.org)
Date: Sat Apr 22 2000 - 05:25:03 CDT
Samuel Lucas Crow wrote:
>
> I recently downloaded abiword and installed it on my RedHat 6.2 machine.
> I installed it through the gnome rpm manager under my personall
> account. It asked me for the root password of course and then proceeded
> to install, I recieved no error or dependency messages at all so I
> assume it installed ok. I tried to run abiword an my sys just sits
> there, nothing locks up or anything but it just won't run period.. did
> anyone else have this problem?
>
You bet. It was because of that problem that I joined the list. I'm
surprised this hasn't yet been added to the FAQ list. This is supposed
to be fixed in the next version and the current workaround is to avoid
the splash screen which is invoking libpng in a way that is incompatible
with the new version (1.0.5) of that library that comes with RH 6.2. Use
the "-nosplash" option when invoking abiword and it will work. Also,
don't invoke Help->About because that will trigger the same problem and
kill the program. I've also been told that you can downgrade libpng to
1.0.3, but I'm afraid that might break some other dependency.
-- David
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