On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 07:20 -0500, kalin mintchev wrote: > hi all... > > i've been waiting for long time to start using open office.... tested it > a long time ago on linux but didn't have enough patience to install it on > my freebsd laptop. > > well finally - after 4 - 5 hours build of java ports and 12 hours (on a > 2.2ghz laptop!?!?) of build of the oo-1.1 port i got it installed. the > setup program went without any issues. > > then oo starts fine but when i try to do a new document - any kind - it > freezes so bad that even after the machine is synched and ready to go down > it won't let go and i have to pull the plug.... it happens when i try to > create a new document. i tried the other menus and they were all fine. i > start it as my user - not as root... > > there isn't anything in the logs and as far is i can see there are no > cores dumped.... > > now i'm not sure what to do to make this install usable.... > > machine is a 2.2 ghz thinkpad, freebsd 5.3, jdk 1.4.2, Xorg and sawfish.. > > what now? > Boy are you brave! All that time when a binary is available. How about trying the binary available from http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/ From here you may also find others who have built OOo and can offer advice. -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly.
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