MXLinux plasma version and libreoffice file picker problem [Solved]

[noesnada]

I'm using the latest version of MXLinux KDE and when I save a file in libreoffice I don't get the dolphin file picker or the standard gtk picker. I get a much more basic file picker that does not show any of my bookmarked folders in my file system. It's harder to navigate. I've seen this picker before but normally I only see it with really basic apps.

I'd expect to see the dolphin file picker or the gtk file picker, but I'm getting this other one that I'm not familiar with.

Here is what I get.



This is not the dolphin file picker, but it would do.



Can anyone tell me why this is happening, and how I can change it please. I did search the forum but did not find a post on the topic.

Many thanks.

[Eadwine Rose]

With all help requests, as per forum rules (which, if you haven't, please read), please share your full Quick System Info, do not edit.
If need be, you can do this with the LiveUSB, thanks.

[noesnada]

Sorry. I should have done that without being asked. It's below.

And thanks for your reply.

I'm in the middle of searching it up online right now, but don't want to break my system either, as right now it's working great.

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Snapshot created on: 20240818_1455
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-25-amd64 [6.1.106-3] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-25-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.4_KDE_x64 Libretto May
    19 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7D52 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG X570S CARBON MAX WIFI (MS-7D52) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.80 date: 10/25/2023
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA20102B
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32
    KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 16x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2199 high: 2200 min/max: 2200/5083 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200
    7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2198 13: 2200 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200 17: 2200
    18: 2200 19: 2200 20: 2200 21: 2200 22: 2200 23: 2200 24: 2200 25: 2200 26: 2200 27: 2200
    28: 2200 29: 2200 30: 2200 31: 2200 32: 2200 bogomips: 217602
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 2f:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1354x381mm (53.31x15.00")
    s-diag: 1407mm (55.38")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAWIDE serial: <filter>
    built: 2023 res: 5120x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 108 gamma: 1.2 size: 1200x340mm (47.24x13.39")
    diag: 1244mm (49") modes: max: 5120x1440 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (navi21 LLVM 15.0.6
    DRM 3.49 6.1.0-25-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: bus-ID: 1-2:3 gen: 4
    chip-ID: 0db0:419c speed: 16 GT/s class-ID: 0300 lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 31:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Micro Star USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Device-4: XMOS EDIFIER S880DB type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-4:3
    chip-ID: 20b1:30a0 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-25-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 28:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:6 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.56 TiB used: 294.11 GiB (6.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 613000WD temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 614600WD temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 512GB size: 476.94 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q
    scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 461.1 GiB size: 452.8 GiB (98.20%) used: 16.2 GiB (3.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 4.66 GiB size: 4.65 GiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%) used: 277.9 GiB (15.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C mem: 48.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 3027 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3008 libs: 1697 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 19
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list
    1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com//deb/nordvpn/debian/ stable main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Info:
  Processes: 555 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 2 Memory: 125.72 GiB used: 4.2 GiB (3.3%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[j2mcgreg]

Your lack of a swap partition is cause for concern. There are a lot of folks touting the idea that with enough ram available you can forgo creating a swap partition or file, but the reality is that some applications still expect it to be there (even though it may never be used) and can give unpridictable results when swap space is not present. The good news is that you can add a swap file at any time and here’s how:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

[noesnada]

Hi. Thanks.

I've never used swap in any distro, as this machine has 128gb of ram, and my laptop 64.

Could this be causing the file picker problem?

[dolphin_oracle]

Hi. Thanks.

I've never used swap in any distro, as this machine has 128gb of ram, and my laptop 64.

Could this be causing the file picker problem?

No, swap would not be a factor in the file picker.

[noesnada]

No, swap would not be a factor in the file picker.

Thanks. I kind of thought that.

I am used to seeing the gtk file picker with libreoffice in all of the distros I've used (gtk and qt) but I've never seen libreoffice use this horrible picker before.

[dolphin_oracle]

so this is very irritating, and I've never noticed I guess.

libreoffice-plasma is the integration package, and its preinstalled. however, it appears its completely ignored by libreoffice.

running

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SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=plasma libreoffice

gets us where we need to go, we just need to make it automatically use the environment variable.

[noesnada]

so this is very irritating, and I've never noticed I guess.

libreoffice-plasma is the integration package, and its preinstalled. however, it appears its completely ignored by libreoffice.

running

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SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=plasma libreoffice

gets us where we need to go, we just need to make it automatically use the environment variable.

Thanks for your reply, and please excuse my ignorance, but I'd better ask.

I take it I should just paste that into the terminal?

If I'm correct, is there a way to reverse it if the result is not as expected on my system. What file does it modify?

[noesnada]

Wow. I just went ahead and pasted that into a terminal. It opened up libreoffice and all of a sudden libreoffice looked like something from windows 98 :-)