There is a patch on the staroffice site for S3 server so that the staroffice won't freese (the advice came from this list). The directions for the patch were very confusing though, I tried it in several ways and the staroffice would still freese. There were some silly changes with env. variables involved with customising S3 server for staroffice. I switched to the SVGA server and everything worked fine. If the patch won't work for you then maybe you should keep the SVGA server. About partitions check - this is somewhat similar to what happens when you recet windows95 and during the boot it asks you to check hard disk. You can find an explanation to this in the book that came with suse. This is how it should be with linux if you reset your PC without shutting down the OS first. About color depth on SVGA I cannot really say anything. Serguei Martin Miszczyk wrote:
Martin to Everybody: Hello!
I had problems installing SO5 for some time and happily discovered that installing the SVGA server resolved the "freeze" problem, while on the other part, it deprived my nice Netscape icons from their colour when under 24bpp resolution.
My intentions are, however, to use the XF86_S3V server, which is adapted to the "S3 Virge DX/GX rev.1" card I have... with the 24bpp resolution. Unfortunately, SO5 is still freezing, even now that it is installed.
1st quest: I heard, not a long time ago, someone speaking about a patch resolving the problem... can I know where to find it, please?
2nd quest: after having freezed with X-window, I was forced to switch off and on again my computer. That procedure induced an everlasting disk-check. The message was something like:
partition not cleanly unmounted. Check forced. hda2 (2,6on contiguous) etc...
Well. What does that mean? If I get freezed one more time or two I will have "100% contiguous" : ) Hope it won't happen : (
Thank you for the answers. Martin from Geneva.
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