Star Office, KDE2.2, XFree 4.1
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination: Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site) With this combination Star Office quickly locks up the system, requiring me to telnet in and restart X, or often even reboot. I *think* it might be a compatability problem with X since I *think* it ran OK when I upgraded to KDE 2.2 and started failing when I next upgraded to XFree86 4.1.0. But, I don't remember for sure that I tried it in the couple of days between upgrading KDE and X. Just seems like I would have noticed right away. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Robert Paulsen paulsen@texas.net
Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination:
Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site) <snip>
Got everything else running running, but not XFree86 4.1. Can you also check to see if you have installed any packages marked "i686", these are experimental and if you have any issues they should be removed. I had them and removed them with no ill effects only positive ones. Matt
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 12:01:03PM -0700, StarTux wrote:
Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination:
Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site) <snip>
Got everything else running running, but not XFree86 4.1. Can you also check to see if you have installed any packages marked "i686", these are experimental and if you have any issues they should be removed. I had them and removed them with no ill effects only positive ones.
Removed kdebase-i686.rpm and kdelibs-i686.rpm then restarted X, but no joy. Still locks up. Perhaps I will try going back to XFree86 4.0.3. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Robert Paulsen paulsen@texas.net
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Removed kdebase-i686.rpm and kdelibs-i686.rpm then restarted X, but no joy. Still locks up. Perhaps I will try going back to XFree86 4.0.3.
Yeah, oh another thing....Can you back up the directory for StarOffice and try again? Maybe something got corrupted. Failing that I guess it might be a problem :-(. Matt
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 12:19:23PM -0700, StarTux wrote:
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Removed kdebase-i686.rpm and kdelibs-i686.rpm then restarted X, but no joy. Still locks up. Perhaps I will try going back to XFree86 4.0.3.
Yeah, oh another thing....Can you back up the directory for StarOffice and try again? Maybe something got corrupted.
I had already tried this. Also deleted and reinstalled Star Office without any success.
Failing that I guess it might be a problem :-(.
Backing off to XF86 4.0.3 solved the problem -- Star Office now works without hanging the system. In case anyone is interested in checking this out on their system one reliable way of causing the hang was to maximize Star Office's window then "shade" it by double-clicking on the title bar. It hangs on the next double click which "un-shades" the window. It might have something to do with animating the window since when it hangs, there are lines frozen on the screen from the animation. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Robert Paulsen paulsen@texas.net
On Sunday 19 August 2001 03:59 pm, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 12:19:23PM -0700, StarTux wrote:
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Removed kdebase-i686.rpm and kdelibs-i686.rpm then restarted X, but no joy. Still locks up. Perhaps I will try going back to XFree86 4.0.3.
Yeah, oh another thing....Can you back up the directory for StarOffice and try again? Maybe something got corrupted.
I had already tried this. Also deleted and reinstalled Star Office without any success.
Failing that I guess it might be a problem :-(.
Backing off to XF86 4.0.3 solved the problem -- Star Office now works without hanging the system.
In case anyone is interested in checking this out on their system one reliable way of causing the hang was to maximize Star Office's window then "shade" it by double-clicking on the title bar. It hangs on the next double click which "un-shades" the window. It might have something to do with animating the window since when it hangs, there are lines frozen on the screen from the animation.
I have SuSE 7.2 Pro, which comes with X4.1 and and SO5.2. I've self compiled KDE2.2 from CVS, and SO5.2 doesn't hang the system at any time. Good luck, -Steven -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Steven Hatfield http://www.knightswood.net Registered Linux User #220336 ICQ: 7314105 Useless Machine Data: Running SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional and KDE2.2 4:13pm up 2 days, 1:21, 2 users, load average: 0.19, 0.06, 0.04 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Random Quote: Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 04:14:56PM -0400, Steven Hatfield wrote:
On Sunday 19 August 2001 03:59 pm, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 12:19:23PM -0700, StarTux wrote:
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Removed kdebase-i686.rpm and kdelibs-i686.rpm then restarted X, but no joy. Still locks up. Perhaps I will try going back to XFree86 4.0.3.
Yeah, oh another thing....Can you back up the directory for StarOffice and try again? Maybe something got corrupted.
I had already tried this. Also deleted and reinstalled Star Office without any success.
Failing that I guess it might be a problem :-(.
Backing off to XF86 4.0.3 solved the problem -- Star Office now works without hanging the system.
