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dreamwalker

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From: Trystan

Registered: 2008-10-23

Posts: 12

[SOLVED] Libreoffice freeze all windows

Hi guys,

I got really strange problem lately. When I open a file in libreoffice (calc) and select a column the program freezes (I can alt-tab to another window).
So, I can switch to other window, but all other windows (like Firefox) and whole desktop (I use plasma) are also freezed - I can't click any button, but keyboard shortcuts are working (like alt-tab)
I've tried it multiple times and sometimes it doesn't freeze (e.g. on a new sheet), but when I'm in libreoffice window plasma panel buttons work with delay.
I handle this situation by killing soffice.bin process from yakuake (which, suprisingly, works). After it all problems are gone.

Versions:
libreoffice-fresh 6.2.0-3
gtk3 3.24.5-1
plasma-desktop 5.15.1-1
mesa 18.3.3-2

The solutions I've tried so far (and didn't work):
1. Revert all testing updates and restart
2. Remove libreoffice configs and profile files
3. Reinstall libreoffice
4. Disable Java in libreoffice
5. Disable hardware acceleration in libreoffice

Last edited by dreamwalker (2019-02-25 06:27:33)

seth

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From: Won't reply 2 private help req

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 77,789

Re: [SOLVED] Libreoffice freeze all windows

Try a generic or gtk vcl, the new KDE5 one has shown multiple issues (here it seems to grab and not release the mouse)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LibreOffice#Theme

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dreamwalker

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From: Trystan

Registered: 2008-10-23

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Libreoffice freeze all windows

Thanks! Switching to gtk3 solved it!