I created a LO bug report around this issue, or rather, the more general issue: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104716
** Bug watch added: Document Foundation Bugzilla #104716 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104716 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577093 Title: libreoffice-gtk conflicts with large lo-writer file Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installed originally from a weekly beta2 ISO; the image was verified at the time to match its checksum and the install has since consistently been upgraded. From the start, Libreoffice writer (1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1 - amd64) has struggled with a "large" file I have been working on since Ubuntu 15.04, although it works perfectly for newly created files or existing smaller files, though. I was hoping to continue using my exiting file, however: one that counts about 14,000 paragraphs, 3.5 million characters and some 300 tables as well a large number of bookmarks/internal links). I should have hoped that LO would simply load it and let me get on with my work as it did before. Unfortunately, here is what really happens whenever I try to load it: - when the progress bar completes , Writer greys out and locks up for several minutes on end (anything from a few minutes to a quarter of an hour) - during that time, the interface is clearly distorted (two overlapping status bars - duplicated vertical scrollbars at the right side - the title bar covering up the menu bar as well as part of the upper toolbar - the horizontal ruler shifted to the right, causing the "comments" column to appear on the left rather than the right) - when the file eventually gets loaded and the interface is restored, the menus turns out to be unusable: the drop-downs are narrow blacks slabs without any entries and without any responsiveness - the page count is wildly off: the file is about 1100 pages, yet Writer reports over 1800; at any moment, however, it will update its count to reflect the actual number. - random actions can produce a new prolonged lock-up; in particular copying text, opening up the navigator or doing a search. The only way to open the file in a usable way is to restart Writer several times in a row (which takes LOTS of patience considering the time it takes the file to load...) Apparently, the only way to avoid these problems is to delete the libreoffice-gnome/gtk packages. Unfortunately, that leaves me with an interface that looks like are relic from a previous century.... I did not much like that, so I have experimented with the debs available directly from the LibreOffice project. Sadly, I am seeing the same behaviour. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: libreoffice-writer 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun May 1 05:28:07 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-07 (23 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160405) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1577093/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
