Bug 134495 - LibreOffice Writer suddenly freezes during writing
Summary: LibreOffice Writer suddenly freezes during writing
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.4.2 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2020-07-04 06:53 UTC by grac
Modified: 2020-07-06 09:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
menu just before freezing (111.41 KB, image/jpeg)
2020-07-05 06:07 UTC, grac
Details

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Description grac 2020-07-04 06:53:30 UTC
Description:
after update to Windows 10 2004 Writer freezes during writing. There is nothing I can do except to kill the task via task manager.
and hope the automatic backup has worked in order to save the odt file after a restart of Writer.
during freeze i can't see the topics of the menus, they seem to be empty.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. open odt file
2. write
3. blocks, freezes

Actual Results:
see above

Expected Results:
see above


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
de-freeze after a while
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2020-07-04 07:20:26 UTC
Could you give a try at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FirstSteps ?
Comment 2 grac 2020-07-04 10:10:59 UTC
hi there
thanks for your hint.
i updated now to 6.4.5 64bit.

but the same freeze occurs.
after 3-4 minutes, out of the blue, just during writing.
Comment 3 Julien Nabet 2020-07-04 11:18:29 UTC
Thank you for your feedback.

Since I don't have more questions, I'll put it back to UNCONFIRMED.
Comment 4 grac 2020-07-05 06:07:57 UTC
Created attachment 162651 [details]
menu just before freezing

regularly the freeze occurs after 3-4 minutes after opening a odt file.
as i have mentionned before, the menus look empty.
but before the freezing takes place some menus look like the one i attached.
Comment 5 grac 2020-07-05 07:17:34 UTC
some menu items in calc look very similar to the screenshot for writer.
so it seems as if the freezing is something global to libreoffice 6.4.5 ?!
Comment 6 Julien Nabet 2020-07-05 08:43:02 UTC
Just to be sure, you applied what https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FirstSteps contained?
- rename your LO directory profile
- disable OpenGL
?
Comment 7 Julien Nabet 2020-07-05 08:52:18 UTC
I've just noticed you assigned yourself, do you really mean you want to fix the bug by providing a patch?
Comment 8 grac 2020-07-05 16:54:50 UTC
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #6)
> Just to be sure, you applied what
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FirstSteps contained?
> - rename your LO directory profile
> - disable OpenGL
> ?

i restarted - as recommended - in safe mode to see if the problem with the menu items is still there. it disappeared - so it can't be a problem of the profile as it says in 
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Resolving_corruption_in_the_user_profile

so the grafic problem is solved.
and about the freeze: i will observe what happens and then will report back.
Comment 9 grac 2020-07-05 16:55:38 UTC
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #7)
> I've just noticed you assigned yourself, do you really mean you want to fix
> the bug by providing a patch?

sorry, that whas a mistake, i cancelled the wrong entry
Comment 10 Julien Nabet 2020-07-05 18:15:51 UTC
(In reply to grac from comment #8)
> ...
> so the grafic problem is solved.
> and about the freeze: i will observe what happens and then will report back.

If there's no problem with safe mode, it can indeed be a profile with the profile.

So you should rename your LO directory profile and give it a try.
Comment 11 grac 2020-07-06 05:20:22 UTC
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #6)
> - disable OpenGL

OpenGL was already disabled all along
Comment 12 Julien Nabet 2020-07-06 06:46:54 UTC
(In reply to grac from comment #11)
> (In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #6)
> > - disable OpenGL
> 
> OpenGL was already disabled all along

Ok but it doesn't respond to my previous comment.
"If there's no problem with safe mode, it can indeed be a profile with the profile.

So you should rename your LO directory profile and give it a try."
Comment 13 grac 2020-07-06 06:51:03 UTC
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #12)
> So you should rename your LO directory profile and give it a try.

interestingly the freeze is gone by now.

meanwhile i have copied the profile and will delete the used profile as soon as the freeze occurs again.

and i then will contact you again in this thread.
i hope this is ok with you?
Comment 14 Julien Nabet 2020-07-06 07:02:48 UTC
Let's put this one to WFM then.

If you still reproduce this, don't hesitate to reopen this tracker.
Comment 15 grac 2020-07-06 09:34:59 UTC
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #14)
> If you still reproduce this, don't hesitate to reopen this tracker.

thanks for your kindness and patience with me :-)