Libreoffice 5 Slow After 7.3 Update

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Hello all,

After the update to 7.3 libreoffice (5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64) became unusable slow. For an excel file with 250 rows even a simple scroll takes a few seconds, during that time the Xorg server is 100% working and the GPU
utilization is at about 77% (from NVIDIA server settings).

I have tried disabling the hardware acceleration (options->view) and OpenCL (options) but the problem and the high usage for Xorg and GPU
persisted.

I have seen the the same bug (probably) was present in Fedora 23
(libreoffice version 5.0.5.2-1.fc23.x86_64
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id08700)

Does anyone had the same problem and if yes what was the fix?
Does RedHat 7.3 has the same problem?
I have searched the bugzilla database and found only the Fedora bug.

System info: Intel I3-6098P, 8GB ram, NVIDIA GT 240 with all the packages updated. libreoffice-ure-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-5.0.6.2-3.el7.noarch libreoffice-core-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-pyuno-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-calc-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-writer-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-emailmerge-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-base-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-math-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-impress-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-graphicfilter-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-pdfimport-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-draw-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-langpack-ro-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
libreoffice-langpack-en-5.0.6.2-3.el7.x86_64
nvidia-x11-drv-340xx-32bit-340.98-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
nvidia-x11-drv-340xx-340.98-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-340xx-340.98-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64

OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.98
server glx version string: 1.4

Best regards, Alexandru Chiscan

4 thoughts on - Libreoffice 5 Slow After 7.3 Update

  • Thank you, I have installed the latest version from libreoffice site and everything is OK now.

    But I am wondering it is something with my setup or it’s a bug in CentOS, does anybody encountered the same problem in CentOS 7.3?

    Best regards, Alexandru

  • Hello Alexandru,

    You should best duplicate that bug and report it against RHEL 7 (if it is indeed the same issue). Don’t expect a quick fix though. Early this year I reported two segfaults (of the type click/crash) in Rhythmbox on
    7 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id41925), provided references to upstream fixes (very small patches), tested these patches so the RH developers could be confident they weren’t wasting their time on incorrect patches, and we still had to wait nearly 9 months for a fix to appear. Made me conclude that Red Hat does not really care about desktops. Otoh, perhaps they prioritize LibreOffice over Rhytmbox.

    Regards, Leonard.

  • El 14/12/16 a las 10:20, Alexandru Chiscan escribió:
    I think is an LibreOffice version / NVidia issue because i had this in a machine with an NVidia card (the Fedora’s one) and other people with the same version but without NVidias and spreadsheets longer and more complex that mine had no problem with this.