On Wed February 1 2006 09:16, Kira wrote:
> I gave a friend a copy of version 2.0.1 and he is trying to make a
> presentation. He wanted to make round-cornered rectangles, but when he
> selected the rounded rectangle drawing tool and went to draw the
> rectangle, his computer locked up. He said he was able to drag the
> cursor about half an inch or so before it locked up, but he never saw
> the beginnings of a rectangle (he was dragging nothingness, not a
> proto-rectangle).
>
> Other shapes work fine, only the ones with rounded corners and straight
> sides don't work. Rectangles, circles/ellipses, and so on work fine. He
> also tried to draw using Draw and ran into the same problem: rounded
> rectangles/squares locked up the computer, other shapes worked fine. He
> is using Windows 98SE on an Athlon 1300-based computer.
>
> He tried a repair install, and that didn't help. He reinstalled version
> 1.1.4 and everything works fine in that, although it couldn't find a
> Java installation during the OOo installation (he told it to run without
> Java).
>
> I tried to duplicate his results but I had no problem drawing a rounded
> rectangle in Impress 2.0.1 on my Windows XP computer. I did a search for
> issues but couldn't find anything that looked like his. I should also
> mention that when his computer locked up, even <Ctrl><Alt><Del> wouldn't
> work--he had to restart with the power button.
His problem may be an issue with the driver for Windows98 for his computer.
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