Can't open any document, it keeps looping start recovery

When I open an application it only shows start recovery even if I have not opened any document. If I press discard it doesn’t even open an empty page.

I am currently using garuda linux, it is a new installation. I have installed the libreoffice-still version and also tried libreoffice-fesh but it is the same.

Try to start LibreOffice from the command line with

soffice --safe-mode

and reset profile. You may want to copy your user profile temporarily elsewhere to have a backup before.

I made a backup. After check “Reset settings and user interface modifications” and “Reset entire user profile”, apply changes and restart, it is the same.

Now recovery doesn’t show files to be recovered:

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Try soffice --norestore

It crashes. This is the output

soffice --norestore
There's already a global menu bar...
Unspecified Application Error


Fatal exception: Signal 6
Stack:
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3f183)[0x7f8c9c82f183]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3f380)[0x7f8c9c82f380]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x38f50)[0x7f8c9c52bf50]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x878ec)[0x7f8c9c57a8ec]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x18)[0x7f8c9c52bea8]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(abort+0xd7)[0x7f8c9c51553d]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x31f8bc)[0x7f8c9891f8bc]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsofficeapp.so(+0x33e64)[0x7f8c9c748e64]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x7027dd)[0x7f8c98d027dd]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3f2ba)[0x7f8c9c82f2ba]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-19-openjdk/lib/server/libjvm.so(+0xe64312)[0x7f8c27864312]
/usr/lib/jvm/java-19-openjdk/lib/server/libjvm.so(JVM_handle_linux_signal+0x2b2)[0x7f8c27864712]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x38f50)[0x7f8c9c52bf50]
/usr/lib/qt/plugins/styles/libkvantum.so(_ZNK7Kvantum5Style13drawPrimitiveEN6QStyle16PrimitiveElementEPK12QStyleOptionP8QPainterPK7QWidget+0x11566)[0x7f8c8d6354b6]
/usr/lib/qt/plugins/styles/libkvantum.so(_ZNK7Kvantum5Style18drawComplexControlEN6QStyle14ComplexControlEPK19QStyleOptionComplexP8QPainterPK7QWidget+0x295d)[0x7f8c8d656c6d]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_qt5lo.so(+0x5ed61)[0x7f8c929ded61]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_qt5lo.so(+0x5fc66)[0x7f8c929dfc66]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_ZN11SalGraphics17DrawNativeControlE11ControlType11ControlPartRKN5tools9RectangleE12ControlStateRK16ImplControlValueRKN3rtl8OUStringERK12OutputDeviceRK5Color+0xfc)[0x7f8c98c2109c]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_ZN12OutputDevice17DrawNativeControlE11ControlType11ControlPartRKN5tools9RectangleE12ControlStateRK16ImplControlValueRKN3rtl8OUStringERK5Color+0x102)[0x7f8c98b1f502]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x3618ed)[0x7f8c989618ed]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35bf5e)[0x7f8c9895bf5e]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35c138)[0x7f8c9895c138]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35bcf7)[0x7f8c9895bcf7]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35c138)[0x7f8c9895c138]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35bcf7)[0x7f8c9895bcf7]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35c138)[0x7f8c9895c138]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35bcf7)[0x7f8c9895bcf7]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35c138)[0x7f8c9895c138]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35bcf7)[0x7f8c9895bcf7]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35c138)[0x7f8c9895c138]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35bcf7)[0x7f8c9895bcf7]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35c138)[0x7f8c9895c138]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x35bcf7)[0x7f8c9895bcf7]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_ZN3vcl6Window16PaintImmediatelyEv+0x1ad)[0x7f8c9895e28d]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/../program/libswlo.so(_ZN6SwView10SetVisAreaERKN5tools9RectangleEb+0x562)[0x7f8c2d960ac2]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/../program/libswlo.so(+0xd62290)[0x7f8c2d962290]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/../program/libswlo.so(_ZN6SwView16OuterResizePixelERK5PointRK4Size+0x382)[0x7f8c2d969842]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(_ZN12SfxViewFrame20DoAdjustPosSizePixelEP12SfxViewShellRK5PointRK4Sizeb+0xc2)[0x7f8c9affb072]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(_ZN12SfxViewFrame6ResizeEb+0x108)[0x7f8c9b001578]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x3b7e70)[0x7f8c989b7e70]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x42ba48)[0x7f8c98a2ba48]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_ZN3vcl6Window15setPosSizePixelEllll12PosSizeFlags+0x34d)[0x7f8c98a32c0d]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(+0x3d3c1d)[0x7f8c9afd3c1d]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(+0x1d0c85)[0x7f8c9add0c85]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(_ZN8SfxFrame6ResizeEv+0x1a2)[0x7f8c9afd40b2]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x3b7e70)[0x7f8c989b7e70]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x42ba48)[0x7f8c98a2ba48]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x42b1da)[0x7f8c98a2b1da]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_ZN3vcl6Window15setPosSizePixelEllll12PosSizeFlags+0x34d)[0x7f8c98a32c0d]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libtklo.so(_ZN10VCLXWindow10setPosSizeEiiiis+0x20a)[0x7f8c993becba]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libfwklo.so(+0x110416)[0x7f8c9b510416]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libfwklo.so(+0x176cf2)[0x7f8c9b576cf2]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libfwklo.so(+0x16ed48)[0x7f8c9b56ed48]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libfwklo.so(+0x1705b6)[0x7f8c9b5705b6]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(+0x1f5aaa)[0x7f8c9adf5aaa]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(+0x3ef366)[0x7f8c9afef366]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(_ZN17SfxBaseController11attachFrameERKN3com3sun4star3uno9ReferenceINS2_5frame6XFrameEEE+0x1b8)[0x7f8c9afefb58]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(+0x3db728)[0x7f8c9afdb728]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libfwklo.so(+0x192a1a)[0x7f8c9b592a1a]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libfwklo.so(+0x1063bb)[0x7f8c9b5063bb]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libfwklo.so(+0x1068e1)[0x7f8c9b5068e1]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsfxlo.so(+0x17234f)[0x7f8c9ad7234f]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x43ceb8)[0x7f8c98a3ceb8]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_ZN16SalUserEventList18DispatchUserEventsEb+0x189)[0x7f8c98caf1b9]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_qt5lo.so(_ZN10QtInstance9ImplYieldEbb+0x39)[0x7f8c929eac09]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_qt5lo.so(_ZN10QtInstance7DoYieldEbb+0xaf)[0x7f8c929ead5f]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(+0x6f45f3)[0x7f8c98cf45f3]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_ZN11Application7ExecuteEv+0x8e)[0x7f8c98cfa43e]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsofficeapp.so(+0x3ac9c)[0x7f8c9c74fc9c]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libvcllo.so(_Z10ImplSVMainv+0x38a)[0x7f8c98d080ca]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libsofficeapp.so(soffice_main+0x134)[0x7f8c9c766ae4]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin(+0x1031)[0x5576e6e10031]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x23790)[0x7f8c9c516790]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x8a)[0x7f8c9c51684a]
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin(+0x1065)[0x5576e6e10065]

Has garuda linux something like a task manager where you can look for hidden LibreOffice processes? Now and then I need to use the respective tool in Win 10 to remove leftovers.

All Linux distributions should have a command ps

Yes Garuda has system monitor.

Today it started working just fine. I did not anything extraordinary so I don’t know what fixed it.

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Hello, I had a similar problem today and it was caused by missing libraries, I fully updated libreoffice using my package manager and it works fine now.