Description: I am using the latest Manjaro Linux. I did not find a US English thesaurus in LO Writer so I searched online and began following instructions on LO website but without any useful results. So I began exploring web search results and found 'mythes-en' mentioned on the Arch Linux website. I installed 'mythes-en' via CLI on my HP Core i7 Probook laptop. Now when I start LO Writer I get a black screen with the description of the error which seems to be Java related. I have a partial screenshot of the said screen. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start LibreOffice Writer 2. 3. Actual Results: Two windows open up. The first is a regular Writer blank page. The second pops up right after this and stays visible until minimized. It is a black screen with white text on it which explains the error. I have a screenshot of it. It begins with the following text: An error has occurred in WritingTool 1.1.1 (2025-01-10 08:46:56 +0000): java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not activate rules Stacktrace: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not activate rules at org.languagetool.JLanguageTool.<init>(JLanguageTool.java:319) at org.languagetool.JLanguageTool.<init>(JLanguageTool.java:278) at org.languagetool.JLanguageTool.<init>(JLanguageTool.java:338) and so on and so forth...... Expected Results: Working on the white normal screen with the black error screen in the background. I tried to run it in Safe Mode and even reset the LO to Factory Setting but it did not solve the problem. I will now try to uninstall and reinstall LibreOffice and see if it works. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: [Information automatically included from LibreOffice] Locale: en-US Module: TextDocument [Information guessed from browser] OS: Linux (All) OS is 64bit: yes Version: 24.8.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 480(Build:2) CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+xcb) Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US 24.8.6-1 Calc: threaded
Created attachment 200450 [details] Screenshot of the error screen
1) I opened LO Writer in Safe Mode and reset it to factory settings but that has not removed the error message. 2) I uninstalled LibreOffice and re-installed it again without restarting my laptop but that did not resolve the problem.
---------------8<--------------- An error has occurred in WritingTool 1.1.1 (2025-01-10 08:46:56 +0000): java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not activate rules Stacktrace: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not activate rules at org.languagetool.JLanguageTool.<init>(JLanguageTool.java:319) at org.languagetool.JLanguageTool.<init>(JLanguageTool.java:278) at org.languagetool.JLanguageTool.<init>(JLanguageTool.java:338) and so on and so forth...... ---------------8<--------------- Please while in safe mode, uninstall WritingTool to restore your working copy of LO. you can invoke LO in CLI with soffice --safe-mode
Thank you for the advice Olivier Hallot. I did run LO in Safe Mode to uninstall Writing Tool, but it does not show up in Safe Mode. It does show up in normal mode and I did uninstall it and the problem has gone away. Thank you again. Please advise (if it is relevant to ask here) how do I install and use the English Thesaurus, the search for which had generated the error in the first place.
Dear Farakh Jamil, This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least 6 months. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDINFO status with no change in 30 days the QA team will close the bug as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to lack of needed information. For more information about our NEEDINFO policy please read the wiki located here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Status/NEEDINFO If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED so that the QA team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-NeedInfo-Ping
[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed
WritingTool 26.1 was released a couple of weeks ago: https://github.com/writingtool-org/writingtool/releases It will detect most incorrect settings upon startup and attempt to reconfigure them so that WritingTool works. Do you have any issues with it? There are some known issues, sadly without any solution: https://github.com/writingtool-org/writingtool/issues/114 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165489