2008/7/15 Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello all, I just installed the Open Office on my brand new iMac. When > I > attempt to initialize the Open Office Program, I get this prompt: > bash-3.2$ > I then do not see anything elase opening. I then close the prompt, and > then > I click on the OpenOffice again, then it takes about 90 seconds to > initialize. Is this normal ? Please help, and thanks in advance. >
Hello Roger, The prompt is in the xterm window of the X11 utility that OpenOffice.org needs to run on your Mac. The X11 or XQuartz that comes with Leopard (OSX 10.5.x, your operating system) is different from the X11 that runs on Tiger (the previous Mac OS 10.4.x) and it isn't yet entirely bugsfree. The developers are busy with it, and you get updates with Apple's automagic Software Update. There are more regular updates available at http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/galerie.htm that may (or may not) work better with Leopard and OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org always triggers X11 to open, hence that window, that you can close if it annoys you (just click on the red button - there are more sophisticated ways of stopping X11 from opening that xterm window in the first place, but I lost the reference... I use the 'experimental' version of OOo that works without X11 - you can download it for trial, not for serious production work, since it's still being tested to weed out the bugs - see the entry page of www.openofice.orgfor the beta-2, there's a version for your Mac Intel too. BTW, the normal place to discuss these things would be the users list ( [EMAIL PROTECTED]). You can subscribe to that list and post your questions there. HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua 3.0.0 Beta-2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo Aqua 3.0.0 Beta-2 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
