On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 10:15 PM, Terry Allen wrote: >>> i had it all running before xmas - just tried to run it now and no >>> joy, it >>> just sits there... >>> >>> i'm downloading the 'final os x beta' from the open office site as >>> we speak >>> so i'll try that out. >> >> There are some tips in a MacSlash posting that might help- >> <http://www.macslash.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/08/2047255&mode=thread> >> -- > Hi again, > I noted with interest the discussions of Open Office (a > brilliant package I have running on my Win XP Pro box & which has > been VERY stable)
Which is why I'd like to run it...so as to have a compatible environment, and a MS-free system. The only MS software I have is the MS UAM for our Win2K servers, and Internet Explorer for those times I have to hit sites that don't work with anything else. Now I did, finally get it running today, after looking at some of the postings on the various message boards. I started X11 and in the xterm box, typed (at the command prompt): '/Applications/OpenOffice.org1.0.1/program/smaster &' The first time (after a rather long delay), the splash box came up (smack-dab in the middle of my available screen area, which, since I've got two monitors, looked really odd) a bunch of windows popped on the screen momentarily then it all went away. This could have been because I tried it again during the long delay :-/ Second time it fired up. Seems to work, though it's slow. (that said, it's not a speed demon on my system at work, either a PII450...yeah, we're like the cobbler's children all the faculty and their labs have newer PC's 800 MHz, 1200 Mhz, 2000Mhz P4's and we in the IT department have old, beat up PII's ...though they've promised me that when I need a new computer...(mine is out of warrantee, and will be replaced when it dies) I can finally get a Mac! WooHoo! Now, which would be subtler, some iron filings in the power supply, or a nail driven through the motherboard? :-) Now I did have the old XDarwin environent installed, and some folks have mentioned that Open Office works with Apples X11 stuff then, so that may be it. I *really* wish Apple would take this code and make it native. (I'm really hoping that Safari is a 'proof of concept' for this effort!) They would have a *killer* Office Killer. There was a brief rumor a while back to this effect, that Apple had sent some programmers over to Sun to work on a native port, but those were quickly denied by all involved. -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
