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When working on the Calc (spreadsheet) many time the screen goes grey and CPU cycle shoots up to 100% for a very long time and the app is not responsive. Also slows down other open apps etc due to CPU being at 100%. Is there anyway this can be avoided?



The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is




  • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.










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    Insufficient data - how big is the file? Is the sheet calculation-intensive? Are you using a low-end CPU or low on RAM? How long is a 'very long' time? Are you running macros or scripts on the sheet? What other applications do you have open at the time? Have you used 'top' to check for other resource hogs?

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  • The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is :-)

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  • Could it be that there's a formula that's faulty? Is there a formula common to all your problematic sheets or files? And you can use the man command to see what top does. You would type man top in a terminal. Top is present by default on your Ubuntu.

    – user25656
    Mar 8 '12 at 3:30













  • I have the same problem with Calc. Just scrolling through big spreadsheet selecting rows. Tried the Anti-aliasing and graphics cache below, with no effect. Where should we log this kind of problem ?

    – Pieter
    Sep 18 '15 at 10:52
















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When working on the Calc (spreadsheet) many time the screen goes grey and CPU cycle shoots up to 100% for a very long time and the app is not responsive. Also slows down other open apps etc due to CPU being at 100%. Is there anyway this can be avoided?



The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is




  • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Insufficient data - how big is the file? Is the sheet calculation-intensive? Are you using a low-end CPU or low on RAM? How long is a 'very long' time? Are you running macros or scripts on the sheet? What other applications do you have open at the time? Have you used 'top' to check for other resource hogs?

    – user535733
    Mar 3 '12 at 23:11











  • The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is :-)

    – user35021
    Mar 6 '12 at 2:43











  • Could it be that there's a formula that's faulty? Is there a formula common to all your problematic sheets or files? And you can use the man command to see what top does. You would type man top in a terminal. Top is present by default on your Ubuntu.

    – user25656
    Mar 8 '12 at 3:30













  • I have the same problem with Calc. Just scrolling through big spreadsheet selecting rows. Tried the Anti-aliasing and graphics cache below, with no effect. Where should we log this kind of problem ?

    – Pieter
    Sep 18 '15 at 10:52














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When working on the Calc (spreadsheet) many time the screen goes grey and CPU cycle shoots up to 100% for a very long time and the app is not responsive. Also slows down other open apps etc due to CPU being at 100%. Is there anyway this can be avoided?



The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is




  • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.










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When working on the Calc (spreadsheet) many time the screen goes grey and CPU cycle shoots up to 100% for a very long time and the app is not responsive. Also slows down other open apps etc due to CPU being at 100%. Is there anyway this can be avoided?



The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is




  • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.







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    Insufficient data - how big is the file? Is the sheet calculation-intensive? Are you using a low-end CPU or low on RAM? How long is a 'very long' time? Are you running macros or scripts on the sheet? What other applications do you have open at the time? Have you used 'top' to check for other resource hogs?

    – user535733
    Mar 3 '12 at 23:11











  • The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is :-)

    – user35021
    Mar 6 '12 at 2:43











  • Could it be that there's a formula that's faulty? Is there a formula common to all your problematic sheets or files? And you can use the man command to see what top does. You would type man top in a terminal. Top is present by default on your Ubuntu.

    – user25656
    Mar 8 '12 at 3:30













  • I have the same problem with Calc. Just scrolling through big spreadsheet selecting rows. Tried the Anti-aliasing and graphics cache below, with no effect. Where should we log this kind of problem ?

    – Pieter
    Sep 18 '15 at 10:52














  • 1





    Insufficient data - how big is the file? Is the sheet calculation-intensive? Are you using a low-end CPU or low on RAM? How long is a 'very long' time? Are you running macros or scripts on the sheet? What other applications do you have open at the time? Have you used 'top' to check for other resource hogs?

    – user535733
    Mar 3 '12 at 23:11











  • The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is :-)

    – user35021
    Mar 6 '12 at 2:43











  • Could it be that there's a formula that's faulty? Is there a formula common to all your problematic sheets or files? And you can use the man command to see what top does. You would type man top in a terminal. Top is present by default on your Ubuntu.

    – user25656
    Mar 8 '12 at 3:30













  • I have the same problem with Calc. Just scrolling through big spreadsheet selecting rows. Tried the Anti-aliasing and graphics cache below, with no effect. Where should we log this kind of problem ?

