Description of problem: OpenOffice and its components have an unmanaged spash logo, which essentially "hijacks" the middle part of the screen until the application launches. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.0.2-8 (essentially: all) How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run some application in the middle of the screen. 2. Start an OpenOffice component. 3. Try to use the application in step 1. Actual results: The middle of the screen is blocked by the splash window, which is unmanaged and cannot be moved, usage of the system is severely limited until OpenOffice actually launches. Expected results: Either the splash should be managed and able to move into a non-disturbing area of the screen, or do not use any splash. Additional info: This problem is especially annoying because the way to disable the splash is undocumented (not even in the FAQ). Further information is available from: http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/04/22/1931223.shtml?tid=51 One solution would be to change "Logo=1" into "Logo=0" in /usr/lib/openoffice/program/sofficerc
RFE logged as internal bug #110275 - will consider for future releases.
This is fixed on all versions of OpenOffice.org 1.1.x currently shipped by Red Hat for: Fedora Core 1 Fedora Core 2 RHEL3 U2