(Sorry that I started something slightly different with my previous mail.)

>> BUGS
>>  unoconv uses the UNO bindings to connect to OpenOffice, in absence of a
>>  usable socket, it will start its own OpenOffice instance with the
>>  correct parameters. However, OpenOffice requires a working DISPLAY
>>  (even with -headless option) and therefor you cannot run it in a true
>>  console, you need X.
> 
>> I think that that might be the reason of this bug. Does
>> openoffice.org-headless have an appropriate bug listed somewhere?
> 
> Well. This remark  was true with OpenOffice.org 2 but  may be false with
> OpenOffice.org 3. This should be tested.

Well, I am trying to use unoconv in a debian package during build time,
but I can't get that to work. So it seams to me this is still an issue
with OOo 3. See below:

build depend on unoconv (should pull in the necessary packages):
in rules file:
/usr/bin/unoconv -d odt -f pdf --stdout WinFF.odt > winff.pdf
gets me:

Error: Unable to connect or start own listener. Aborting.(pbuild27653)
etna winff-0.45.1 #

make: *** [build-stamp] Error 251
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package
javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
I18N: Operating system doesn't support locale "en_US"
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display: :0
   Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option
   or check permissions of your X-Server
   (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)

Running the command in my pbuilder environment:
(pbuild27653) etna winff-0.45.1 # /usr/bin/unoconv -d odt -f pdf
--stdout WinFF.odt > winff.pdf
I18N: Operating system doesn't support locale "en_US"
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display: :0
   Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option
   or check permissions of your X-Server
   (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)
javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
I18N: Operating system doesn't support locale "en_US"
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display: :0
   Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option
   or check permissions of your X-Server
   (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)
Error: Unable to connect or start own listener. Aborting.


Kind regards
Paul