[Upstream] Fontwork 'Coloured in' in Impress Slide Show, not in Normal mode

[Joshua O'Leary]

1) lsb_release -rd
 Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
 Release: 11.10

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.2-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:3.4.2-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.2-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/846381/+attachment/2383008/+files/impress-letters.odp && loimpress -nologo impress-letters.odp

is the slide looks the same as it does in Slide Show mode.

4) What happens instead is in Slide Show mode, the fontwork pattern in the letter O has the pattern colored inside it, while in Normal mode the inside of the O is white.

WORKAROUND: Turn off Hardware Acceleration via Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> View -> uncheck Use Hardware Acceleration -> OK button
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
Package: libreoffice 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.49~ppa1~loms~natty-generic 2.6.38.8
Tags: natty
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout disk lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Note: this only happens if 'hardware acceleration' is enabled in the options. However, with out this fontwork is fuzzy with jagged edges.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Shadows are also distorted

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

I will test the latest version from the libreoffice website (3.4.3) to see if that is any better.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

This bug is still present in version 3.4.3, direct from the tar.gz of DEBS from the website.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Joshua O'Leary, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
1) Please do not mark your own bugs Confirmed.
2) could you please attach an example Impress file that demonstrates this problem?
3) P lease execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 846381
When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

apport information

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

apport information

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Here is a sample impress file.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

The problem can't be to do with graphics drivers as my laptop has an intel card with open source drivers, and the desktop has a nvida card with proprietary drivers. Both have coloured-in fontwork letters in libreoffice if 'Hardware Acceleration' is enabled. Shadows of fontwork also appear distorted.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

As in upstream bug on launchpad:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/846381
Letters of Fontwork such as 'O' appeared coloured in on slideshow mode, if they use gradient or bitmap. This only happens when hardware acceleration (anti-aliasing) is enabled, however without this fontwork is blocky with jagged edges. Fontwork shadows are also distorted in slideshow mode. This happens in all Libreoffice versions.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 51047
File showing the bug in impress.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Joshua O'Leary, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

WORKAROUND: Turn off Hardware Acceleration via Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> View -> uncheck Use Hardware Acceleration -> OK button

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Ok, thanks for the feedback. The bug has been reported on Bugzilla here:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40779

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

[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:
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[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

This bug still exists in the 3.5.0beta2 dev release of libreoffice.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Joshua O'Leary, unreproducible in:
LOdev 3.5.0beta2
Build ID: 8589e48-760cc4d-f39cf3d-1b2857e-60db978
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002

Please reopen this bug when the following are posted to this report:
+ a screenshot of this bug from your test noted in comment #4,
+ a screenshot of the details of Help -> About.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

This bug has been filed under the Linux (ubuntu) build of Libreoffice, not the Windows build. A bug in the Linux build does not necessarily cause a bug in the Windows version, as the executable code is completely different between platforms.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55118
Normal View

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55119
Slideshow View

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55120
Normal View (LoDev Beta2)

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55121
Slideshow View (LoDev Beta 2)

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55122
View of help>about showing version info

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55123
Normal View (LoDev Beta2) - Test case attachment

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55124
Slideshow View (LoDev Beta2) - Test case attachment

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Created attachment 55125
View of help>about showing version info

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Marking Status -> NEW based on new test results from Comment #7-14.

[Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary)]

Found a workaround for this bug when using gradients, that you have to apply to each fontwork object in turn:

[1] Make a fontwork object and set fill to gradient
[2] On the object:
    Right-click>Area...>Area>Untick 'Automatic' under 'Increments.

[Mozaic (mozaic)]

reproduced with LibO 3.5.7.2 ( 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu3~ppa1 from https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-3-5?field.series_filter=precise )

[Mozaic (mozaic)]

On Ubuntu 12.04.1 x86_64
Reproduce with Libre LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 Version ID : 350m1(Build:2)
Don't Reproduce with LibreOffice 4.0.0.0.beta2 (Build ID: 4104d660979c57e1160b5135634f732918460a0)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Joshua O'Leary, this bug report is being closed due to how this is fixed in a supported release. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

libreoffice-impress:
  Installed: 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:4.3.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages