Re: OpenOffice ridiculously slow to start on FC3

From: Gene Heskett (gene.heskett_at_verizon.net)
Date: 12/04/04

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    On Friday 03 December 2004 22:45, Eric Wood wrote:
    >----- Original Message -----
    >From: "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.
    >
    >Do a "strings" command on all the OOo binaries and grep for ip
    > patterns. I can't imagine why any ip address would be hard coded
    > into the program. Some FQDN's sure, but not an ip address.
    >Weird!
    >
    If its there, tell the OO folks ASAP. I haven't let a 64.xx.xx.xx
    address past iptables in 5 years.

    >-eric wood 

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