How can you get rid of black screen when attempting to run Libre Office on Surface productsco

[ahawkins]

After installing the latest version of LO all I get is a black screen after trying to run LO. This is only happening on the latest Surface products of Microsoft. It does not happen on any other computer.

[ahawkins]

Contacted MS on this problem. They stated that it is something LO is doing with Open GL. Not sure I understood them

[wtjackson]

Hi, I have a question running on this same topic. It seems specific to LO 5, and it didn’t happen immediately - LO ran fine on my Surface Book for a bit, then the black window problem started. Problem is it’s near impossible to change OpenGL (or any other) settings when you can’t see the menus or the dialogs.

LibreOffice 5.0.3 windows are all empty black - Windows 10

This is on a brand new Surface book. LibreOffice 5.0.3 was pretty much the first thing I installed (after Chrome) and it was working, but now I get black empty windows when I start Writer or click on a file. I’ve installed other programs (including Inkscape, GIMP, Dropbox, Google Drive, and AVG antivirus) and I wonder if one of them - especially AVG - might be to blame. I uninstalled LibreOffice and reinstalled with standard settings, the problem continues. I hate to mess with antivirus but it k…

[AlexKemp]

This is due to an OpenGL/OpenCL bug not fixed until end-December. Look at reply to Q64314 for more info + method of fixing (even when you cannot see the screen!).