On 25/09/14 01:56, Israel 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.
That's a good thought. Next time I fire up the m/c in question I'll give the repository version a try. Peter HB
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