[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 107166] Text is invisible, both in UI and in editor on update to 5.3.2, older AMD and Intel GPUs

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107166

--- Comment #106 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Philippe_E from comment #105)
> I forgot to say that in "FIXED" mode, LibreOffice works well (menu text
> included) with both Radeon or Intel GPUs.
> The only remaining problem is in "DYNAMIC" mode. But I may be able to stay
> in Fixed mode without harming the computer, right?
> Philippe

Staying in Fixed mode should not cause any issues. Simply use he Catalyst GUI
(from desktop context menu) to manually select which GPU to use. Setting BIOS
to Dynamic mode automates the switching.

(In reply to Philippe_E from comment #104)
>...
> There is something strange: the driver versions of the Intel and Radeon are
> different. For Intel it is always the old one that is present (8.882.2.3000)
> whereas for Radeon it is the new one (9.2.0.0).
> Does this explain why it crashes when entering Dynamic mode?

Possibly, and you would be well served to force the Intel GPU onto a newer
driver. The Catalyst 12-10 installation should have done that. You might try to
reinstall. Or, just do a manual driver update via Device manager and search  in
the AMD Cayalyst folder (where it extracted to when first run). 

Alternatively, the Leshcat project [1] has "modded"--modified--64-bit drivers
specifically for the hybrid mode AMD/Intel GPU combos. These folks poke hard at
these exact issues with HP laptop systems. Looks like the 14.4 UnifL v2.4 [2]
should have good fixed/dynamic support for you on 64-bit Windows 7 SP1.

=-ref-=
[1] http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=1
http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=13

[2]
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/Leshcat/Leshcat-AMD-UnifL-Catalyst-Graphics-Driver-144-v24-64-bit.shtml

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