Thanks "Guy Voets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 >
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