I just upgraded to libreoffice 3.5.1.2, and the quickstarter feature is (once again) broken. I know the feature is extremely fragile (though I truly fail to understand why...), but I'm pretty sure I have the right combination of USE flags to make it work. You can see my environment details below. Can anyone else replicate this? The key thing previously has been to enable gtk and disable the kde USE flags. This has worked in 3.3 and 3.4, but apparently not in 3.5. Could be missing something else, but I don't know what. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'll also be happy to provide any additional info. $ emerge --info libreoffice Portage 2.1.10.49 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.1-gentoo-r2-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7_CPU_860_@_2.80GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:45:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.2.2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo x-portage ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA AdobeFlash-10.3 DOOM3 LOKI-EULA Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE postal2 PUEL Q3AEULA QUAKE4 RTCW RTCW-ETEULA ut2003" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/home/user/data/files/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="lzma" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS="-7" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/user/data/dev/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl alsa amd64 ao bash-completion bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cli cracklib crypt cxx dbus dga dri dts dvd exif fam flac gdbm gif gmp handbook iconv icu jpeg jpeg2k kde lcms libnotify libsamplerate lzma lzo mad matroska mmap mmx modules mp3 mudflap multilib nls nptl nptlonly ogg openal openexr opengl openmp pam pch pcntl pcre png pppd qt4 readline session smp sndfile spell sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs syslog taglib tcpd theora threads tiff truetype unicode vim-syntax vorbis x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xmp xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="canon" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en en_US" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" SANE_BACKENDS="epson epson2" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= app-office/libreoffice-3.5.1.2 was built with the following: USE="branding dbus gtk (multilib) opengl svg vba xmlsec (-aqua) -binfilter -cups -debug -eds -gnome -graphite -gstreamer -java -jemalloc -kde -mysql -nsplugin -odk -pdfimport -postgres -test -webdav" Reproducible: Always
Hmm, I myself never ran the quickstarter (is it really this speed update nowdays). Even if I enable that useflag it really does not work. I am tempted to just kill the useflag unless there is real showcase of some gain (eg lauch 2 mins vs 1 min).
Well lets disable the feature for now and see if someone is really interested in it and willing to fix it upstream. + 06 Apr 2012; Tomáš Chvátal <scarabeus@gentoo.org> libreoffice-3.5.2.2.ebuild, + libreoffice-3.5.9999.ebuild, libreoffice-9999-r2.ebuild: + Disable quickstarter feature as it is broken yet again. Wrt bug#408685. If + anyone wants this feature contact upstream about rewritting it properly. +
Has it been reported upstream? I personally still like, and would prefer to use, the feature. It's still quicker (though, admittedly, not by as much as it used to be), gets rid of the damn splash screen, and hey - I have 8 GB of RAM in my desktop. I want to populate that with something. :-)
(In reply to comment #3) > Has it been reported upstream? I personally still like, and would prefer to > use, the feature. It's still quicker (though, admittedly, not by as much as > it used to be), gets rid of the damn splash screen, and hey - I have 8 GB of > RAM in my desktop. I want to populate that with something. :-) Have you tried e4rat? That preloaders makes a great job and it preloads libreoffice on one of my maintained machines with really great results ;)
(In reply to comment #3) > Has it been reported upstream? I personally still like, and would prefer to > use, the feature. It's still quicker (though, admittedly, not by as much as > it used to be), gets rid of the damn splash screen, and hey - I have 8 GB of > RAM in my desktop. I want to populate that with something. :-) It is broken and all upstream devs agree that it is broken by design. You can also hide the splashscreen yourself: /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc Logo=0 If you want to open bug in the freedesktop bugzilla nothing will stop you, just don't expect to get much developers attention, as I said, we more need someone fixing it rather just reporting and stating that current situation is fubared :)
Are you an upstream dev on libreoffice? Just want to clarify; if so, didn't realize you were. I'm cool with this being considered an upstream problem, just want to make sure upstream is aware of it. :-) I've recently become aware of the sofficerc (due to a different bug report about that recently), but I don't think that's a great solution for something like this. Even though it's technically a config file, it's not a 'proper' config file in terms of expected filesystem hierarchy, and, without additional work, it'll be overwritten on each upgrade. I think having the option is a great idea, but I don't think the execution is very good. If you are an upstream dev, perhaps you could push for one of the following? * Make it a per-user option. Adding a UI element would be great, but even allowing for something like copying the file to ~/.config/libreoffice/sofficerc, and having that override the system sofficerc, would be useful. * Officially more the config file(s) to /etc, rather than requiring all of the hacks that Debian (and others?) have to do to make this work correctly. Just some thoughts... Also, Pacho, I've not heard of that, but it sounds interesting. Will check it out. Thanks for the tip.
(In reply to comment #6) > Are you an upstream dev on libreoffice? Just want to clarify; if so, didn't > realize you were. I'm cool with this being considered an upstream problem, > just want to make sure upstream is aware of it. :-) > Yep I happen to be SUSE QA Engeneer, For the sofficerc yes we are aware of the issue and I even opened bug upstream to get somebody working on it. Problem with this kind of features is that it is mostly not desired by big companies so we are not working on these but rather fixing mostly critical bugs. So the small light-lifting thingies remain for comunity to handle. Well in theory I could write this stuff but I like to work on other areas in Gentoo during my free time :)