    – Pieter
    Sep 18 '15 at 10:52








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Insufficient data - how big is the file? Is the sheet calculation-intensive? Are you using a low-end CPU or low on RAM? How long is a 'very long' time? Are you running macros or scripts on the sheet? What other applications do you have open at the time? Have you used 'top' to check for other resource hogs?

– user535733
Mar 3 '12 at 23:11





Insufficient data - how big is the file? Is the sheet calculation-intensive? Are you using a low-end CPU or low on RAM? How long is a 'very long' time? Are you running macros or scripts on the sheet? What other applications do you have open at the time? Have you used 'top' to check for other resource hogs?

– user535733
Mar 3 '12 at 23:11













The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is :-)

– user35021
Mar 6 '12 at 2:43





The file size doesn't really matter as it happens with having only one sheet with simple data as well as file with several sheets and calculations. Running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1300 with 2 GB ram and Intel Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU. Long time sometimes over 2 mins. I haven't used Top but can give it a try if I knew what it is :-)

– user35021
Mar 6 '12 at 2:43













Could it be that there's a formula that's faulty? Is there a formula common to all your problematic sheets or files? And you can use the man command to see what top does. You would type man top in a terminal. Top is present by default on your Ubuntu.

– user25656
Mar 8 '12 at 3:30







Could it be that there's a formula that's faulty? Is there a formula common to all your problematic sheets or files? And you can use the man command to see what top does. You would type man top in a terminal. Top is present by default on your Ubuntu.

– user25656
Mar 8 '12 at 3:30















I have the same problem with Calc. Just scrolling through big spreadsheet selecting rows. Tried the Anti-aliasing and graphics cache below, with no effect. Where should we log this kind of problem ?

– Pieter
Sep 18 '15 at 10:52





I have the same problem with Calc. Just scrolling through big spreadsheet selecting rows. Tried the Anti-aliasing and graphics cache below, with no effect. Where should we log this kind of problem ?

– Pieter
Sep 18 '15 at 10:52










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Open any LibreOffice application. In the Tool-bar under "Tools" use the drop-down and open "options" look for "memory". This setting as well as others will help limit CPU cycles and decrease lag time.
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  • I'm just wondering whether reducing the Use for LibreOffice in Graphics cache will help or have the opposite effect. I've sometimes encountered problems similar to what OP has reported, but then mostly with Writer and rarely with Calc. The settings are as shown in the graphic above. The OS is 11.10 (Unity 3D) on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with 4 GB RAM. I don't do too many things at one time ... maybe listen to music (Totem), have a few tabs open in Firefox and LibreOffice. My non-technical opinion is that there are some situations that cause LibreOffice to go crazy.

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I've found workaround: go to "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing". Works for me. I've posted bug report here. Maybe it's your case too.






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    Ubuntu 16.04.5 Libreoffice Version: 6.0.5.2 Memory 7.1 GiB,
    Processor: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 4 , 64 bit
    Graphics: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)



    Libreoffice setting: "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing".



    Works for me; went from pathetic to super speed instantaneously.






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      Open any LibreOffice application. In the Tool-bar under "Tools" use the drop-down and open "options" look for "memory". This setting as well as others will help limit CPU cycles and decrease lag time.
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      • I'm just wondering whether reducing the Use for LibreOffice in Graphics cache will help or have the opposite effect. I've sometimes encountered problems similar to what OP has reported, but then mostly with Writer and rarely with Calc. The settings are as shown in the graphic above. The OS is 11.10 (Unity 3D) on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with 4 GB RAM. I don't do too many things at one time ... maybe listen to music (Totem), have a few tabs open in Firefox and LibreOffice. My non-technical opinion is that there are some situations that cause LibreOffice to go crazy.

        – user25656
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      • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.

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      Open any LibreOffice application. In the Tool-bar under "Tools" use the drop-down and open "options" look for "memory". This setting as well as others will help limit CPU cycles and decrease lag time.
      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer
























      • I'm just wondering whether reducing the Use for LibreOffice in Graphics cache will help or have the opposite effect. I've sometimes encountered problems similar to what OP has reported, but then mostly with Writer and rarely with Calc. The settings are as shown in the graphic above. The OS is 11.10 (Unity 3D) on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with 4 GB RAM. I don't do too many things at one time ... maybe listen to music (Totem), have a few tabs open in Firefox and LibreOffice. My non-technical opinion is that there are some situations that cause LibreOffice to go crazy.

        – user25656
        Mar 4 '12 at 4:59













      • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.

