On 24/09/14 21:56, Israel wrote: > On 09/24/2014 03:18 PM, John Hupp wrote: >> On 9/24/2014 3:57 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I've encountered a problem with running LibreOffice (4.4.0.x) on a fresh >>> installation of Lubuntu 14.04, in that text only paints as the mouse >>> moves over it and mainly, but not always disappears as the mouse moves >>> away. My machine is only an old toy (Pentium III) so this is not a >>> serious problem, but I would like to understand it. >>> >>> Any thoughts, anyone. >>> >>> Peter HB >> >> A shot in the dark, but I encountered some odd effects vaguely like >> that on a machine with a video card that was not fully supported >> anymore. In short, this could be a video driver issue. But if so I >> think it likely that you would see some other effects outside of >> LibreOffice as well. If such things *only* occur in LibreOffice, then >> the cause is probably elsewhere. >> > Hi Peter, > I agree with John, it sounds like a graphics card issue. Did you > install LibreOffice through the normal channels? > I too am running 14.04. > When I run: > apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer > I get: > libreoffice-writer: > Installed: 1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1 > Candidate: 1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1 > So I have 4.2 rather than 4.4 so You may have a strange version installed. > I suggest installing Libreoffice from the repos. > sudo apt-get install libreoffice > or find it in your graphics package manager of choice.
Thanks for the suggestions. I always install the "real thing" from libreoffice.org as I lack confidence in the repos' modifications to the designers' intentions. However I must apologise for the typo; the current version is 4.3.1, not 4.4. As suggested above, it could be a graphics card issue, but all other programs display just fine. Peter HB
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