Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice pause during startupThis has worked for me in allrecent versions of Ubuntu

Don Myers wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> This has worked for me in all recent versions of Ubuntu:
>
> In terminal, do gksudo gedit /etc/hosts
> Add line as shown below for, for instance, 127.0.0.1 galaxy localhost
> galaxy.(none) below
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 galaxy
> 4) and add a line so it looks like this:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 galaxy
> 127.0.0.1 galaxy localhost galaxy.(none)
> 5) save
> 6) now LibreOffice.org Writer and Calc open fast when the network
> connection is attached.
>
> For anyone new reading this. replace "galaxy" with whatever you have
> named your computer.
>
>
> On 07/20/2012 02:44 AM, Robert Mesibov wrote:
> > I'm running LibreOffice 3.4.6 OOO340m1 (Build:602) on Debian Squeeze.
> >
> > The progress bar on the splash screen stops part-way during startup
> > for about 10 seconds. During this time LO sends a request of some sort
> > over the network connection (lights flash on router) every 2 seconds,
> > 5 times in all. LO then completes startup.
> >
> > This happens
> > - with the splash screen turned off in /etc/libreoffice/sofficerc (the
> > pause and network requesting still happen)
> > - when launching LO by itself, or when opening a Writer or other LO
> > document through a file manager
> > - with Java RE option on or off
> >
> > With an LO document already open, there is no pause when opening a
> > second LO document. The pause only occurs during startup.
> >
> > How to stop LO from sending requests over the network on startup, so
> > that it opens without the 10-second pause?

     Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Online Update
If an update option of Daily is checked, would this account for the 
network connection? Or, might it be a bug in that every time LO is 
opened it checks for an update instead of once a day? If so, would 
unchecking "Check for updates automatically" stop this?

--Dan


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