On 25/09/14 07:43, Rafael Laguna wrote: > Peter, as a designer I must answer. Trust me when I say the last thing > the packagers think about is the application design. In fact, to > integrate better LibreOffice to any GTK desktop you must install a few > packages made separatedly from LibreOffice, like a couple GTK engines > and the theme Sifr. > > (L)Ubuntu is stable and compatible enough to ensure any standard Linux > app will work once unpacked from the Internet, but that doesn't mean > packaged versions for our repositories are "touched" in some way. > They're just recompiled for easy install. > > -- > Rafael Laguna > Lubuntu Artwork Team
Rafael, no offence was intended, it's just that I have had bugs (problems) in the past (pre-unity) that only appeared in the Ubuntu repositories and not in the LibreOffice official packages. From that I have assumed that the (?)ubuntu re-packaging involved some 'enhancements'. Please forgive the error. Peter HB > > On 25 September 2014 02:56, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On 09/24/2014 04:38 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> Hi Peter, >> if all other applications work just fine, then I would think that the issue >> is that the website's package is missing some essential modifications that >> the Ubuntu packagers make so it 'just works' in the Ubuntu derivatives. >> I'd suggest you try the repo version and see if the issue is still present. >> Otherwise, you might look for a PPA for the program, as there are most >> likely specific modifications that need to be made to the packaging for >> Ubuntu. >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> >
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