LibreOffice Draw freezes
I'm using Manjaro stable and a few system updates ago LibreOffice Draw began freezing when I would save files. If I wait 5-10 minutes the save will complete and control is restored but sometimes it requires force killing the application and losing all my work since the last successful save.
I have tried everything I can think of to narrow down the bug and I have come to the conclusion that it is a regression in mesa. It is similar to an identical issue a few years ago in which sixth generation Intel i3 processors caused LibreOffice to hang. The solution then was to disable OpenGL, antialiasing on objects, and hardware acceleration. Unfortunately none of these fixes work.
Things I have tried:
- multiple different kernels, including LTS releases
- multiple versions of LibreOffice, including Fresh, Still (and their updates during the last few Manjaro system updates), appimages. LO versions 7.2.x, 7.1.x, 7.0.x, 6.47. The hang happens with all of them.
- I have reset my LO profile numerous times
Unfortunately with the Manjaro rolling release it is not possible to revert to previous versions of mesa so I have run out of things to try. I am convinced it is a mesa regression. Unless a developer is using older hardware like me I doubt they will encounter the bug so I don't expect anything to be done to resolve it. But since LibreOffice is now completely unusable for me I feel obligated to at least report it.