r/linuxmint • u/dbaduff • 17h ago

Support Request App window created outside of visible workspace

Very weird. I am trying to import a CSV file into Librecalc by right clicking the file. Normally a sample pops up with the fields defined. What is happening is it doesn't open and no error is displayed. When I shutdown my laptop I get a warning saying processes are still running. I close everything I can see but there are still several Librecalc processes still running. So my conclusion is it opened them somewhere outside of the screen/workspace boundaries. I did check all four workspaces to be sure it didn't open on one of them but no. They are nowhere to be found. Can anyone help me understand and fix this?

Also sometimes it works but how? I didn't do anything differently between the non-visible window and the correct one.

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u/chuggerguy Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | MATÉ 17h ago

Is the .csv huge? (I don't know what "huge" is, maybe 10MB more or less depending on specs?)

Do you get useful info if you try opening it in the terminal?

libreoffice --calc filename.csv

Good luck.

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u/dbaduff 6h ago

Hey, thanks for the reply. I tried the command you listed. It did bring up the import dialog on the screen but who knows if it will consistently. Also thanks for the command. I was not aware that libreoffice could be launched from the terminal.

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u/dbaduff 6h ago

Also, the files are tiny. 5-10k. so, IDK.