Thanks for the reply, I went into safe mode and brought up document writer and it appeared to work as it should. Have not done any more testing. I posted the output of the terminal window if that helps diagnose the problem further. What would be my recourse, there were a number of choices in the safe mode dialogue box. Thanks
larrypc ~ libreoffice --safe-mode
(soffice:22691): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:08:18.045: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:2:0: Expected a valid selector
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
ALSA lib conf.c:3816:(config_file_open) cannot access file /home/larrypc/.asoundrc
ALSA lib conf.c:3736:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:4190:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration