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[Upstream] Writer vertically scrolling in .odt with eps becomes unresponsive for 10+ seconds

Bug #513980 reported by Doughy
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This bug affects 4 people
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LibreOffice
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OpenOffice
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libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/513980/+attachment/2151023/+files/eps-example.odt && lowriter -nologo eps-example.odt

is one may scroll vertically through the document quickly and successfully.

4) What happens instead is it does not. It frequently becomes unresponsive for tens of seconds at a time.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 28 13:32:06 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

See original description
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Doughy (doughywilson) wrote :
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
tags: added: karmic
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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

[This is an automatic notification.]

This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you test if it still occurs on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)?

Please note we also provide technical support for older versions of Ubuntu, but not in the bug tracker. Instead, to raise the issue through normal support channels, please see:

    http://www.ubuntu.com/support

If you are the original reporter and can still reproduce the issue on Lucid, please run the following command to refresh the report:

  apport-collect 513980

Bear in mind that you may need to install the python-launchpadlib package from the universe repository. Additionally, when prompted to give apport-collect permissions for Launchpad you will need to give it at least the ability to "Change Non-Private" data as it will be adding information to your bug report.

If you are not the original reporter, please file a new bug report, so we can work with you as the original reporter instead (you can reference bug 513980 in your report if you think it may be related):

  ubuntu-bug openoffice.org

If by chance you can no longer reproduce the issue on Lucid or if you feel it is no longer relevant, please mark the bug report 'Fix Released' or 'Invalid' as appropriate, at the following URL:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/513980

Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Doughy (doughywilson) wrote : Re: [Bug 513980] Re: OpenOffice Writer severely lags when images are in the document

Just checked it again on a different computer with Ubuntu 10.04. This
issue is definitely still happening.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Chris Cheney <email address hidden> wrote:
> [This is an automatic notification.]
>
> This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you test
> if it still occurs on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)?
>
> Please note we also provide technical support for older versions of
> Ubuntu, but not in the bug tracker.  Instead, to raise the issue through
> normal support channels, please see:
>
>    http://www.ubuntu.com/support
>
> If you are the original reporter and can still reproduce the issue on
> Lucid, please run the following command to refresh the report:
>
>  apport-collect 513980
>
> Bear in mind that you may need to install the python-launchpadlib
> package from the universe repository.  Additionally, when prompted to
> give apport-collect permissions for Launchpad you will need to give it
> at least the ability to "Change Non-Private" data as it will be adding
> information to your bug report.
>
> If you are not the original reporter, please file a new bug report, so
> we can work with you as the original reporter instead (you can reference
> bug 513980 in your report if you think it may be related):
>
>  ubuntu-bug openoffice.org
>
> If by chance you can no longer reproduce the issue on Lucid or if you
> feel it is no longer relevant, please mark the bug report 'Fix Released'
> or 'Invalid' as appropriate, at the following URL:
>
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/513980
>
>
> ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> OpenOffice Writer severely lags when images are in the document
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513980
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> of the bug.
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Doughy (doughywilson) wrote : Re: OpenOffice Writer severely lags when images are in the document

Definitely still a problem in Ubuntu 10.04.

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
summary: - OpenOffice Writer severely lags when images are in the document
+ OpenOffice Writer severely lags when EPS images are in the document
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Incomplete → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in openoffice:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote : Re: OpenOffice Writer severely lags when EPS images are in the document

Attachment from upstream OOo bug.

penalvch (penalvch)
description: updated
tags: added: lo33
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
summary: - OpenOffice Writer severely lags when EPS images are in the document
+ [Upstream] Writer vertically scrolling in .odt with eps becomes
+ unresponsive for 10+ seconds
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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Created attachment 47445
eps-example.odt

Downstream bug may be found at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/513980

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/513980/+attachment/2151023/+files/eps-example.odt && lowriter -nologo eps-example.odt

is one may scroll vertically through the document quickly and successfully.