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      Open any LibreOffice application. In the Tool-bar under "Tools" use the drop-down and open "options" look for "memory". This setting as well as others will help limit CPU cycles and decrease lag time.
      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer













      Open any LibreOffice application. In the Tool-bar under "Tools" use the drop-down and open "options" look for "memory". This setting as well as others will help limit CPU cycles and decrease lag time.
      enter image description here







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      • I'm just wondering whether reducing the Use for LibreOffice in Graphics cache will help or have the opposite effect. I've sometimes encountered problems similar to what OP has reported, but then mostly with Writer and rarely with Calc. The settings are as shown in the graphic above. The OS is 11.10 (Unity 3D) on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with 4 GB RAM. I don't do too many things at one time ... maybe listen to music (Totem), have a few tabs open in Firefox and LibreOffice. My non-technical opinion is that there are some situations that cause LibreOffice to go crazy.

        – user25656
        Mar 4 '12 at 4:59













      • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.

        – user35021
        Mar 6 '12 at 5:48



















      • I'm just wondering whether reducing the Use for LibreOffice in Graphics cache will help or have the opposite effect. I've sometimes encountered problems similar to what OP has reported, but then mostly with Writer and rarely with Calc. The settings are as shown in the graphic above. The OS is 11.10 (Unity 3D) on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with 4 GB RAM. I don't do too many things at one time ... maybe listen to music (Totem), have a few tabs open in Firefox and LibreOffice. My non-technical opinion is that there are some situations that cause LibreOffice to go crazy.

        – user25656
        Mar 4 '12 at 4:59













      • Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.

        – user35021
        Mar 6 '12 at 5:48

















      I'm just wondering whether reducing the Use for LibreOffice in Graphics cache will help or have the opposite effect. I've sometimes encountered problems similar to what OP has reported, but then mostly with Writer and rarely with Calc. The settings are as shown in the graphic above. The OS is 11.10 (Unity 3D) on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with 4 GB RAM. I don't do too many things at one time ... maybe listen to music (Totem), have a few tabs open in Firefox and LibreOffice. My non-technical opinion is that there are some situations that cause LibreOffice to go crazy.

      – user25656
      Mar 4 '12 at 4:59







      I'm just wondering whether reducing the Use for LibreOffice in Graphics cache will help or have the opposite effect. I've sometimes encountered problems similar to what OP has reported, but then mostly with Writer and rarely with Calc. The settings are as shown in the graphic above. The OS is 11.10 (Unity 3D) on a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with 4 GB RAM. I don't do too many things at one time ... maybe listen to music (Totem), have a few tabs open in Firefox and LibreOffice. My non-technical opinion is that there are some situations that cause LibreOffice to go crazy.

      – user25656
      Mar 4 '12 at 4:59















      Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.

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      Changing the Graphic cache user for liberoffice did not really change anything.

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      I've found workaround: go to "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing". Works for me. I've posted bug report here. Maybe it's your case too.






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        I've found workaround: go to "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing". Works for me. I've posted bug report here. Maybe it's your case too.






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          I've found workaround: go to "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing". Works for me. I've posted bug report here. Maybe it's your case too.






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          I've found workaround: go to "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing". Works for me. I've posted bug report here. Maybe it's your case too.







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              November 17, 2018
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              Processor: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 4 , 64 bit
              Graphics: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)



              Libreoffice setting: "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing".



              Works for me; went from pathetic to super speed instantaneously.






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                November 17, 2018
                Ubuntu 16.04.5 Libreoffice Version: 6.0.5.2 Memory 7.1 GiB,
                Processor: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 4 , 64 bit
                Graphics: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)



                Libreoffice setting: "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing".



                Works for me; went from pathetic to super speed instantaneously.






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                  November 17, 2018
                  Ubuntu 16.04.5 Libreoffice Version: 6.0.5.2 Memory 7.1 GiB,
                  Processor: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 4 , 64 bit
                  Graphics: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)



                  Libreoffice setting: "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing".



                  Works for me; went from pathetic to super speed instantaneously.






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                  November 17, 2018
                  Ubuntu 16.04.5 Libreoffice Version: 6.0.5.2 Memory 7.1 GiB,
                  Processor: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 4 , 64 bit
                  Graphics: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-39-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)



                  Libreoffice setting: "Tools/Options/View" and uncheck "Graphics output: Anti-aliasing".



                  Works for me; went from pathetic to super speed instantaneously.







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