On 25/09/14 19:36, Rafael Laguna wrote: > No offense. Just I'm listening too much lately that Canonical repos has > "modified" apps and that's not true. If some doesn't work we can blaim > the dependencies, of course. > > But don't worry, my "designer honor" is intact :D > > Cheers! > > > > Rafael Laguna > Lubuntu Artwork Team > > On jue, 25 sep, 2014 at 6:57 , Peter Hillier-Brook <p...@hbsys.plus.com> > wrote: >> 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.
Just to knock this issue on the head; I tried the version in the repositories (a rather old 4.2.6.3) and encountered the same problem so it looks like a graphics card problem, despite all other text-using programs functioning well. These include Abiword, Leafpad and of course the X terminal. Interestingly it's only the text in menus and dialogue boxes that is affected. Creating a new Writer document supports text input within the document! Peter HB
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