On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, Jay DeKing wrote:
> 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
I downloaded a Savage4 driver patch from
http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html and will give that a try.
Jay
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