Description: After a recent update from 7.5.2 to 7.5.3 using Impress to open ODP files (even new empty/blank ones) takes about 30 seconds up from about 1-2 seconds. When attempting to open an ODP file directly (and Impress not already running): - a blank X11 window opens containing only the letter "L" in the upper left corner - after 30 seconds Impress and the file contents appear and work as normal. When opening LibreOffice itself the "splash" screen with all the LibreOffice apps and recent files opens in a few seconds, but then clicking a recent ODP file takes about 30 seconds to open. If any ODP files are already open in Impress, then further ODP files open almost instantly (so the 30 second issue only applies to the first file). The problem persists even with combinations of --safe-mode and SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen, and no warnings or errors are given in the terminal. Steps to Reproduce: Open any ODP file from terminal or from any other program (graphical file manager, etc.) while no other files open in Impress. Actual Results: If Impress is not already running, it shows a blank window for about 30 seconds and then opens the file and works as normal. If other ODP files are already open, the file opens almost instantly. [this is independent of file contents or file size] Expected Results: All reasonably sized files should open in less than 5 seconds. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Version: 7.5.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 50(Build:2) CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US 7.5.3-2 Calc: threaded OS: EndeavourOS (essentially Arch Linux) Window Manager: i3wm on X11
Can you please check if uninstalling xdg-desktop-portal-gnome resolves the issue, in which case this is a duplicate of bug 155498.
(In reply to Stéphane Guillou (stragu) from comment #1) > Can you please check if uninstalling xdg-desktop-portal-gnome resolves the > issue, in which case this is a duplicate of bug 155498. I do not currently have xdg-portal-gnome installed. I uninstalled it a few weeks ago when it caused other programs like Firefox to open slowly.
Gabriel Brown also posted on the LibreOffice Subreddit here: - https://www.reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/13w5b9f/slow_to_open_odp_file/ where we went through a few more debugging steps. - - - Potentially related: 2 weeks ago, there was also this Arch Linux user, Pumpino-: - https://www.reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/13ml7ks/failed_to_read_path_from_javaldx_in_arch/ who had a recent "LibreOffice is very slow to open" regression too. He narrowed his down to the library: - gnome-desktop-4 After uninstalling that, his slowdown issues were solved. - - - (Gabriel already tried all the debug steps in the "javaldx" thread, said none helped. So it may be a similar, but different root cause for EndeavourOS.)
After another reboot today it appears the problem is gone. When I reported this issue I had already rebooted at least once since encountering the problem, so I don't know what may have changed. I am happy to have this closed if you all are.