LibreOffice under Lubuntu

Peter Hillier-Brook phb at hbsys.plus.com
Thu Sep 25 16:57:01 UTC 2014


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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