[SOLVED] libreoffice won't start

m3nhir · 2024-07-14 20:11:11

For the past few days libreoffice has not started. I have tried renaming the ~/.config/libreoffice folder, enable the "export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=qt5" entry in /etc/profile.d/libreoffice-fresh.sh (I use KDE). I also tried reinstalling libreoffice by deleting the old configuration files, with no solution. Starting libreoffice from terminal returns me:

" $ /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/oosplash --calc
QGuiApplication::setDesktopFileName: the specified desktop file name ends with .desktop. For compatibility reasons, the .desktop suffix will be removed. Please specify a desktop file name without .desktop suffix ".

I, however, do not know in which file I should make the change. Any ideas? Thanks

Last edited by m3nhir (2024-07-15 12:04:13)

seth · 2024-07-14 20:27:42

I don't think that message indicates anything fatal, does LO still start this way?
Does it start if you run "/usr/bin/localc" directly? (there was a thread w/ issues related to the startup dialog)

Have you tried a different SAL (generic)?

m3nhir · 2024-07-14 21:00:41

with "/usr/bin/localc" I get the same error message, it crashes on the splash screen and does not open the application. same result by setting "export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen".
his problem has occurred only recently. I have been using libreoffice for years and have not changed anything in the configuration. I think it may be due to one of the latest updates, but I can't figure out in which file to make the mofifications. :-(

edit: I also tried installing the still version, but the result does not change.

Last edited by m3nhir (2024-07-14 21:02:51)

seth · 2024-07-14 21:36:55

The QGuiApplication message should be gone w/ the generic VCL?
Otherwise it might be some xdg_desktop_portal invocation?

Do you have any kind of backtrace/coredump - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d … _core_dump ?
Does the --safe-mode still work? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LibreO … leshooting
Did you try to disable HW acceleration, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LibreO … or_crashes ?
Is there maybe a stale LO process hanging around?

m3nhir · 2024-07-15 12:03:29

Thank you very much for your help. I solved it by starting "libreoffice --safe-mode" and then disabling hardware acceleration and reconfiguring the user settings. Now libreoffice works, using the default theme.

Arch Linux

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[SOLVED] libreoffice won't start

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