Created attachment 135746 [details] Example of a GUI window (Tools > Options) in which there should be checkboxes by they don't appear. Hello. Since I did the last update of LO (through the updating system of the OS - Linux Mint 17.3 with Cinnamon) and now have version 5.4.0.3 of LO, I have a major bug : None of the checkboxes of the user interface appear any more. It is therefore impossible to check if they are checked or to check/uncheck them. This affect all LO components as far as I can see. LO is the only piece of software with which this happens on my operating system. This is highly annoying for work as it prevents me from doing a lot of tasks. I didn't have such problem till the last update.
For the test, could you try the different renderings? 1) gtk SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk && soffice --writer 2) gtk3 SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 && soffice --writer 3) kde SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kde4 && soffice --writer 4) generic SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen && soffice --writer
Hi. I am ready to try the different renderings, but I need more explanations as how to do this. You provided bits of command lines, it seems, but how do I use them ?
Use terminal and just type these commands, eg: SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk && soffice --writer This one initializes the env var "SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN" with gtk and, if it's ok (meaning of "&&"), it'll launch Writer (soffice --writer) The lifetime of this env var "SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN" is just for the whole line. About soffice, it's the main binary of LO and calling it with --writer parameter will launch Writer.
Hi. I tried the four commands you provided (after checking the default value of the environment variable SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN with the command "echo $SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN" which returned nothing). They all worked but produced the exact same result : I have no checkbox appearing in the GUI in none of them. Actually, the GUI looks exactly the same in all cases. I don't know if this is supposed to be.
If you don't have kde env or other window managers, it's normal you got the same display. I wonder if it could be a package dependency pb on Mint. Could you attach the result of apt-cache search libreoffice? I'm thinking about packages with keyword like "gtk", "gtk3", "integration" or "desktop".
Created attachment 135750 [details] Result of the "apt-cache search libreoffice" command Here you go !
Could you install (if not already installed) these packages for the test? libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk2 libreoffice-gtk3 Then test: 1) without rendering 2) with rendering =gtk2 3) with rendering =gtk3 if it fails, install libreoffice-kde (perhaps it'll download other packages, like qt ones). then test with rendering=kde4
Hi. I just installed libreoffice-gnome, libreoffice-gtk2 (this one was automatically installed with the previous one), and libreoffice-gtk3. So results : now the checkboxes appear everytime now (for each one of the four command lines you provided but also when I launch LO directly through the Cinnamon's main menu (.i.e. with command : libreoffice --writer %U). Thanks ! FYI, I get the following message : "(process:6231): WARNING **: require a newer gtk than 3.10 for theme expectations"
Great it works! Even if it's solved for you, it could be interesting you submit a bug on Linux Mint except the bug has been fixed on last Linux Mint 18.2
How do you know it's been fixed in LM 18.2 ? Was it referenced ?
(In reply to Mamoth from comment #10) > How do you know it's been fixed in LM 18.2 ? Was it referenced ? Sorry, I forgot the "if", I meant: it could be interesting you submit a bug on Linux Mint except "IF" the bug has been fixed on last Linux Mint 18.2 Indeed, I don't know if the bug has been submitted or not. Sorry again for the confusion.
Mamoth, I see a bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1636996 so please comment there on your experience. I guess https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint is for bugs on Mint but I don't see it's being used for solutions. What a pity for such a fine distro.
I'm not sure this is Mint bug, or it's from Ubuntu. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice Anyway, there are also other common problems without libreoffice-gnome.
The half-backed icon theme Linux Mint bundles with LibreOffice is causing this, and is not bundled by Ubuntu…
Hello. The bug is back ... I have upgraded the system to Linux Mint 18 and now have LO 5.4.1.2 and it's there again. But this time, libreoffice-gnome, libreoffice-gtk2 and libreoffice-gtk3 are already installed. The same symptom occurs with all the various renderings : 1) gtk SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk && soffice --writer 2) gtk3 SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 && soffice --writer 3) kde SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kde4 && soffice --writer 4) generic SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen && soffice --writer
I can't reproduce it in Version: 6.0.0.0.alpha1+ Build ID: 9050854c35c389466923f0224a36572d36cd471a CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.10; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: th-TH (ca_ES.UTF-8); Calc: group I guess you're using the build which comes with Mint 18. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ? I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
I downloaded the latest stable version (5.4.3.2) for installation. But it did not replace my current version. It installed another version but without saying a word during installation. This is ridiculous. Anyway, I have now two versions of LO on my computer and yes, the bug does not appear with version 5.4.3.2 while it is there with 5.4.1.2 .
(In reply to Mamoth from comment #17) > I downloaded the latest stable version (5.4.3.2) for installation. > > But it did not replace my current version. It installed another version but > without saying a word during installation. This is ridiculous. > > Anyway, I have now two versions of LO on my computer and yes, the bug does > not appear with version 5.4.3.2 while it is there with 5.4.1.2 . I guess the problem should be reported to the Mint project instead. Closing as RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
(In reply to Mamoth from comment #17) > I downloaded the latest stable version (5.4.3.2) for installation. > > But it did not replace my current version. It installed another version but > without saying a word during installation. This is ridiculous. Just a note. When you download and something without your package manager, it's normal that the program not managed by the manager knows nothing about the managed installation. The managed installation is prepared and built for your package manager by a dedicated team (not TDF, although from same sources), and is distro-specific with some integration features absent in generic package (it even has different build id). They go to different paths, and don't break each other. So it's not "ridiculous"; doing the opposite way would be. I assume that your 5.4.3.2 is from libreoffice.org site. SO that's TDF-supplied package. If you wanted to keep using your package manager (and benefit from its update process), you could use this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa