# 11.2. StarOffice 5.0 Personal Edition for Linux

If you haven't download this monster (70 MB), get it from http://www.stardivision.com/office/so5linux_body.html.

Please remember that the best place to find answers to StarOffice-related questions isn't here. Go to StarOffice's website instead. When you get there, click on "Support" and then "Personal" and make use of the resources available there.

## 11.2.1. StarOffice freezes up!

This is no fault of KDE. Are you perchance using a S3 Virge card? If so, the problem lies with the S3 server. There are three ways to it. The RedHat Xconfigurator will sense that you have a S3 card and set you up that way, so you may need to use the old xf86config program to setup X. There is support in the SVGA server for the S3 card so you will have to use that, but the one from RedHat still gives you the freeze-up.

### 11.2.1.1. Solution #1

Go to http://www.xfree86.org/ and then to their FTP site and download Xbin.tgz, Xlib.tgz, and XSVGA.tgz (please note that the latest version is 3.3.3). Unzip and untar them and then copy them to /usr/X11R6. Delete the X link in /etc/X11. Create a symbolic link to the SVGA server like this:

     ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA /usr/X11R6/bin/X

(or using xf86config will link it if you choose it specifically). You may need to tweak your XF86Config file further to get the proper resolutions and color depth. Note that the above-mentioned directories may vary according to your system configuration.

### 11.2.1.2. Solution #2

Get the Xserver (I assume S3) source code. Modify the file xc/programs/Xserver/hx/xfree86/accel/s3_virge/s3im.c around line 823 Substitute

     alu |= MIX_MONO_TRANSP;

with

     if (alu != 0x00aa0000) alu |= MIX_MONO_TRANSP;

in function s3RealImageStipple. Compile and install the new Xserver.

### 11.2.1.3. Solution #3

There is a patch available from StarOffice at http://www.stardivision.com/download/support/patch1_01.tar.gz. But there's a catch! You have to install it to StarOffice after you install StarOffice, but you can't do so because StarOffice will freeze.... One way around this is to install StarOffice under the X SVGA server, install the patch and then fire up the X S3V server.