On 10/23/05, Steve Merkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>I have noticed that Base is quite slow when, for instance, I click on > >>>>>>>>the button "Tables" by the first time. Is there some way of improving > >>>>>>>>that? (I am using OOo 1.9.125 on Fedora Core 4.) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>I would recommend that you upgrade to 2.0Final as soon as possible. > >>>>>>>m125 > >>>>>>>is old unless you want to stick with that RH version. You might also > >>>>>>>like to let us know which JRE you use. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>Thanks. I am waiting for the RH version to upgrade to 2.0. Regarding > >>>>>>JRE, I have installed > >>>>>> > >>>>>>jre1.5.0_05 > >>>>>> > >>>>>>but getting > >>>>>> > >>>>>>$ java -version > >>>>>>java version "1.4.2" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>Now, I have > >>>>> > >>>>>$ java -version > >>>>>java version "1.5.0_05" > >>>>>Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_05-b05) > >>>>>Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_05-b05, mixed mode, sharing) > >>>>>$ > >>>>> > >>>>>But Base is still slow when I click on the button "Tables" by the > >>>>>first time. Maybe, this problem is already solved in OOo 2.0. I will > >>>>>install 2.0 as soon as it appears on the stable FC4 repositories. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>I thought you might be interested in knowing the FC4 disables some > >>>>features in OOo, the main one that really bothered me was the lack of > >>>>the autofill feature in Calc. I'm not an expert but I saw something > >>>>that said the FC4 disables the Java features due to licensing issues. > >>>>You may know some way around it, but I ended up just installing the > >>>>official release from OOo, and my problem went away, it was pretty > >>>>painless with the new RPM pakages. > >>>> Just an FYI, don't know if it interests you or not. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Thanks, Steve, for you very useful information. Are there rpms for > >>>installing the official release? I can only find: > >>> > >>>OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>That is the collection you want. > > > >Do you mean that OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz contains the rpms > >that I am looking for? > > > Sounds right, just unpack the files, the one I used (RC3) had a > directory that contained all the RPMs, in that there was also a > directory that had 'special' files for different setups. I moved the > one labeled as red-hat to the directory with the other RPMs and then ran > the rpm install command that installed all the rpm files in the given > directory. Sorry I don't have specifics but they are on the OOo website > under installation instructions. > Hope this helps
Thanks, Steve. I have already the official version of OpenOffice 2.0 working fine on my computer running FC4. Although the reported slowness problem persists, it is much less pronounced, i.e., the situation has improved. Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
