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[Bug 792947] Re: The application cannot be started. A general error occurred while accessing your central configuration.

 

Hello,
I am encountering this same problem on Ubuntu 11.04. The history of the problem in my case is as follows: on initial install of Ubuntu 11.04 libreoffice worked OK (an ordinary user could call the program); however, after a while I began getting the "The application cannot be started. A general error occurred while accessing your central configuration. "  I was not able to determine what caused the bug; it may have been after I installed emacs, though I am not sure.
Regards,
bostjanv

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Title:
  The application cannot be started.  A general error occurred while
  accessing your central configuration.

Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: libreoffice

  localc
  OR 
  lodraw
  OR
  libreoffice
  ETC.

  You get the following popup:
  "The application cannot be started. 
  A general error occurred while accessing your central configuration. "
  Afterwards, you get the following on the tty:
  [Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument (elements.cxx).
  javaldx failed! 

  Running as root this doesn't happen.

  Upgrading to the latest did not help.

  This same message seems to be plauging people with various different
  causes.

  Stupid message.   Which central configuration are you trying to access
  and how.

  I have no ~/.config/.libreoffice-whatever
  I do have a ~/.openoffice.org and ~/.openoffice.org2 directories, with correct ownership.
  dbus is running, though it had problems earlier (but if it wasn't running ubuntu-bug would have died).
  gnome-settings-daemon has been restarted.
  I have not intentionally installed any "extensions".

  Workaround: sudo chown -R whitis.whitis /home/whitis/.libreoffice

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: libreoffice 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: 1e1a99f31ec2933306456e1f141c45d8
  CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
  Date: Sat Jun  4 18:04:12 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: libreoffice
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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