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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c27c3d5c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,307 @@ + Readme for libreoffice package for Debian + -------------------------------------------- + +Contents +======== +Introduction +Quick start +Printer setup + Native CUPS support + Non-CUPS systems +Language support + Spellcheck dictionaries, Hyphenation patterns and Thesauri + Help packages +Display and crashing problems + X server crashes +Font problems + Why are the menu fonts smaller than in older versions? + Changing the default user interface font typeface for non-KDE/Gnome desktops +Disabling the splash screen +AppArmor problems +More information about LibreOffice in Debian + + +Introduction +============ +Welcome to the LibreOffice packages for the Debian distribution. These +packages are of the release of LibreOffice with the following +modifications: + + * Packaged as libreoffice-core (architecture-dependent core files), + libreoffice-common (architecture-independent common files), + libreoffice-{calc,writer,draw,impress,base} (the LibreOffice modules) + libreoffice-l10n-<lang> and libreoffice-help-<lang> and + other subpackages (-filters-* for lesser used filters, -gtk/-gnome/-kde, + ttf-opensymbol for the OpenSymbol font, ...). + + * Integration with other Debian packages: + - Global desktop integration for all users for KDE and Gnome desktops. + Menu entries for all window managers that support the Debian 'menu' + package. + + * Some extra features not yet present in official releases: + - Many of the patches included in the Ximian edition + + * Extra documentation - this README and man pages. + + +Quick start +=========== + +To start using LibreOffice, execute the command + + libreoffice + +as the user which you wish to start LibreOffice as. This will create the +necessary user files in ~/.libreoffice/3 for you. Alternatively, you +can start LibreOffice from the menus, if you have the menu package +installed/use KDE or GNOME. + +Printing +======== + +Printing on CUPS systems +------------------------ +The Debian packages include native CUPS support from version 1.1.1-3. This +is standard in all OpenOffice.org versions since 2.0. +When LibreOffice detects a CUPS system, it will download printer settings for +all CUPS queues, and these can be set from within the printer properties dialog. + +If you wish to add additional filters or print commands, you can add them +using 'spadmin'. Note that the 'Add a printer' option is disabled - you +should add printers using your favourite CUPS frontend. + +When creating a new document, LibreOffice will use the default paper size of +your default CUPS printer queue. If your new documents have the wrong paper +size, please check the configuration of your printer. + +Non-CUPS systems (lpr, lprng, SAL_DISABLE_CUPS=1) +--------------------------------- +There is a tool supplied with LibreOffice for setting up printers. You can +execute this with the command + + /usr/lib/openoffice/program/spadmin + +To change the page size and other default settings on non-CUPS systems, +modify /etc/openoffice/psprint.conf. The settings are documented in there. + +Language support +================ +You can get foreign language support by installing the +libreoffice-l10n-<lang> package for your language. You will also need the +'locales' (or belocs-locales-data for some locales, alternatively locales-all +if you want all locales) package installed. +The user interface language is selected according to your locale(1) settings. + +To change the user interface language for all users, run + + dpkg-reconfigure locales + +[ This is not needed when you install locales-all ] + +To change the language for just one user, you must arrange for the LC_MESSAGES +or LANG environment variable to be set. You can list all available locales +with the command 'locale -a'. +For example, to run LibreOffice in German from the command line: + + LANG=de_DE libreoffice + +Spellcheck dictionaries, Hyphenation patterns and Thesauri +---------------------------------------------------------- +Currently, there are dictionaries available for Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, +Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (AUS/GB/US), +Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Galician, German (DE/CH/AT), +Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish (Gaeilge), Italian, Kurdish, Latvian, +Lithuanian, Manx Gaelic, Norwegian Bokmal, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, +Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Scots Gaelic, Slovak, Slovenian, +Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian and Uzbek. +Dictionaries are packaged as myspell-<lang> (or, for newer ones improved +for hunspell hunspell-<lang>). + +Currently, there are thesauri available for Czech, English (AUS/GB/US), +German (DE/CH), Italian, Polish and Slovak. +Thesauri are packaged as mythes-<lang> + +Currently, there are hyphenation patterns available for English (USA), +Croatian, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovenian and +Lithuanian. +Hyphenation patterns are packaged as hyphen-<lang>. + +Help packages +------------- +Currently, there are localized help packages available for +Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (GB), English (USA), +Estonian, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, +Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian and +Spanish and Swedish. +They are packaged as libreoffice-help-<lang>. + +Problems +================================ + +Here are some problems that have been reported with this version. If you do +not see your problem here, please check for open bug reports: + + http://bugs.debian.org/debian-openoffice@lists.debian.org + +1. If you are using NFS mounted file systems, you should make sure that locking +is functioning: + + 'Make sure NFS lockd/statd is running on the client, or mount the NFS export + with the 'nolock' option. + + If /usr gets mounted from an initrd, check 'ps' output once the system is + fully booted to ensure that you see a [lockd] kernel process, or an + 'rpc.lockd' / 'rpc.statd' userspace process. + + If not, just issue your mount command again (no need to even -o remount it + seems!) and run /etc/init.d/nfs-common restart.' (Thanks to Gavin Hamill) + + See this mailing list thread for more information: + http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/2004/debian-openoffice-200402/msg00223.html + +X server crash with Matrox cards +-------------------------------- +If your X server is using the mga driver, you may find that your X server +crashes. You can work around this problem by adding this line to the mga +Device section: + + Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenColorExpandFill" + +There is a bug already open against xserver-xfree86 for this problem. Thanks +to Philip Armstrong for this information. + +LibreOffice crash with nVidia cards +-------------------------------------- +It seems that LibreOffice can trigger some obscure bugs in the X server +drivers for Nvidia cards too, especially if you have more than one processor. +Try updating your drivers to the latest version. + +Moreover LibreOffice may hang and takes X with it when RenderAccel +is enabled when using the proprietary nVidia Drivers. Disabling this option +helps then. + +Font problems +============= + +Why are the menu fonts smaller than in older versions? +------------------------------------------------------ +This is caused by a change in the way LibreOfffice interprets your X server DPI +setting. +This setting, when correctly configured, means that software can display text +at its true size on the display. + +The official OpenOffice.org version assumes that anyone who has their X server +configured with a DPI of less than 96 has not actually configured it at all, +and sets it back to 96. Unfortunately, this has the side effect that +displays with a lower DPI setting, such as some LCD laptop displays, cannot +display the page at its true size. + +So you can fix this by correctly setting the DPI for your X server. Gnome +users will find that it is set to 96 DPI by default; others may need to edit +their X server configuration. + +The best way to get the correct DPI setting is to add a 'DisplaySize' entry to +the Monitor section. From the XF86Config-4 man page: + + DisplaySize width height + This optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres, of the + picture area of the monitor. If given this is used to calculate the + horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of the screen. + +If you set this value correctly, X will calculate and use the correct DPI +setting, even if you use several different display resolutions. + +From Nikita V. Youshchenko <yoush at cs.msu.su>: + +- Many display manager configurations pass the option "-dpi 100" to the X + server by default, overriding any autodetected DPI. This has to be removed + for DisplaySize to work. The file that you need to edit varies depending on + the way your X server is started: + xdm: /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers + kdm: /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers + gdm: /etc/gdm/gdm.conf + startx: /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc + +- Gnome's gconf overrides the autodetected DPI, by setting Xft.dpi to a value + entered in configuration dialog, 96 by default. I don't know what is + the clean fix for this. Perhaps it should be fixed on the Gnome side. + +From Juergen Kreileder <jk at blackdown.de>:> + +- Note that with most recent graphics cards and monitors XFree86 is able to + get the monitor size (and thus the correct dpi value) through ddc. + (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device DFP-0: + (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1600x1200": 189.0 MHz, 87.5 kHz, 70.0 Hz + (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1600 x 1200 + (--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (410, 310) mm + (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (99, 98) + (That's with the proprietary NVIDIA drivers but other XFree86 drivers have + that support too.) + +If you use KDE or Gnome, LibreOffice will use the same font face and size as +your desktop environment. If you use another window manager, you can either +let it pick a default font itself, or change the font to be used (see next +section), or set the OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP environment variable to +kde (for kde3)/kde4 or gnome, to use KDE or Gnome settings respectively. + +Changing the default user interface font typeface for non-KDE/Gnome desktops +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +If you do not want to use KDE or Gnome settings and want to change font sizes +within LibreOffice, you can configure the user interface font as follows: + +- Font size - + +You can change the font scaling using the user interface: + + Tools Menu -> Options -> View -> Scale + +- Font typeface - + +You can change the default font typeface by replacing it with a different font +installed on your system. This can be done using the font replacement function. +Choose Tools - Options - LibreOffice - Font Replacement to access this +function. + +To change the font of the LibreOffice user interface, you have to replace +the default font "Andale Sans UI" with another font and mark the "always" +setting for this replacement. "Andale Sans UI" is not selectable and has to be +typed in. The replacement font has to be a font which supports the requested +locale ( e.g for Korean language the replacement font has to be a font +including Korean characters). + +Refer to the LibreOffice Help for a detailed explanation of the font +replacement dialog. + +Disabling the splash screen +=========================== +If you don't like the splash screen staying in front of other windows while +LibreOffice is loading, you can disable it by editing +/etc/openoffice/sofficerc. Change Logo=1 to Logo=0. + +AppArmor problems +================= + +LibreOffice in Debian ships with AppArmor profiles: + + /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.libreoffice.* + +To debug issues with these AppArmor profiles, see: + + https://wiki.debian.org/AppArmor/Debug + +If you are using custom settings such as a custom env:UserInstallation +directory, you may need to adjust them to match your local setup. +In this example, you would need to add your custom +env:UserInstallation to @{libo_user_dirs} in the +usr.lib.libreoffice.program.soffice.bin profile. + +More information about LibreOffice in Debian +=============================================== +Please read the official README.gz (in the same directory as this file), too. + +If you have questions, either post to our the mailing list: + + http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice + +The Debian LibreOffice team |