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TheGuyWithTheFace

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Registered: 2012-12-09

Posts: 113

Libreoffice Crashing on Save again

Several months ago I noticed that there was a bug in which Libreoffice would crash while in the "save as" dialog. I simply waited it out for a while, and then a new version of Libreoffice fixed it. In retrospect, I believe it was the same issue as described here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1378361
Just as this fellow mentioned, the package libreoffice-kde4 seems to be what's causing trouble. In that thread, they said the fix would come in Libreoffice 4.2. This makes sense, as for a while, it was better for me.

Now, I'm running Libreoffice 4.2.3.3, and I'm having the issue again. This is the output if I try to start Libreoffice from the command line:   

Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceAdded(QString)
Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceRemoved(QString)
LibreOffice(7972) KSambaSharePrivate::findSmbConf: KSambaShare: Could not find smb.conf!
QWidget::repaint: Recursive repaint detected

(Note that the first three occur when I open a save as dialog, and the last entry is when Libreoffice crashes completely.)
Removing libreoffice-kde4 seems to solve the issue, but I'd rather keep that KDE-dialog box.

Does anyone have any thoughts, or should I just re-open the bug report?

Last edited by TheGuyWithTheFace (2014-04-29 22:45:55)

Chazza

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Registered: 2013-06-02

Posts: 506

Re: Libreoffice Crashing on Save again

I noticed exactly the same issue last year. I also noticed another issue. If you go to Tools >> Customise >> Toolbars and you try and rearrange the buttons by dragging them up or down the list, libreoffice will freeze. Both these issues are only present if libreoffice-kde4 is installed. libreoffice-gnome works just fine.

Last edited by Chazza (2014-04-30 13:48:18)

TheGuyWithTheFace

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Registered: 2012-12-09

Posts: 113

Re: Libreoffice Crashing on Save again

I was not able to repeat the issue with the toolbars, but yes, libreoffice-gnome seems to work. That being said, I really prefer the KDE integration, since that's what I use. Does anyone have any suggestions or workarounds?

Potomac

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Registered: 2011-12-25

Posts: 559

Re: Libreoffice Crashing on Save again

this bug is probably fixed in testing,

so you can test libreoffice 4.2.4-0.2 packages in testing