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> From: James Kenneth Hogan[SMTP:">gt9297b@prism.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:10 PM
> To: ">ale@ale.org
> Cc: ">gt9297b@prism.gatech.edu
> Subject: Good StarOffice Gone Bad
>
> Hello all,
>
> (I do not subscribe to the ALE list, so if you respond, please reply
> to me directly at ">gt9297b@prism.gatech.edu )
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> I am fairly new to Linux (translation: don't assume that I know
> anything!) but I am trying to do as much under Linux (and as little
> under Windows) as I can. But, I am having a problem with StarOffice.
>
> I recently upgraded my BIOS (old BIOS not Y2K compliant) and replaced
> my 580MB drive with an 8.4GB drive (I did a complete Linux reinstall
> at this point). With the old BIOS & hard drive,
> StarOffice started (relatively) quickly and worked great. Now, it
> takes a LONG time to start StarOffice (went from ~30 seconds to over
> 5 minutes just to start it). All StarOffice tasks are equally slow.
> The system is constantly accessing the hard drive.
>
> I have a Pentium 133 with 48MB RAM and am running RedHat 6.0 with
> Gnome. Everything but StarOffice seems to be working okay.
>
> Things I have tried:
> Delete & then re-add my user account (necessitating a StarOffice
> reinstall) -- Did not help.
> At the LILO prompt, typed "linux mem=48M" and system boots to
> console mode just fine, but hangs when starting X (after
> typing "startx" it goes to the typical gray weave-pattern
> screen, but hangs before the "Enlightenment" completion bar
> comes up).
>
> In my newbie mind I am thinking that, since StarOffice is runs under
> X, perhaps X is not using all the RAM I have. I don't think the BIOS
> and new hard drive have anything to do with the problem.
>
> How do I tell how much RAM Linux thinks I have, and how do I change
> it if it is wrong?
>
> Any other ideas for solutions?
>
> TIA.
>
>
> Jim Hogan
>
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