Since there has been no feedback on this I experimented with removing the Ubuntu version of LibreOffice, and installing 3.6.3 straight from the .debs downloaded from openoffice.org.
The install performed without any warnings, however on trying to launch soffice.bin it appeared to have the same problem as originally reported above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074834 Title: Libreoffice crashes when opening the program Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I believe that this bug is exactly the same as reported in the two bugs below: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1049206 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1072527 However those bugs were marked as invalid because the reporters did not provide the follow-up information requested by the Ubuntu developers. Therefore I attempted to follow the instructions provided by Ubuntu at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1072527/comments/2, however ubuntu-bug itself crashed when used with the .crash report. So, I will summarize the issue once again. 1. Upon trying to open some word (.doc) files with LibreOffice via the graphical menu, it repeatedly showed the splash screen and a progress bar, then crashed. The desktop did not crash, only LibreOffice. 2. I therefore tried to open LibreOffice from the command-line, with the following results: cameron@cam-lap-04:/home/cameron$ libreoffice [Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument (elements.cxx). javaldx failed! Warning: failed to read path from javaldx terminate called after throwing an instance of 'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException' 3. I followed the instructions to install LibreOffice debugging tools, and repeated the experiment. This produced the file _usr_lib_libreoffice_program_soffice.bin.1000.crash which I am attaching to this bug report. 4. The additional contextual information you request is as follows: 4.1 lsb_release -rd: Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 4.2 apt-cache policy libreoffice libreoffice: Installed: 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://193.206.139.34/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 4.3 What I expected to happen: libreoffice would open normally and show the initial screen 4.4 What happened instead: libreoffice crashed and no windows opened ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libreoffice 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Nov 4 11:25:32 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120822.4) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1074834/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
