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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.penalver@xxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- [KUBUNTU ONLY]LibreOffice hangs for 20-30 seconds on load when connected to the Internet
+ LibreOffice hangs for 20-30 seconds on load when connected to the Internet

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: libreoffice
  
  LibreOffice: long load time when connected to the internet. Loading bar
  hangs at earliest stage.
  
- My workaround/solution: add "127.0.0.1    hostname localhost
- hostname.(none)" (without quotes) to /etc/hosts.
+ WORKAROUND: add "127.0.0.1 hostname localhost hostname.(none)" (without
+ quotes) to /etc/hosts.
  
  The issue is that ever since OpenOffice 3.2.1 (NOT 3.2.0), the
  application attempts to use a hacky protocol to connect to the internet
  instead of the host's machine for some reason at an early stage during
  its load. Equally strange is that it only rears its head in kubuntu, as
  far as I know.
  
  Problem existed since Kubuntu 10.04 including latest up-to-date 11.04,
  all architectures, OpenOffice versions 3.2.1 through LibreOffice 3.3.1.
  When offline, the problem does not appear at all. Multiple resolutions,
  systems, graphics cards, architectures, packages tested, all with same
  result.
  
  It is unlikely that the software transmits enough information to any
  resolvable location on the internet to comprise a security breach, but
  the possibility of erroneously transmitting user information across the
  internet instead of the local machine may comprise a risk of some sort.
  Also, recall that Oracle took over OpenOffice at the first version that
  exhibits this strange, crippling showstopper, so cause for alarm
  (paranoia) may be warranted, though it is highly unlikely.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.1-1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-6.34-generic 2.6.38-rc7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Mar 13 13:14:03 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: libreoffice
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734424

Title:
  LibreOffice hangs for 20-30 seconds on load when connected to the
  Internet

Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: libreoffice

  LibreOffice: long load time when connected to the internet. Loading
  bar hangs at earliest stage.

  WORKAROUND: add "127.0.0.1 hostname localhost hostname.(none)"
  (without quotes) to /etc/hosts.

  The issue is that ever since OpenOffice 3.2.1 (NOT 3.2.0), the
  application attempts to use a hacky protocol to connect to the
  internet instead of the host's machine for some reason at an early
  stage during its load. Equally strange is that it only rears its head
  in kubuntu, as far as I know.

  Problem existed since Kubuntu 10.04 including latest up-to-date 11.04,
  all architectures, OpenOffice versions 3.2.1 through LibreOffice
  3.3.1. When offline, the problem does not appear at all. Multiple
  resolutions, systems, graphics cards, architectures, packages tested,
  all with same result.

  It is unlikely that the software transmits enough information to any
  resolvable location on the internet to comprise a security breach, but
  the possibility of erroneously transmitting user information across
  the internet instead of the local machine may comprise a risk of some
  sort. Also, recall that Oracle took over OpenOffice at the first
  version that exhibits this strange, crippling showstopper, so cause
  for alarm (paranoia) may be warranted, though it is highly unlikely.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.1-1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-6.34-generic 2.6.38-rc7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Mar 13 13:14:03 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: libreoffice
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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