[K12OSN] Impress crashing .. ver 2.3

[James P. Kinney III]

On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 11:29 -0600, Brandon Kovach wrote:
> First, thanks for the help, Dave.  I agree with your selinux eval, but
> though I should try it as more stuff is including it now. Unfortunately, I
> am writing again...
> 
> More evidence.  Selinux disabled, firewall disabled (server is behind
> another firewall anyhow).  Impress still crashes with same symptoms at a
> thin client.  It runs fine from the console and through VNC.
> 
> Any suggestions?


Run a memtest check on the server. You are looking for memory errors.
Also check the temperatures and fans. I have 30+ servers out running 100
+ clients each and impress is not a crash-prone application.

That said, be sure to double check that the Java you think you are using
is the one you are _really_ using. Th GNU java is not ready for the
world yet and OpenOffice.org uses Sun Java. The OOo released from OOo
uses Sun Java. The OOo from RedHat (and friends) is compiled using the
GNU java. So the place to look is the alternatives command. OOo for Sun
java will not work reliably using GNU java.
> 
> BK
> 
> -- 
> Brandon Kovach
> Logan-Rogersville R-8 Schools
> Technology Director
> 
> 
> > I have always set selinux to disabled on the boxes. I have never had
> > any good experiences with selinux set to permissive.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Dave Hopkins
> > Newark Charter School
> >
> > On Dec 13, 2007 11:58 AM, Brandon Kovach <bkovach at logrog.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I searched and searched yesterday and found several things regarding
> >> Impress crashing.  So I uninstalled (via yum) openoffice 2.0.4 that
> >> comes
> >> stock to the box, in k12ltsp 6.0 32 bit.  Then I installed the LNG java
> >> from sun ... 1.6 I think. Then I installed, via rpm, openoffice 2.3.1
> >> from
> >> openoffice.org.  I set the exception=openoffice.org in yum.conf and
> >> still
> >> nothing.  I found the SE linux deal, and set that to permissive.  That
> >> got
> >> the applications running.  However, Impress still crashes now.  But
> >> different than yesterday, it crashes at random after you start a
> >> presentation.  Yesterday, it crashed right off the bat.  Now, I may get
> >> a
> >> slide or two in before it crashes.  I have some reservations about how
> >> SE
> >> linux was actually set to permissive by the GUI tool, as it took parts
> >> of
> >> a second to do when on install, it takes a minute or two to change.
> >>
> >> Any help?
> >>
> >> BK
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brandon Kovach
> >> Logan-Rogersville R-8 Schools
> >> Technology Director
> >>
> >>
> >>
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