Comment 28 for bug 1854183

Still happens with LibreOffice 6.4.2 from PPA https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/libreoffice-6-4

Basically libreoffice --calc works the first time, the second time there's the warning about infinite surface size and static image copied from elsewhere is shown instead of Calc. rm -rf ~/.config/libreoffice and it again works, but only once (just opening, closing and opening again triggers the problem).

Using GNOME Flashback (Compiz) session on Ubuntu 18.04. Maybe easiest to install with: apt install gnome-flashback compiz (need to reboot or restart gdm for new session types to appear)

I can only debug this machine remotely and rarely, and there seems to be variations of this behavior. For example I tried to fix the problem with stock 18.04's LibreOffice (6.0.7) by upgrading to the PPA, and it seemed to fix the problem. It was possible to open many files for some days.

The exact details might be related to the multi monitor setup in use, which display the office opens on, or for example if libreoffice was made full screen or windowed before closing. It's still a mystery how the behavior can be triggered from "outside" LibreOffice ie something changes and then even removing .config/libreoffice does not make it functional anymore for more than one time or anything else that comes to mind.

I've now asked the user to switch to GNOME Flashback (Metacity) instead of Compiz and trying out like that now.