Issue 10285 - hangs XFree86 4.1.0.1 on toshiba with only 64mb memory
Summary: hangs XFree86 4.1.0.1 on toshiba with only 64mb memory
Status: CLOSED IRREPRODUCIBLE
Alias: None
Product: ui
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.1
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: jack.warchold
QA Contact: issues@ui
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Keywords: oooqa
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-12-23 18:52 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2003-09-10 09:00 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Unknown 2002-12-23 18:52:45 UTC 
installation of openoffice was very flaky, with constant hanging of
machine, and irrecoverable crashes.

now successfully installed, at the "register now / later" dialog,
it is impossible to proceed because clicking on the register later
radio button, the toshiba hangs.

presumably this is due to Xfree86 taking up 14mb, openoffice taking
up 30mb, and both programs ending up in swap space because the
system has only 64mb of memory.

registered this also as a bug with the xfree86 team.
Comment 1 dankegel 2003-07-26 19:54:12 UTC 
Sounds like a system problem, not an OpenOffice problem.
One way to look into it might be to try running OpenOffice
on the machine in question, but from a remote display.
That way X won't be in memory on the Toshiba,
and there'll be no chance it's actually an X driver problem.

If it turns out we really don't run in 64MB,
than we need to change our documented system
requirements (http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html)
which say we can run ok on 64MB systems.
However, I just booted a Red Hat 9 desktop with mem=64M
on the kernel command line to simulate a 64MB system,
and OpenOffice 1.0.2 started up fine.  It only used 20MB of RAM.
XFree86 only used 5MB.  (Note: you have to look at RSS, not virtual
memory, when figuring out how much RAM X uses.)
Comment 2 jack.warchold 2003-09-03 12:28:13 UTC 
jw: reassigned to  jw

please tell us if the problem still occurs with the latest office. 
else i will close this issue on sep. 17th 03
Comment 3 jack.warchold 2003-09-10 08:59:57 UTC 
closed

feel free to reopen if the error still occurs wit the latest office 
release.
Comment 4 jack.warchold 2003-09-10 09:00:17 UTC 
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