Hi :) Thanks for confirming that the _21 is the best version for LibreOffice. Is there any chance of joining the Documentation Team to write-up the instructions for installing a separate version of Java specifically for LibreOffice? I think a chapter about Java is likely to start off as being very small and it's not clear exactly where it could go but i think once written it could be moved fairly easily.
Alternatively perhaps an Ubuntu Community Documentation page? Either a radical re-write of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java or something more specific to LibreOffice such as creating a new page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Base/Java With a longer-term view of having a single main page about Base that then has sub-pages (such as the Java one) and/or links to proper LibreOffice documentation. Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Don Myers <donmy...@myersfarm.com> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 10 August, 2011 4:09:06 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base 3.4.2 doesn't run on Windows 7 Hi, When we had the long thread about Base working really slowly and the problem being Java, I thought someone said the issue only affected those running Base in Linux. I only run it (but on 4 machines) in Ubuntu. I have no Windows installs. When Ubuntu had 1.6.0_22 as the default, my base worked fine. When the Java 1.6.0_24 update was installed, base became horribly slow. When the 1.6.0_26 update was installed, it was still very slow. Someone in the thread said that in Linux you can have two Java versions installed on a system side by side, and he gave instructions on how to do it. Following those instructions, I've tried both 1.6.0_21 and 1.6.0_22. Base works well with both of them, but is just a tiny bit faster on my systems with the _21 version. When you install the second version as per the instructions this person gave, the older version is only used for LibreOffice. The browsers are still using the latest version, so you have all of the security protection of the latest version. I'm sorry I can't give you advise relative to Windows systems. I don't know if Windows has the same situation as Linux. The problem wasn't that Base didn't run in Linux. It was just very sluggish. On 08/09/2011 06:50 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Except that quite a few people have reported problems with ultra-new java such > as the _26 version. The _22 and _20 were ok but the _21 seems to be the best > for LibreOffice Base. I think the _22 is the standard one in the Ubuntu repos > but i'm not sure about other distros or Windows (or Mac or Bsd). It might mean > you need to have 2 versions of Java installed as your web-browser might be >using > something other than the _20 - _22 > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<webmas...@krackedpress.com> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Sun, 7 August, 2011 14:00:59 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base 3.4.2 doesn't run on Windows 7 > > > I remember something about Sun/Oracle older version of Java having problem with > LibreOffice, but there is an open-source version that would instead. > > The one on my Ubuntu system states it is Sun's Java, but the file's name > [folder's name] of the runtime engine seems to be "Java-6-openjdk". > > I know someone on this list would know what the best link for it is. Ubuntu > seems to have it on its repository, but Windows would need a link to > find/download it for their use. > > As for the latest version of Java, it is always a good idea to keep your >version > of Java up-to-date. > > On 08/07/2011 07:20 AM, Juan Antonio wrote: >> Solved . The problem was *Java*. It wasn't correctly installed in my pc. >> >> I've desinstalled Java and then installed the last version, and LibreOffice >> Base runs normally. >> >> Regards! >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >>http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Base-3-4-2-doesn-t-run-on-Windows-7-tp3222847p3232949.html >>l >> >> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- *** * -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted