Until yesterday, my kept-up-to-date installation of Trisquel 7 ran
Libreoffice flawlessly on a ThinkPad T420 laptop with 4GB of RAM.
Then I tried to open a 500MB binary (or text) file (an old Inbox from a Win98
installation of Netscape) and that came up as all pound signs (a.k.a. number
signs ... or the lower right hand key of my cellphone).
Now Libreoffice won't open at all, either by selecting the binary (or text)
file name and then choosing Libreoffice from the popup menu, or from the main
Trisquel menu (opening any version of Liberoffice) and then (which never
happens) selecting the file from the Places menu.
I tried sudo apt-get uninstall Liberoffice, sudo apt-get purge Libreoffice,
and add/remove applications; that last one let me remove Libreoffice calc,
but not Libreoffice writer. After all this, I ran sudo apt-get install
Libreoffice again, alas, to no effect.
Previously, Libreoffice opened several 180MB binary files OK, and I could
read them and then save them (at Libreoffice's recommendation) as.odf files.
Sure, it took a long time, but I was busy doing other chores, so I could just
let it grind away on its own.
When Libreoffice tries to open, the Libreoffice logo appears, a progress bar
marches across the window, the CPU usage goes up to 26pct ... and that's
where it stays ... for as long as I care to wait. To escape, I have to reboot
the computer.
How can I restore Libreoffice's functionality ?
