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Date:      Tue, 09 Sep 1997 14:33:27 -0500
From:      "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>
To:        "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" <rafareta@mail.mexcom.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Word processors under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19970909143327.006b36fc@midwest.net>
In-Reply-To: <341589C6.DB468BDB@mexcom.net>
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Is your network connection down when you start star office, On my system
whenever I open netscape, and my link is down there's 2 min delay or so,
Netscape is setup to access a local page first not anything that needs to
be resolved....



At 12:39 PM 9/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Prashant Dongre wrote:
>
>> Jim Durham wrote:
>>
>> > A number of people commented that StarOffice works quite nicely
>> > under FreeBSD, and it does...except for one problem that must
>> > be happening here only because no one mentioned it. Any time I
>> > start a StarOffice application, it "pauses" for 3 minutes before
>> > it comes up, then runs fine.
>> >
>> > I posted this before, but with the interest in the current thread,
>> > thought I'd try again.
>> >
>> > My guess is that it's looking for something, a sound card (using
>> > a SB 16 here) or a network connection or whatever and it has to
>> > time out before it comes up.
>> >
>> > Anyone else having this problem?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jim Durham <Television Engineer-Unitel Mobile Video, Pittsburgh>
>> >   <Computer Consultant/Hobbyist> <Amateur Radio: W2XO>
>> >   <Web:http://www.w2xo.pgh.pa.us>; <Packet:W2XO@W2XO.#SWPA.PA.USA.NOAM>
>>
>>   No... No problem like 3 mins wait for me....
>> Prashant.
>
>  For me (pentium 133, 34M, running netscape) 40 Sec.
>
>
>



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