Jurgen Schellaert, to clarify: 1) Did this issue happen in Ubuntu versions prior to 16.04? 2) Is this reproducible in a later version of LibreOffice via https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice ?
** Description changed: - 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. + After opening https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1577093/+attachment/4652522/+files/wlst.odt , LibreOffice becomes unresponsive, graying out from a few minutes to a quarter of an hour at a time. During this, the interface has various presentation issues: + - 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 - 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. + 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. - 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). + Newly created files or existing smaller files are fine. - 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. + WORKAROUND: Uninstall packages: + libreoffice-gnome + libreoffice-gtk 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) ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577093 Title: libreoffice-gtk conflicts with large lo-writer file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1577093/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