4) What happens instead is it does not. It frequently becomes unresponsive for tens of seconds at a time.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen) wrote : migrating packaging from OpenOffice.org to Libreoffice

[This is an automated message.]
There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.

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In , Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen) wrote :

[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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In , Sasha-libreoffice (sasha-libreoffice) wrote :

reproduced on LibO 3.5.0 beta 1 on Fedora 64 bit
and on Windows just empty square instead of diagram

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Andreas E. (andreas-e) wrote :

I can confirm that this bug still exists in LibreOffice Writer 3.6.2.2. The ~30s freezes happen not only when scrolling over the page that contains the eps image, but also on every save and autosave. After LibreOffice is responsive again, it happens sometimes that the preview of some eps images is broken (see attachment).
To me as a non-programmer it seems the previews are oversized (800 dpi !) and it feels like the preview generation runs synchronously (!) in the same thread as the UI.

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In , Stgohi-lobugs (stgohi-lobugs) wrote :

the scrolling problem is for me not reproducible with LO 4.0.2.2 (Win7 Home, 64bit)

But I can confirm as per Sasha's comment that on page two there is only an empty square.

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In , Stgohi-lobugs (stgohi-lobugs) wrote :

Does this issue still persist for you with the latest release of LO?

If not, then I would propose to close this issue, but to open a new bug report regarding the red square on page two.

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In , Sasha-libreoffice (sasha-libreoffice) wrote :

reproduced in Version 4.0.2.2 on Fedora (RFR) 64 bit

Separate bug about problems on Windows:
Bug 47458 - [Task] EPS graphics not displayed properly

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In , Stgohi-lobugs (stgohi-lobugs) wrote :

@Sasha: Can you also confirm this scrolling problem with Windows? I can't confirm it on my Windows PC, the scrolling works fine as expected.

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In , Sasha-libreoffice (sasha-libreoffice) wrote :

in 4.0.2 on Windows XP 32bit only red frame with two lines of text instead of picture on second page. No slow down.

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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Problem noted in the Description https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37837#c0 reproducible in:
Version 4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 400m0(Build:2))

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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In , Björgvin Ragnarsson (nifgraup) wrote :

*** Bug 68031 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Björgvin Ragnarsson (nifgraup) wrote :

I tracked a regression down to this commit:

"commit c0ce7ca4884f7f6d1016bd1dbcc22066cb4a7797
Author: Tomaž Vajngerl <email address hidden>
Date: Sat Jul 7 13:07:03 2012 +0200

    Prescale image with Bitmap::Scale to improve quality.

    In OutputDevice, when sending the Bitmap to native renderer, use
    Bitmap::Scale operation to improve quality when doing sub-sampling.
    With this Bitmaps in certain Widgets will look a lot better.

    Cleanup and translate comments, and move sal_Bool to bool in outdev2.cxx"

This commit improves the quality of the rendering but also adds unnecessary rerendering of EPS figures when scrolling.

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In , Jean-Sebastien Gosselin (jsgosselin) wrote :

Using libreoffice-writer 1:4.2.1-0ubuntu1~saucy1 on Ubuntu 13.10 64 bit and I am experiencing this bug as well.

Would it be possible to have some details about the current status of this bug please?

I would be so glad to be able to work efficiently in Writer with a document containing eps. Currently, I either have to disable graphic display or use png. I think that having a poor rendering of eps in Writer would be 100 times better then poor vertical scrolling. I can see why some people may disagree with that though... I'm talking only for my particular situation.

For example, I find the way Scribus is handling eps quite wonderful honestly. eps are rendered as a low quality preview (quality can be user defined), allowing you to move things around really smoothly. It is possible to activate a Preview mode of the document that will improve the rendering of the eps, but make the document less responsive.

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In , Björgvin Ragnarsson (nifgraup) wrote :

*** Bug 76945 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Not reproducible in Xenial.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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