Hi all,
I must confess that I am at the bottom end of a very steep learning curve here, having installed Fedora 3 Linux and now sorting out how to use it.
I have connected the Linux machine to a shared folder on a Windows XP machine, I can see the files, I can copy the files over to the Linux box, and all works properly. I can double click on image files and text files on the Windows share and they will open in the appropriate application on the Linux box OK, but the funny one is when I try to open MS Office files which are on the share.
These files will not open in Open Office, whether by double clicking on the file, or by using the Open dialog box in Open Office, yet, if I copy them over to the Linux machine, they will open fine.
If I double click on the file in the Windows share, Open Office begins to run, bringing up its splash screen, but then just shuts down and that is it. If I use the Open dialog box to select the file, Open Office just sits there with a “new document” screen and a flashing cursor.
It feels like some kind of configuration setting that is prohibiting the opening across a network, or a firewall setting in Linux (does it have one??) that is stopping Open Office somehow.
There appears to be no problem with the Zone Alarm firewall on the Windows machine – that has all the right permissions.
Can anyone throw some light on this one and assist a fledgling Linux person over his first major hurdle?
I would really appreciate it if you could.
Cheers,
Alan
