Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:39:45 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org, Martin Sugioarto <nakal@web.de> Cc: openoffice@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/119204: [patch] editors/OpenOffice.org-2 v2.3 loops when file opened Message-ID: <200802211039.45199.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200802200930.m1K9U6dr096496@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200802200930.m1K9U6dr096496@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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 <nakal@web.de> > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, > Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info>, > Maho NAKATA <chat95@mac.com> > 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
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