OpenOffice 2 (impress) and PowerPC hangs.

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James Tappin Wrote: 
> I'm running Kubuntu Breezy on a G3 iBook (600 MHz, 384 Mb), and I'd
> like

> to be able to use Version 2 (well 1.9.129) of OpenOffice impress, but
> if

> I take an existing OO 1 (.sxi) presentation and try to edit it,

> OpenOffice2 hangs up immediately (no buttons respond, the window
> contents

> do not refresh) and the only things I can do are to kill it with

> Ctrl-Alt-Escape or from a command line.

> 

> Has anyone else had this problem (or not had this problem)? Is it PPC

> specific (i.e. most likely endianness related) or more general.

> 

> Many thanks for any pointers

> 	James

> 

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try starting from the cli 



ooimpress2 



(or something) and watch the terminal for output ...to kill it you
should be able to do CTRL C in the terminal which is easier :D  



How does it run generally, I almost bought a minimac 1.2Ghz yesterday
and Im interested to know.


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