> [1] On my system I have ~/.xsession-errors - I don't know if that applies to
> Gnome.
Apparently yes. I've just upgraded my system and tried again from GNOME
menu. Same result. Here's the relevant part of this log file.
Fatal exception: Signal 6
Stack:
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3[0x40bdda3e]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3[0x40bddbcb]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3[0x40bddc96]
/lib/libpthread.so.0[0x41141695]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x4134b578]
/lib/libpthread.so.0(raise+0x2b)[0x4113e7db]
/lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x44)[0x4134b3f4]
/lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x18b)[0x4134c95b]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl645li.so[0x402bab41]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl645li.so(_ZN11Application5AbortERK6String+0x1f)[0x400e1c3d]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop9ExceptionEt+0x13e)[0x80630cc]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl645li.so(_ZN23ImplVCLExceptionHandler6signalEP13oslSignalInfo+0xb2)[0x400e698a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvos3gcc3.so(_ZN3vos28_cpp_OSignalHandler_FunctionEPvP13oslSignalInfo+0x18)[0x40b441fa]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvos3gcc3.so(_Z24_OSignalHandler_FunctionPvP13oslSignalInfo+0x26)[0x40b441da]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3[0x40bddae8]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsal.so.3(osl_raiseSignal+0x57)[0x40bddea9]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvos3gcc3.so(_ZN3vos14OSignalHandler5raiseElPv+0x26)[0x40b443c0]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libtl645li.so[0x409b9a10]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libtl645li.so(_ZN6ResMgr4InitERK6String+0x24)[0x409b9bee]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl645li.so(_ZN6ResMgrC1EPK6String+0x7e)[0x400da69a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx645li.so(_ZN14SfxApplication15InitLabelResMgrEPKc+0x82)[0x43c52114]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libofa645li.so(_ZN17OfficeApplicationC1Ev+0x159)[0x42f4219d]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libwrp645li.so[0x42e4f64f]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libwrp645li.so[0x42e4f21a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcppuhelpergcc3.so.3[0x40b74d35]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcppuhelpergcc3.so.3[0x40b74ee6]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcppuhelpergcc3.so.3[0x40b75a54]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcppuhelpergcc3.so.3[0x40b74f4a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcppuhelpergcc3.so.3[0x40b75b99]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcppuhelpergcc3.so.3[0x40b76689]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/servicemgr.uno.so[0x421956d4]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/servicemgr.uno.so[0x42195c8a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop4MainEv+0x1139)[0x80645d3]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl645li.so(_Z6SVMainv+0x49)[0x400e69f7]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl645li.so(main+0x4c)[0x402b0be0]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xce)[0x41337dbe]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN6Window11RequestHelpERK9HelpEvent+0x39)[0x805e331]
Just started oowriter from multi-gnome-terminal and it worked.
6 is SIGABRT so smells like if some assert() was failing but it's
only my speculation.
GBP
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