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mkyral Apprentice
Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 185 Location: Czech Republic
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:51 pm Post subject: Ugly (flickering) LibreOffice 5.4 |
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Hi,
I've updated libreoffice from 5.2.7.2 to 5.4.0.3. Unfortunately, this new version is unusable. Application looks ugly, menu/icons are hidden and shows only until mouse. Application flickers.
See screenshot - difference is only a mouse position:
http://kyralovi.cz/tmp/tmp/Screenshot_20170809_135119.png
http://kyralovi.cz/tmp/tmp/Screenshot_20170809_135148.png
I'm using kde5/plasma desktop with intell graphics - all is smooth, without flickering. Only new LO. I've also tried binaries from LO site, but result is the same. I have to return back to 5.2.7.2.
Any idea, what is wrong? Or what changed in LO? Did I miss something? |
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albright Advocate
Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 2588 Location: Near Toronto
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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I find that on *some* of my intel graphics computers (the
newest in fact - HD graphics 530) I have to use UXA in
xorg to prevent artifacts such as you are experiencing.
They also exist on my intel graphics HD-520 but are much
less noticeable.
Anyway, you could try using UXA instead of default SNA
and see if things improve. _________________ .... there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth
doing as simply messing about with Linux ...
(apologies to Kenneth Graeme) |
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mike155 Advocate
Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 4438 Location: Frankfurt, Germany
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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1) What about LibreOffice 5.3? Does it look OK? I would like to know whether the problems come from 5.2 -> 5.3 or from 5.3 -> 5.4
2) Have you tried to switch off hardware acceleration? |
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mkyral Apprentice
Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 185 Location: Czech Republic
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, I'll try UXA. But probably tomorrow.
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1) What about LibreOffice 5.3? Does it look OK? I would like to know whether the problems come from 5.2 -> 5.3 or from 5.3 -> 5.4
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No. I've skipped 5.3. Maybe I'll try, but you know, compilation is very long
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2) Have you tried to switch off hardware acceleration?
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I've tried switch from OpenGL to Xrender - no change |
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sdoubleyou n00b
Joined: 27 May 2016 Posts: 42
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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You can try the following things
a) use the variable "export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN = kde4" before starting libreoffice.
b) LibreOffice toolbars unreadable with dark themes - to use toolbar icons compatible with dark themes, set environment variable VCL_ICONS_FOR_DARK_THEME=1 before loading libreoffice
c) Tools > options > preferences > Libreoffice > View >= graphics output: uncheck "use hardware acceleration" |
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mkyral Apprentice
Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 185 Location: Czech Republic
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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sdoubleyou wrote: | You can try the following things
a) use the variable "export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN = kde4" before starting libreoffice.
b) LibreOffice toolbars unreadable with dark themes - to use toolbar icons compatible with dark themes, set environment variable VCL_ICONS_FOR_DARK_THEME=1 before loading libreoffice
c) Tools > options > preferences > Libreoffice > View >= graphics output: uncheck "use hardware acceleration" |
Thanks, will try. Ad b) - I don't use dark theme on that computer.
Meanwhile, I've compiled LO 5.3 on another computer with intel, but there is also nvidia for openGL (Optimus) - no issues. Now I'm compilling LO 5.4 to check.
EDIT: LO 5.4 compilled - works OK, no issues. Have to check tomorrow on plain intel (without optimus). |
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mkyral Apprentice
Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 185 Location: Czech Republic
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | c) Tools > options > preferences > Libreoffice > View >= graphics output: uncheck "use hardware acceleration" |
So LO 5.4 installed again, after unchecking of this option, LO finally works. Only fonts looks a little bit uglier, but not big issue.
Thanks, all for help. |
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msst Apprentice
Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 259
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm, I seem to have the same problem with libreoffice-5.4.3.2.
Is there a way to disable hardware acceleration without using the menus? Because it is flickering so badly, that the program is entirely unuseable. I see nothing except glibberish. |
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Hu Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21635
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:27 am Post subject: |
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That setting is almost certainly stored in a file somewhere. I don't know where, but perhaps you can find it with some lucky use of recursive grep. If not, hopefully someone familiar with the program can find it for you and post it. It will be easier to find for someone who can change it through the GUI and search their files for changes than for you, since you must rely on guessing how and where it is stored. Alternately, you might be able to navigate at least some of those menus using keyboard accelerators, if you know or can guess those. The first letter of each level is often a good guess. |
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kite14 Apprentice
Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 216 Location: Italy
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I would like to share my findings about this issue...
I experienced this kind of screen corruption with either Intel or AMD open-source driver (Intel core 3rd generation and 7th generation graphic controller, and Radeon HD3650 graphic controller) every time I enabled "OpenGL rendering". At the moment, I have three PCs with the following working configuration:
Tools → Options → Preferences → LibreOffice → View:
Use Hardware acceleration checked
Use anti-alias checked
Use OpenGL rendering unchecked
mas- wrote: | Is there a way to disable hardware acceleration without using the menus? Because it is flickering so badly, that the program is entirely unuseable. I see nothing except glibberish. |
LO config files are stored in ~/.config/libreoffice/ and sub-folders; Probably you'd better off deleting the "libreoffice" folder and start over with a new configuration.
Hope this helps... |
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msst Apprentice
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, I can confirm that
Quote: | LO config files are stored in ~/.config/libreoffice/ and sub-folders; Probably you'd better off deleting the "libreoffice" folder and start over with a new configuration. |
deleting these fixes the problem by unsetting
Code: | Use OpenGL rendering unchecked |
and as soon as I enable it again --> all screwed up totally.
Grafic card is:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper XT [Radeon HD 5770] |
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kite14 Apprentice
Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 216 Location: Italy
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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mas- wrote: | Thanks, I can confirm that
Quote: | LO config files are stored in ~/.config/libreoffice/ and sub-folders; Probably you'd better off deleting the "libreoffice" folder and start over with a new configuration. |
deleting these fixes the problem by unsetting
Code: | Use OpenGL rendering unchecked |
and as soon as I enable it again --> all screwed up totally.
Grafic card is:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper XT [Radeon HD 5770] |
I'm glad to hear that you managed to fix it; it looks like there are quite a few bugs open about LO/OpenGL, some of them are even a couple of years old, but very similar to what we experienced.
Just few examples:
- https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99299
- https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108096
- https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93529
It's no accident that "OpenGL rendering" is disabled by default in Linux... |
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