** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577093
Title:
libreoffice-gtk conflicts with large lo-writer file
Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installed originally from a weekly beta2 ISO;
the image was verified at the time to match its checksum and the
install has since consistently been upgraded.
From the start, Libreoffice writer (1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1 - amd64) has
struggled with a "large" file I have been working on since Ubuntu
15.04, although it works perfectly for newly created files or
existing smaller files, though.
I was hoping to continue using my exiting file, however: one that
counts about 14,000 paragraphs, 3.5 million characters and some 300
tables as well a large number of bookmarks/internal links).
I should have hoped that LO would simply load it and let me get on
with my work as it did before.
Unfortunately, here is what really happens whenever I try to load it:
- when the progress bar completes , Writer greys out and locks up for several
minutes on end (anything from a few minutes to a quarter of an hour)
- during that time, the interface is clearly distorted (two overlapping
status bars - duplicated vertical scrollbars at the right side - the title bar
covering up the menu bar as well as part of the upper toolbar - the horizontal
ruler shifted to the right, causing the "comments" column to appear on the left
rather than the right)
- when the file eventually gets loaded and the interface is restored, the
menus turns out to be unusable: the drop-downs are narrow blacks slabs without
any entries and without any responsiveness
- the page count is wildly off: the file is about 1100 pages, yet Writer
reports over 1800; at any moment, however, it will update its count to reflect
the actual number.
- random actions can produce a new prolonged lock-up; in particular copying
text, opening up the navigator or doing a search.
The only way to open the file in a usable way is to restart Writer
several times in a row (which takes LOTS of patience considering the
time it takes the file to load...)
Apparently, the only way to avoid these problems is to delete the
libreoffice-gnome/gtk packages. Unfortunately, that leaves me with an
interface that looks like are relic from a previous century....
I did not much like that, so I have experimented with the debs
available directly from the LibreOffice project. Sadly, I am seeing
the same behaviour.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun May 1 05:28:07 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-07 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160405)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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