From owner-freebsd-openoffice@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 21 00:25:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: openoffice@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2701616A400 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:25:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCA313C458 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:25:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq4HAMVOvEd5LXE7/2dsb2JhbACBWYFLrVU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,382,1199626200"; d="scan'208";a="56709537" Received: from ppp121-45-113-59.lns11.adl6.internode.on.net (HELO alpha.home) ([121.45.113.59]) by ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 21 Feb 2008 10:39:46 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay Organization: at home To: freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org, Martin Sugioarto Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:39:45 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200802200930.m1K9U6dr096496@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200802200930.m1K9U6dr096496@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802211039.45199.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: openoffice@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/119204: [patch] editors/OpenOffice.org-2 v2.3 loops when file opened X-BeenThere: freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting OpenOffice to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:25:20 -0000 On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:00 pm, Martin Sugioarto wrote: > The following reply was made to PR ports/119204; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Martin Sugioarto > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > Cc: Peter Jeremy , > Marcin Cieslak , > Maho NAKATA > Subject: Re: ports/119204: [patch] editors/OpenOffice.org-2 v2.3 loops when file opened > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:26:49 +0100 > > Hi all, > > I switched to Gnome2 and same openoffice.org-2 installation that (still) does > not work with KDE3 runs perfectly with Gnome2. > > It seems something at KDE3 is not working correctly. If the brakes on your car don't work when going down hill you don't usually blame the hill. I don't run Gnome or KDE. My windows manager is CTWM and this exhibited exactly the same problem until I rebuilt OO with the patch. It seems to me that the problem is in Openoffice and that it fails to initialise something which Gnome happens to do for it. > > > Simple workaround: > If you really need to work with OpenOffice, simply don't use KDE. > As I suggested above KDE is not the problem; you need the patch or to run under Gnome; not just avoid KDE. > > I don't know what is going on there. Perhaps the KDE team will be interested > in this PR. > OK, so I am out of my depth as to the detail of the problem but it seems to me quit illogical to lay the blame on KDE, which incidently I don't like but I also don't think much of Gnome. Both follow the Microsoft style, which is OK if that is what suits you, but then why not use a Microsoft system. > -- > Martin Malcolm Kay