In case anyone is interested in checking this out on their system one reliable way of causing the hang was to maximize Star Office's window then "shade" it by double-clicking on the title bar. It hangs on the next double click which "un-shades" the window. It might have something to do with animating the window since when it hangs, there are lines frozen on the screen from the animation.
I have SuSE 7.2 Pro, which comes with X4.1 and and SO5.2. I've self compiled KDE2.2 from CVS, and SO5.2 doesn't hang the system at any time.
I also have SuSE 7.2 Pro. My version comes with XFree86 4.0.3. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Robert Paulsen paulsen@texas.net
Hrm, I must have upgraded to 4.1 then.. I didn't remember doing that.. but that doesn't surprise me at all.. I'd forget my own name if I didn't have a sig file *LOL* -Steven --snip--
I also have SuSE 7.2 Pro. My version comes with XFree86 4.0.3.
-- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Steven Hatfield http://www.knightswood.net Registered Linux User #220336 ICQ: 7314105 Useless Machine Data: Running SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional and KDE2.2 4:23pm up 2 days, 1:31, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.26, 0.13 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Random Quote: PROGRAM - n. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages. v. tr.- To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward.
I am running the above combination with no problems. Regards Brian -- Brian Galbraith | GnuPG 1.0.6 | SuSE Linux 7.2 PGP Key 0x8232434C http://www.culcreuch.org.uk ICQ# 110426381
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 01:55:24PM -0500, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination:
Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site)
With this combination Star Office quickly locks up the system, requiring me to telnet in and restart X, or often even reboot.
Adding the following line to /etc/profile fixed the above problem: export SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true This is needed for XF86 4.1 on an IBM Thinkpad T20, T21, (and probably T22) due to a bug in support for the video hardware on those systems. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Robert Paulsen paulsen@texas.net
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On August 22, 2001 10:59 pm, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 01:55:24PM -0500, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination:
Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site)
With this combination Star Office quickly locks up the system, requiring me to telnet in and restart X, or often even reboot.
Adding the following line to /etc/profile fixed the above problem:
export SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true
This is needed for XF86 4.1 on an IBM Thinkpad T20, T21, (and probably T22) due to a bug in support for the video hardware on those systems.
Do note that the video hardware is the S3 MobileSavage. They are present in many Toshiba laptops as well. Interestingly enough, only Star Office is affected and it actually runs faster with the above environment variable set, no matter what chipset you use. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7hQEK+FOexA3koIgRAgzAAJ4mmzIa5/ZJNAjzZIPZCCjKYYvebQCghhrW IhhWOntHncyR1wk8SWMqWBg= =0XUi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 01:55:24PM -0500, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination:
Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site)
With this combination Star Office quickly locks up the system, requiring me to telnet in and restart X, or often even reboot.
Adding the following line to /etc/profile fixed the above problem:
export SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true
This is needed for XF86 4.1 on an IBM Thinkpad T20, T21, (and probably T22) due to a bug in support for the video hardware on those systems.
Thanks for the hint! Where did you discover this one? Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany To avoid seeing a fool, break your mirror.
Its in the README that comes with staroffice. Hard to find buts its in there. -----Original Message----- From: Lenz Grimmer [mailto:grimmer@suse.de] Sent: Friday, 24 August 2001 10:57 PM To: SuSE Linux Mailing List Subject: Re: [SLE] SOLVED: Star Office, KDE2.2, XFree 4.1 On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 01:55:24PM -0500, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination:
Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site)
With this combination Star Office quickly locks up the system, requiring me to telnet in and restart X, or often even reboot.
Adding the following line to /etc/profile fixed the above problem:
export SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true
This is needed for XF86 4.1 on an IBM Thinkpad T20, T21, (and probably T22) due to a bug in support for the video hardware on those systems.
Thanks for the hint! Where did you discover this one? Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany To avoid seeing a fool, break your mirror. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com
On Friday 24 August 2001 12:56 pm, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 01:55:24PM -0500, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
Ism anyone running successfully with the following combination:
Star Office 5.2 (from SuSE 7.2 CD) KDE 2.2 (from SuSE ftp site) XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (also from SuSE ftp site)
With this combination Star Office quickly locks up the system, requiring me to telnet in and restart X, or often even reboot.
Adding the following line to /etc/profile fixed the above problem:
export SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true
This is needed for XF86 4.1 on an IBM Thinkpad T20, T21, (and probably T22) due to a bug in support for the video hardware on those systems.
Thanks for the hint! Where did you discover this one?
Bye, LenZ
I added this to /etc/profile/local and StarOffice now loads in about 5 seconds compared to 15 beforehand. M
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