LibreOffice in Slackware.

3rensho · 07-05-2019, 11:14 PM

I installed the 6.2.5 packages this morning (running -current64 and Plasma5). Started LO to change the default icon scheme as Eric recommends but after about five seconds LO crashes. Running from the command line I get -

XXXX@missi:~$ libreoffice

X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 42 (X_SetInputFocus)
Resource id: 0x6000197
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 42 (X_SetInputFocus)
Resource id: 0x6000197

xxxx@missi:~$

Anyone have any ideas on the cause or is anyone else seeing this??

3rensho · 07-06-2019, 12:46 AM

Thought to go to .config and delete everything under libreoffice. Did that and it runs long enough to change the default icon setting to default and then after I click apply and finally OK it crashes with the same error as above.

3rensho · 07-06-2019, 04:07 AM

Went back and reinstalled 6.2.4 and everything runs fine. Does anyone alse have problems with 6.2.5 on -current64/Plasma5 ?

LuckyCyborg · 07-06-2019, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3rensho

Does anyone alse have problems with 6.2.5 on -current64/Plasma5 ?

On slackware-current, I have big issues with the menus from 6.2.5, within both standard KDE4 and latest Plasma5.

The issues manifests as transparent menus and menu bar (which grabs something from video memory) and the menu items become blue on hoover, and stays this way.

Tested on Intel HD2000 built in a Intel Pentim G870 on socket 1155, AMD motherboard with Radeon HD4250, discrete video card Radeon R5 240 and Radeon R3 built in Athlon 5350 on socket AM1

With all respect, but looks like Mr. Hameleers tested this build exclusively with the proprietary drivers from NVIDIA, because it is hard to believe that he does not noticed those obnoxious issues which manifests on Mesa usage, no matter which video card you use.

pchristy · 07-06-2019, 04:41 AM

Working fine here, so far.

I did Eric's recommended "tweak" a while back, when the problem first manifested itself. Since then the tweak seems to have carried over fine - I update via slackpkg+.

I'm using Intel graphics on my main desktop and laptop, and AMD (open source drivers) on my secondary desktop.

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Pete

LuckyCyborg · 07-06-2019, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchristy

Working fine here, so far.

I did Eric's recommended "tweak" a while back, when the problem first manifested itself. Since then the tweak seems to have carried over fine - I update via slackpkg+.

I'm using Intel graphics on my main desktop and laptop, and AMD (open source drivers) on my secondary desktop.

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Pete

Yes, but you use the stable 14.2 version or the slackware-current?

pchristy · 07-06-2019, 05:08 AM

Current, x86_64, and Eric's Plasma5.

Alien Bob · 07-06-2019, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

With all respect, but looks like Mr. Hameleers tested this build exclusively with the proprietary drivers from NVIDIA, because it is hard to believe that he does not noticed those obnoxious issues which manifests on Mesa usage, no matter which video card you use.

To the contrary, I never test my packages on a computer with NVidia (or AMD) proprietary drivers. Only inside a QEMU KVM and on my laptop with an Intel GPU supported by the kernel.
In QEMU I only test in XFCE, and on my laptop I only test on Plasma5. I do not test on KDE4.

Alien Bob · 07-06-2019, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3rensho

Went back and reinstalled 6.2.4 and everything runs fine. Does anyone alse have problems with 6.2.5 on -current64/Plasma5 ?

I do not experience your 6.2.5 issues on my Slackware64-current laptop running Plasma5 and powered by an Intel GPU
The "spci -v" output:

Code:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Lenovo Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 128
        Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at e000 [size=64]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
        Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
        Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

3rensho · 07-06-2019, 05:34 AM

I'm running Nvidia GTX-970 and their 430.26 proprietary (blob) driver. So looks like it's probably Nvidia related. After I saw that a couple of "x" packages were updated in today's updates I rebuilt nvidia-kernel package.

TheTKS · 07-06-2019, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

On slackware-current, I have big issues with the menus from 6.2.5, within both standard KDE4 and latest Plasma5.

The issues manifests as transparent menus and menu bar (which grabs something from video memory) and the menu items become blue on hoover, and stays this way.

Similar issues and possible fix on Slackware64 14.2 KDE4 mentioned here:

Code:

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/libreoffice-6-2-5-packages-available/#comments

I'm having no problems with 6.2.5 on Slackware64 14.2 with KDE4
- Switched icon theme from Breeze to Elementary while still on 6.2.4
- KDE Integration not installed
- A few dictionaries and l10n language support files installed
- AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7

TKS

LuckyCyborg · 07-06-2019, 06:23 AM

I am able to confirm that removing the package "libreoffice-kde-integration" fixed my issues within Plasma5, at least.

Not yet able to test this removal under KDE4, because this particular computer is in another location, so I can/will test that on evening.

EDIT: also under KDE4 this package removal fixes the issues.

3rensho · 07-06-2019, 06:59 AM

Thank you LuckyCyborg. I re-upgraded to 6.2.5 sans the integration package and that fixed my problem as well. Thanks too to Eric for the info and building 6.2.5. It looks great.

cwizardone · 08-08-2019, 01:53 PM

"The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.3"

Quote:

....Writer and Calc performance has been improved by an order of magnitude based on documents provided by end users: text files with different bookmarks, tables and embedded fonts, large ODS/XLSX spreadsheets, and Calc files with VLOOKUP load and render more quickly. Saving Calc spreadsheets as XLS files is also faster....

The full announcement can be found at,
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/...ibreoffice-63/

mats_b_tegner · 09-26-2019, 10:17 AM

The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.3.2:
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/...nces-lo-6-3-2/