From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 30 05:33:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA08388 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 05:33:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA08382 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 05:33:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00905; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 23:57:21 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199710301327.XAA00905@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mark Andres cc: Mike Smith , Vladimir Kushnir , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with the setup script for StarOffice 3.1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:16:03 +0900." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 23:57:20 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Thanks for the quick reponse. No sweat; sorry it's not more positive. 8( > Ok, here is what I get. I now see that it is the setup program which is > the problem. > > bob% swriter3 > User Install required before swriter3 can be run, please wait... > Segmentation fault - core dumped Aha. 8) > I took a quick gander that their home page and looked at the information > on 3.1 (http://www.stardivision.com/staroffice/linux.html). It requires a > 486 and I am installing on a Thinkpad 220 (386 gack!). That explains the > seg fault. Ouch! And I hate to think what it would feel like on a 386 performance-wise too; you really want a Pentium before it starts to be usable. Short of learning *roff, I can't think of too many alterntatives, sorry. mike