OpenOffice ridiculously slow to start on FC3

[Mike Klinke]

On Friday 03 December 2004 18:32, JL wrote:
 
>
> I tried running strace oowriter......here's the end of the output
> where it is hanging up.
>
> time(NULL)                              = 1102119632
> socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 27
> fcntl64(27, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)        = 0
> setsockopt(27, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
> setsockopt(27, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
> connect(27, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(631),
> sin_addr=inet_addr("64.15.205.241")}, 16) = -1 ECONNREFUSED
> (Connection refused)
> close(27)                               = 0
>
> which then repeats with ther addresses 64.15.205.155,
> 64.15.205.180, 64.15.205.202, and several others. The  delay in
> starting is caused by the timeout on all the connections. Can
> anybody explain what on earth is happening?
>
 
That block of addresses belongs to an outfit that seems to be 
associated with "all things spammy" if you look them up via Google.  
I can't imagine why opening ooffice would try to contact that net 
block, or any other for that matter.  Ooffice doesn't do that here.

If you don't get any other concrete ideas on this I'd be tempted to 
remove and re-install OpenOffice to see if that makes a difference.  
If you were running a Windows box I'd suggest a diagnostic program 
program like "spybot" but .....

Regards, Mike Klinke


20:59:19 # whois -h whois.arin.net 64.15.205.241
[Querying whois.arin.net]
[Redirected to rwhois.exodus.net:4321]
[Querying rwhois.exodus.net]
[rwhois.exodus.net]
network:Class-Name:network
network:Auth-Area:0.0.0.0/0
network:Network-Name:64.15.205.0
network:IP-Network:64.15.205.0/24
network:Organization;I:DBS Administration Pty Ltd
network:Name;I:Billy Vanderent
network:Email;I:b.vanderent at au.darkbluesea.com
network:Street;I:GPO Box 278
network:City;I:Brisbane, QLD, Australia 4001