5.1.0.3 doesn't work right

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tacua
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A Secunia scan today said my version 5.0.4 was no longer secure and that I should update to a newer version. I cam to the LO site and downloaded the ‘fresh’ version 5.1.0.3 and installed as an update using my Revo Pro to monitor the installation. Upon opening the new version of LibreOffice there were no options visible in the left panel(Writer, Calc, Math, etc.).

When I accessed the options in the tool menu, it would not react. I would click and it would show the click but not change to the right selection unless I closed it and re-opened it.

So I went to the site, downloaded it again, and tried a new install. Same problems as before. I then uninstalled all my existing versions with Revo and tried a fresh installation. Same problems as before. I tried running the repair option in the installation menu, same result. I then deleted with Revo and downloaded the ‘Still’ 5.0.5.2 version and it works fine.

My computer is a Dell XPS 8500, Windows 7 Pro/64/SP1 and all current updates.

oweng
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OpenGL bug
Refer my post here.
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Meanwhile: Primitive but worked for me...
Recently I made an update having set the option ‘Use OpenGL for all rendering’. After the update calling the new version to open an ods file I only got the main window with a title, but nothing inside, not even a main menu. …

As I already suspected the OpenGL facility based on older experiences:

I simply closed and opened the application directly more than once, and step by step I was able to go deeper into the menus and dialogues till I managed to switch off the mentioned option in ‘Tools’ > ‘Options’ > ‘LibreOffice’ > ‘View’.

No related problems since.

Another way (less amateurish?) is described by “Beluga” in comment #1 of the bug thread tdf#97475 already indirectly mentioned by “oweng”. This way requires to edit the Win registry, however.


Currently installed: LibO V5.1.2 on Windows 10
Maybe we might! (Create a powerful UFO: United Free Office!) Lupp from München

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