On Tue, 03 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote:
> Jay DeKing wrote:
> > On Sun, 01 Jul 2001, Romanator wrote:
> > > On Sunday 01 July 2001 05:42 pm, RobertLuzader wrote:
> > > > Perhaps someone can give a newbie some advice. I recently purchased
> > > > Mandrake 8.0 and so far I'm pretty satisfied. Having worked in the
> > > > Windows world for the past few years it's great to see other
> > > > operating systems coming about. The install went very well and over
> > > > all I'm impressed with the ease Mandrake 8.0 loaded up, but (Here it
> > > > comes,,, always a but) After installing Staroffice 5.2 and trying to
> > > > open it my system hangsssss. This requires a reboot to get things
> > > > running again. I've been to the Sun site and the only thing I've
> > > > found is a recommendation to go back to a different Kernel and that
> > > > StarOffice is coming out with (Who knows when) an upgrade. Therefore
> > > > there will not be a patch.... Has this been encountered by others?
> > > > also Why would Mandrake include it with their system if it wouldn't
> > > > run properly?
> > > >
> > > > Any guidance would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Robert
> > >
> > > Robert,
> > >
> > > Can you provide additional information about your computer
> > > configuration. In the meantime, rather than rebooting, try holding down
> > > the
> > > CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE keys. Log back in again.
> > >
> > > Roman
> > > Registered Linux User #179293
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> > I have gone through this myself, and none of the many recommended key
> > combinations worked - the keyboard was COMPLETELY unresponsive. The reset
> > button was the only way out. So, I reinstalled LM 7.2 and now am using
> > StarOffice again.
> >
> > This feels like a video driver problem to me - the mouse pointer freezes
> > along with everything else. My video card is a Stealth III S540, which
> > was mentioned by several individuals on the StarOffice site who are
> > having the same problem. Since StarOffice 5.2 worked fine in LM7.2, I
> > would say that the problem does not lie with StarOffice but with the X
> > driver supplied with LM8. I've tried both the 4.0.3 and 3.3.6 drivers and
> > the same thing happens with both.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > --
> > "You no longer change. You've changed!"
>
> I think you should ask Civileme. He can give you a better answer about
> this
> You may want try out a different kernel
>
Also suggested by StarOffice website.
Been there, done that (2.2.19mdk). No difference.
Jay
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