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    Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

    Whenever I use Open Office in KDE 4.1, my display goes bonkers. I tried to get a screen shot but of course, it wouldn't do it then. Basically, what happens is that the taskbar and any plamoid I have will become unreadable. It's like the text will black out. If I stop tying in OOo it will go away but whenever I type, it comes back.

    Has anyone experienced this before? Anyone know of a fix?
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    Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

    Are you running Compiz or "Desktop Effects"? I recall a similar problem last year -- I think it was 7.04 and whatever OOO was current at that time. But there was no "solution" -- you either didn't run Compiz or you tolerated the goofy OO Writer display.
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      Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

      Originally posted by dibl
      Are you running Compiz or "Desktop Effects"? I recall a similar problem last year -- I think it was 7.04 and whatever OOO was current at that time. But there was no "solution" -- you either didn't run Compiz or you tolerated the goofy OO Writer display.
      No, no Compiz and Desktop Effects are not enabled.
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        Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

        It sounds like xorg and OOO are fighting, when you touch the keyboard.

        On Intrepid Ibex, I have run the OO spreadsheet a number of times, while Compiz is enabled, so I know there is no problem with the spreadsheet. I'll try the writer tonight, to check it.


        EDIT: Opened OOO Writer, verified I'm on 2.4.1, and played around long enough to be certain that there is nothing funny with the keyboard or mouse actions, when writing a document. So, I dunno.
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          Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

          I have had a similar (or maybe the same) issue, but only when when using nVidia proprietary drivers, if I disable the proprietary drivers everything works OK, also ATI drivers (on another PC) worked OK.
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            Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

            Originally posted by Windy
            I have had a similar (or maybe the same) issue, but only when when using nVidia proprietary drivers, if I disable the proprietary drivers everything works OK, also ATI drivers (on another PC) worked OK.
            I do have an nVidia card. I'm using drivers from EnvyNG. Would these be proprietary drivers?
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              Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

              Originally posted by kevin79

              I do have an nVidia card. I'm using drivers from EnvyNG. Would these be proprietary drivers?
              Yes, EnvyNG installs the proprietary Nvidia driver.

              But, I have the proprietary driver installed, and no OOO video issues on KDE 4.1.
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                Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

                Would OOo be considered a GTK application? If so, what option do you have checked for those in "Appearance"? Maybe my issue is because I have it set to use "My KDE style in GTK applications".
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                  Re: Open Office 2.4.1 issues in KDE 4.1

                  This is a pretty well known bug [presumably] with the nVIDIA driver... a blinking caret in any non-Qt app seems to make it appear on 6 and 7 series cards. There was just a beta nVIDIA driver released yesterday... perhaps it will be available soon with your preferred install method.

                  Same issue with Thunderbird, and a couple of other apps I can't think of right now... but for some reason it never appears with Firefox.

                  This issue seems to get less "press" than the resizing problems people have with the 8 series cards... I can't figure out why that is... this bug truly turns the screen to garbage.
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