OpenOffice.org broken

[Nadeem Bitar]

I can't figure out why, but openoffice writer is completely broken it
takes a few seconds for letters to appear after you type them. That's on
a fast machine (3.2GHz, 1GB ram). The CPU and memory usage is very low
and there isn't any disk activity so I am puzzled by that.
 
Anyone having the same problem and is there any solution. 

Between I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 on Fedora Core 2.

[Andy Wallace]

On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 18:59, Nadeem Bitar wrote:
>  I can't figure out why, but openoffice writer is completely
> broken it
>  takes a few seconds for letters to appear after you type them. That's on
>  a fast machine (3.2GHz, 1GB ram). The CPU and memory usage is very low
>  and there isn't any disk activity so I am puzzled by that.
>   
>  Anyone having the same problem and is there any solution. 
>  
>  Between I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 on Fedora Core 2.
>  
>   
I've just installed FC2 on my 2.8GHz PC with 1GB RAM, and I'm also having
problems with OpenOffice.org.

It works, but takes about 5 minutes to start, then a further 10 minutes
to open a single-page document. Once the document is loaded, the
performance is OK, but it then takes another 5 minutes to save the file
to disk.

I haven't had time to look into the cause yet, but any suggestions will
be gratefully received!

AndyW

On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 10:11:09PM +0100, Andy Wallace wrote:
>  On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 18:59, Nadeem Bitar wrote:
>  > I can't figure out why, but openoffice writer is completely broken it
>  > takes a few seconds for letters to appear after you type them. That's on
>  > a fast machine (3.2GHz, 1GB ram). The CPU and memory usage is very low
>  > and there isn't any disk activity so I am puzzled by that.
>  >  
>  > Anyone having the same problem and is there any solution. 
>  > 
>  > Between I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 on Fedora Core 2.
>  > 
>  > 
>  I've just installed FC2 on my 2.8GHz PC with 1GB RAM, and I'm also having
>  problems with OpenOffice.org.
>  
>  It works, but takes about 5 minutes to start, then a further 10 minutes
>  to open a single-page document. Once the document is loaded, the
>  performance is OK, but it then takes another 5 minutes to save the file
>  to disk.
>  
>  I haven't had time to look into the cause yet, but any suggestions will
>  be gratefully received!
>  
>  AndyW 
Not that this will help but that is not my experience with a 2 GHZ PC
and 500MB of Ram.
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[Fernando Perez]

akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote:
>  On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 10:11:09PM +0100, Andy Wallace wrote:
>  
> >On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 18:59, Nadeem Bitar wrote:
> >
> >>I can't figure out why, but openoffice writer is completely broken it
> >>takes a few seconds for letters to appear after you type them. That's on
> >>a fast machine (3.2GHz, 1GB ram). The CPU and memory usage is very low
> >>and there isn't any disk activity so I am puzzled by that.
> >> 
> >>Anyone having the same problem and is there any solution. 
> >>
> >>Between I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 on Fedora Core 2.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I've just installed FC2 on my 2.8GHz PC with 1GB RAM, and I'm also having
> >problems with OpenOffice.org.
> >
> >It works, but takes about 5 minutes to start, then a further 10 minutes
> >to open a single-page document. Once the document is loaded, the
> >performance is OK, but it then takes another 5 minutes to save the file
> >to disk. 
I just traced OO not starting (maybe I didn't wait long enough) to it hanging 
waiting for a printer.  Try

strace oowriter

in a terminal, and see if you notice any hangups with recent 'Foomatic' 
messages or IP addresses in them.  Those are connections to network printers.

I cleaned up my cups.conf file and this fixed things.

Also try starting krpinter, I was having the same hangups with kprinter, 
ultimately from the same origin.

This may help narrowing the culprit.

best,

f

[Nadeem Bitar]

On 金, 2004-06-04 at 13:28 -0600, Fernando Perez wrote:
>  akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote:
>  > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 10:11:09PM +0100, Andy Wallace wrote:
>  > 
>  >>On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 18:59, Nadeem Bitar wrote:
>  >>
>  >>>I can't figure out why, but openoffice writer is completely broken it
>  >>>takes a few seconds for letters to appear after you type them. That's on
>  >>>a fast machine (3.2GHz, 1GB ram). The CPU and memory usage is very low
>  >>>and there isn't any disk activity so I am puzzled by that.
>  >>> 
>  >>>Anyone having the same problem and is there any solution. 
>  >>>
>  >>>Between I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 on Fedora Core 2.
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >>I've just installed FC2 on my 2.8GHz PC with 1GB RAM, and I'm also
> having
>  >>problems with OpenOffice.org.
>  >>
>  >>It works, but takes about 5 minutes to start, then a further 10 minutes
>  >>to open a single-page document. Once the document is loaded, the
>  >>performance is OK, but it then takes another 5 minutes to save the file
>  >>to disk.
>  
>  I just traced OO not starting (maybe I didn't wait long enough) to it hanging 
>  waiting for a printer.  Try
>   
OO starts on my machine with no problem but after it starts it is
incredibly slow to type anything. 

>  strace oowriter
>   
I already did that without spotting an obvious error.

>  in a terminal, and see if you notice any hangups with recent
> 'Foomatic' 
>  messages or IP addresses in them.  Those are connections to network printers.
>   
I do not get that.

>  I cleaned up my cups.conf file and this fixed things.
>   

>  Also try starting krpinter, I was having the same hangups with
> kprinter, 
>  ultimately from the same origin.
>   
>  This may help narrowing the culprit.
>  
>  best,
>  
>  f
>  
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[Andy Wallace]

On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 20:28, Fernando Perez wrote:
>  akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote:
>  > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 10:11:09PM +0100, Andy Wallace wrote:
>  > 
>  >>On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 18:59, Nadeem Bitar wrote:
>  >>
>  >>>I can't figure out why, but openoffice writer is completely broken it
>  >>>takes a few seconds for letters to appear after you type them. That's on
>  >>>a fast machine (3.2GHz, 1GB ram). The CPU and memory usage is very low
>  >>>and there isn't any disk activity so I am puzzled by that.
>  >>> 
>  >>>Anyone having the same problem and is there any solution. 
>  >>>
>  >>>Between I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 on Fedora Core 2.
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >>I've just installed FC2 on my 2.8GHz PC with 1GB RAM, and I'm also
> having
>  >>problems with OpenOffice.org.
>  >>
>  >>It works, but takes about 5 minutes to start, then a further 10 minutes
>  >>to open a single-page document. Once the document is loaded, the
>  >>performance is OK, but it then takes another 5 minutes to save the file
>  >>to disk.
>  
>  I just traced OO not starting (maybe I didn't wait long enough) to it hanging 
>  waiting for a printer.  Try
>   
Good call! This was a fresh install and I hadn't even configured the
printer yet. I configured my printer (networked cups printer on another
box) and OO started up instantly.

Thanks for the help,
AndyW