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On 26/07/11 19:50, Dave Cridland wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue Jul 26 19:32:49 2011, Dave Cridland wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue Jul 26 19:11:09 2011, Edward Evans wrote:
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<pre wrap="">When I try and open a document in LibreOffice (also OOffice) when
my internet connection is down, it takes a good minute before
anything happens. There is a brief burst of disc and CPU activity
and then nothing till the file opens about a minute later. When
the internet is up, files open in a few seconds. Does anyone know
what *Office is doing that needs internet access to open a
document, and how can I stop it waiting for it?
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<pre wrap="">Presumably it's timing out trying DNS, but what it's trying to
lookup
and why I have no idea.
I wonder if there's a network activity auditing thing you could run?
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<pre wrap="">Well, of course, what you do is use wireshark when your IP
connectivity is up, then see what it's doing.
Dave.
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<big><tt><small>I've just had a little look using "iptraf" (ntop
might be good too if wireshark is a bit intimidating).<br>
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I think it's checking your "extensions" are up to date.
Personally, starting libreOffice I get connections:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><b>12.184.192.19:80</b> which is
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/">http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/</a><br>
<b>212.219.56.135:80</b> which is Uni of Kent mirrorservice<br>
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Other options: Maybe you have registered databases that aren't
on your local machine though? Or perhaps your Java instance
does a phone home when it starts up?</small></tt></big> <br>
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HTH<br>
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pbhj<br>
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