2007/1/22, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Sunday 14 January 2007 18:52, Mirosław Majka wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Hi, > the problem is that when I start OpenOffice it connects to some remote > host which slows the process down. I've noticed it when my Internet > provider had problems with its DNS server. The startup just went on > forever. When I switched off the network connection it was back to > normal. I have only figured out that OO wanted to connect to my DNS > server but that's it. > > Can you tell me how to prevent OO from connecting SOMEWHER on startup? > > My installation is a Gentoo Linux compilation (version 2.1, kernel > 2.6.18) with the following USE flags: > branding cairo cups dbus firefox gnome gstreamer gtk kde sound > -binfilter -debug -eds -ldap -odk -pam -webdav -java > This behaviour sounds like a bug. However do you have a local DNS cache ? Where is localhost resolved to ? Have you checked with ethereal ( now AKA wireshark) to know what sites your OOo version is trying to connect to ? Please reply to [email protected] only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor
Hello Miroslaw Maybe it is OpenOffice.org looking whether there is an update available (new option in 2.1) See Tools > Options > OpenOffice -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.1 RC 2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and dutch OOo 2.1 RC 1 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
