Description: On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today, I got an hang when launching LO with svp rendering Steps to Reproduce: 1. On terminal, type: export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=svp 2. launch Writer or Impress for example Actual Results: No response after 30 secs Expected Results: LO module should launch Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info:
Created attachment 151638 [details] bt with debug symbols (svp)
When using gdb with "make debugrun", I can't reproduce the problem. I had to launch LO from a terminal and use from another terminal: gdb --pid `pgrep soffice`
Hi Julien, Still reproducible in master? I've tried with older versions of LibreOffice but nothing happens if I launch them with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=svp ? What i'm missing ?
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #3) > Hi Julien, > Still reproducible in master? > I've tried with older versions of LibreOffice but nothing happens if I > launch them with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=svp ? What i'm missing ? I still reproduce this but I wonder now if it's a real bug. Indeed perhaps svp rendering needs a specific way to launch LO?
the supported way to launch headless mode is "soffice --headless". typically you want to add more arguments to listen on a socket, or --convert some files... maybe it's not ideal that with only SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=svp you get a process that just hangs but i'm not sure if it's strictly speaking a bug.
so what you can do with this behavior is launch soffice --headless once and then go to another terminal and run soffice --convert and the process will transfer its arguments to the first one and exit immediately, and the --headless process will do the actual work. is that a feature that anybody considers useful? i have no idea.
Thank you Michael for your feedback. Let's not waste more time about this one.