[SWLUG] Slow file loading in LibreOffice

[Dave Cridland]

On Tue Jul 26 19:32:49 2011, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Tue Jul 26 19:11:09 2011, Edward Evans wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> 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?

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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