(Note: My first time here, so I hope this is correct place to post) The initial graphics driver on the PC, Intel Graphics Driver 10.18.15.4293 works fine. When Win10 does its auto update to 20.19.15.4308, LO either will not start at all or it starts with a black screen. I am using a new MS Surface Pro 4, Win 10, 64, i5 chip.
Does this help: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/OpenGL#Crash_on_program_start Crash on program start As of September 2015, our latest release (LibreOffice 5.0.2) comes with OpenGL rendering enabled by default. This configuration might cause problems with certain combinations of hardware and drivers, leading to errors or even crashes. If LibreOffice crashes immediately on startup, it will not be possible to go to Tools ▸ Options ▸ LibreOffice ▸ View to disable OpenGL. In this case, we suggest downloading this registry fragment, which will disable the UseOpenGL parameter. For more details, please see tdf#93546.
I tried that Registry fix several times with no success. It keeps giving me an error. Not being an expert in these things I am hesitant to change the "fix" but there may a mistake in it. Shouldn't it end with a bracket, ] ? Very hesitant to do this on my own. Before: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Common\VCL\UseOpenGL] "Value"="false" "Final"=dword:1 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Common\VCL\ForceOpenGL] "Value"="false" "Final"=dword:1 After: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Common\VCL\UseOpenGL] "Value"="false" "Final"=dword:1 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Common\VCL\ForceOpenGL] "Value"="false" "Final"=dword:1]
I don't see why, as there is no "orphan" opening bracket. Maybe you could open regedit and navigate to the relevant place and do it manually.
You must be right, of course. My previous response was only because I am not all that familiar with this. This is the error when I try to enter the snippet as a *.reg file: Cannot import C:*****\snippet.reg. The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary files from within the registry editor. [note: I did save the snippet as a txt file. *****is only used as shorthand] Before that same previous response I did try to enter the data manually. There was no "thread" (don't know what else to call it) after [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\ . I did not want to add anything else to that myself.
The engineering steering committee is considering disabling OpenGL "on by default" for the 5.0.4 release. They will then focus on a better solution for 5.1.
I really appreciate your responses and trying to help me. For a fix, I am a patient guy so no problem waiting for 5.04 and see what happens.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 95639 ***