[ubuntu-uk] openoffice - potential solution

[Norman Silverstone]

> > My brother is venturing into the land of Ubuntu and has installed (so he
> > tells me) 8.10. He is happy as can be with everything he has tried so
> > far with the exception Of OpenOffice. He reports that when he runs the
> > application he is presented with a screen with no bars at all including
> > the menu bar. Also, when he types in the page he gets no letters just
> > dashes. Has anyone any idea, please, on what he should do to get Office
> > running I would hate to lose a potential convert.
> > 
> > 
> Iam using 8.10 and have had similar issues with compiz enabled,  if I
> have standard effects as in the first radio button option in the desktop
> effects list, it works
> 
> I am using a nvidia geforce 4 graphics card, so kinda old,  perhaps he
> has a similar card using legacy drivers.
> 
> so try turning off the destop effects.

Thanks, that is the answer, changed to standard effects and OO works. I
believe it is a very old box on which he has installed Ubuntu so it must
have been the old graphics card.

Norman