LibreOffice Frustrations [Solved]

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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My preferred distro is Manjaro. Why? well it lets me enter the Arch world without the headache.

So I Use LibreOffice to type up documents and what not. LibreWrite was JUST working yesterday. I turn on my Laptop today? and NOPE! not anymore. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, nothing. I looked around and installed clucene. nothing. I don't even know anymore.

I have to finish writing my programming homework and this is the last amount of bullshit I have to deal with right now. if you know how to fix this please inform me. cause i really need to get this done...

On a Secondary Note: If anyone can recommend me something so I can learn Arch that would be most helpful (I'm still new to the Linux syntax and Procedure.)

Relevant Information

  • Manjaro 15.09 - GNOME DE
  • Kernel 4.1.12-1
  • Based on Arch - Uses Pacman and AUR as repositories.
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switch to os2

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And People wonder why the Linux community is volatile.

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I don't care for the jokes, the nonsense or your reasoning. I just need help getting this working. if you can't help, do not respond to this thread.

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I was joking. also os2 isn't linux.

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If I wanted a laugh I would scroll through the lounge. I genuinely need help with this. and both of you are not helping the situation any further.

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Not responding would be most helpful.

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Well there's always the easy way, which would be to back up all your important stuff and start from scratch. Most of the times this will save you more time than trying to find the solution to that specific problem. You could have everything back up and running within an hour (depending on how many extra programs you need to get set up), instead of spending hours trying to troubleshoot and find the solution.

That's one option.

I'm currently on Manjaro also and I'm not having any problems with LibreOffice, so maybe something deep down got messed up and chances are you're going to have a very hard time trying to find someone who knows the answer unless they are also experiencing similar issues and were able to fix it themselves, or if it's a common issue.

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Thanks for the recommendation but that's something I do not wish to do. one because i don't feel like re-downloading a ISO. and two I've been using Manjaro for a month now I like it. I've dealt with minor issues some that i managed to fix quickly. but this is probably the biggest one I've had to deal with, because I have never had anything just break on me. other than that my solution to this problem is just removing LibreOffice from my system and installing Openoffice.

Everyone else,

Thanks for nothing.

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what output do you get if you run libreoffice writer from the command line?

i believe it's called oowriter

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How would i do this on the command line (I'm still new to the syntax)

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Ok first check if you have any system problems causing LibreOffice to shit itself

$ systemctl --failed

if all is ok then look for logfile errors that will shed some light on what is happening

journalctl -p 0..3 -xn

if all ok then try an update with

$ pacman -Syu

then see if it works - if not check for pacman errors with

/var/log/pacman.log

try all that and report back

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look for terminal in your menu's, then type in oowriter and post the output here

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this is what's showing up for me.

Screenshot from 2015-11-03 20-41-11.png1366x768 72 KB

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post the output of

sudo systemctl status cupsd
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ok reinstall libreoffice as root with the --force (use the force luke)
see if that fixes it - this seems to be a recurring problem with Arch/Manjaro

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nothing sadly. unless i typed it wrong.

As root i typed