Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:08:25 -0400 From: Jim Carroll <jim@carroll.com> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: mcglk@serv.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staroffice 5.1 on 3.3-RELEASE (how I ended up getting it to work) Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.991021135303.3826D-100000@apollo.carroll.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991021133921.47188J-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Robert Watson wrote:
> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:44:47 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org>
> To: mcglk@serv.net
> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org
> Subject: Staroffice 5.1 on 3.3-RELEASE (how I ended up getting it to work)
>
>
> This morning I decided to install Staroffice 5.1 on one of my 3.3-RELEASE
> machines -- previously I had only used the StarDivision version of
> StarOffice, and only on 4.0. Needless to say, I ran into some bumps, but
> I figured I'd let people know how I ended up getting it working for me
> based on plain&simple 3.3-RELEASE, and so that you could put updates on
> your page if you liked.
We also have followed the steps you have outlined, and had success getting
Star Office installed. The last remaining problem we are having is getting
Java support installed.
I would prefer to use the FreeBSD Java VM that we have installed (version
1.1.8), but it looks like we need to use the Linux 1.1.7 JVM. I have
partially got this working, but it is definitely not right. It crashes
frequently, and the 'Java Setup' bookmark still says the JVM is not
installed.
If everyone is having less luck even getting to this point, I can give you
pointers on what we did to get here (boy I hope someone else got further).
On a related note, has anyone else tried running this client over a remote
connection ? The performance is defintely abysmal. I expected it to be
slow, but I was shocked just how bad it was (over 64K lines). We even tried
compressing the X-Protocol using DXPC. The performance improved, but it is
now only barely usable. It just burns me that the Windows based Citrix
system is faster than X.
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