Version: 4.8.0 (using KDE 4.8.0) OS: Linux Well, I currently run: LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502) on Kubuntu 11.10 with KDE Platform Version 4.8.00 (4.8.0. I have the following LO packages installed: dpkg -l | grep libreoffice ii libreoffice 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite ii libreoffice-base 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- database ii libreoffice-base-core 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- shared library ii libreoffice-calc 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- spreadsheet ii libreoffice-common 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- arch-independent files ii libreoffice-core 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- arch-dependent files ii libreoffice-draw 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- drawing ii libreoffice-emailmerge 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- email mail merge ii libreoffice-filter-binfilter 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- legacy filters (e.g. StarOffice 5.2) ii libreoffice-filter-mobiledev 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- mobile devices filters ii libreoffice-help-en-us 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- English_american help ii libreoffice-impress 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- presentation ii libreoffice-java-common 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- arch-independent Java support files ii libreoffice-kde 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- KDE integration ii libreoffice-l10n-common 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 common files for LibreOffice language and help packages ii libreoffice-l10n-de 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- German language package ii libreoffice-math 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- equation editor ii libreoffice-officebean 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- Java bean ii libreoffice-report-builder 1:1.2.1+LibO3.4.5-0ubuntu1 LibreOffice extension for building database reports ii libreoffice-report-builder-bin 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 LibreOffice extension for building database reports -- libraries ii libreoffice-style-crystal 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- Crystal symbol style ii libreoffice-style-galaxy 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- Galaxy (Default) symbol style ii libreoffice-style-hicontrast 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- Hicontrast symbol style ii libreoffice-style-human 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- Crystal symbol style ii libreoffice-style-oxygen 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- Oxygen symbol style ii libreoffice-style-tango 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- Tango symbol style ii libreoffice-writer 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 office productivity suite -- word processor ii openclipart-libreoffice 0.18+dfsg-11build1 clip art for OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice gallery When I use now LO in KDE with kwin compositing enabled, I don't see any text in the menus e.g.: http://images.sjau.ch/img/f513030c.png When I disable compositing (Alt-Shift-F12), I see then everything normal: http://images.sjau.ch/img/36417840.png It happens with libreoffice-kde installed and uninstalled. I have also reported the bug at LibreOffice as I don't know if it's a compositing thing or a libreoffice thing. I only noticed it in LO this far. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45451 Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: Get KDE 4.8 and LO 3.5.0 Open LO Click on a menu Actual Results: The items don't show text Expected Results: The items show text When disabling compositing the text is shown.
- does hovering across menu entries show them (and is this persistent?) - does it happen with the xrender backend? ("kcmshell4 kwincompositing", 3rd tab) - does it happen if you disable HW acceleration in LO?
- hovering accross the menu entries just marks the background of that item darker grey but no text is shown - changing from OpenGL to xrender had no effect. no text shown when compositing... text fine when not compositing - hardware acceleration with xrender: no text - hardware acceleration with opengl: no text
Ok, pretty much for sure a LO issue then. (I thought about interference on the OpenGL level, ie. a driver issue - but that would not affect the xrender backend) My wild guess is that they change the color table in the composited case and end up with a wrong alpha channel on the cont color (one text item btw. is visible, anything special about it?) You could try to a) susoend kwin compositing b) run "xcompmgr" (try: "xcompmgr -cFfI 0.1 -O 0.08 -r 16 -l -19" ;-) c) start LO and check whether the issue occurs as well Unless we've any indication that LO font rendering is NOT broken under a 32bit arch, this bug is here invalid - sorry.
susoend kwin compositing susoend: command not found
sorry, typo: "suspend" - and the shortcut for it is shift+alt+f12
doing: a) suspend kwin b) run xcompmgr with your settings c) start LO --> no text
You should inform them about this to stress it's likely their issue (though maybe caused by some dependency like the font renderer)
thx for the help