diff -p -up docmgr/bin/fileconvert.php.ooo~ docmgr/bin/fileconvert.php
--- docmgr/bin/fileconvert.php.ooo~	2010-04-26 04:40:51.000000000 +0200
+++ docmgr/bin/fileconvert.php	2010-04-28 10:28:29.405312115 +0200
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 include("config/app-config.php");
 
-$cmd = OPENOFFICE_PATH."/program/python bin/DocumentConverter.py \"".$argv[1]."\" \"".$argv[2]."\" 1>/tmp/convert1 2>/tmp/convert2";
+$args = "bin/DocumentConverter.py \"".$argv[1]."\" \"".$argv[2]."\" 1>".TMP_DIR."/doc_conv.out 2>".TMP_DIR."/doc_conv.err";
+if (file_exists(OPENOFFICE_PATH."/program/python"))
+	$cmd = OPENOFFICE_PATH."/program/python ".$args;
+# Try see if the directory where we expect the python module to be located exists,
+# if it does we add it to $PYTHONPATH and run it with system python
+else if (file_exists(OPENOFFICE_PATH."/basis-link/program"))
+	$cmd = "PYTHONPATH=".OPENOFFICE_PATH."/basis-link/program python ".$args;
+# Execute a shell to have all profile scripts loaded which is where most
+# distributions adds OOo to $PYTHONPATH through
+else
+	$cmd = "sh --login -c 'python ".$args."'";
+
 $res = `$cmd`;
 echo $res."\n";