Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 16:35:51 -0500 From: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" <rafareta@mexcom.net> To: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> Cc: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" <rafareta@mail.mexcom.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Word processors under FreeBSD Message-ID: <3415C136.7B533D72@mexcom.net> References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970908151211.25365A-100000@pollux> <3414AACE.2781E494@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <34158329.897F6171@opentech.stpn.soft.net> <3.0.3.32.19970909143327.006b36fc@midwest.net>
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40 sec. is the strtup time for startwriter while I run netscape. BTW you can reduce the startup time by selecting a blank age in "growse starts with" at the general preferences menu. :) Jonathan E. Lyons wrote: > 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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