Bug#428388: xserver-xorg: OpenOffice regularly crashes X, rendering the system unusable
forwarded 428388 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10525
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On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 11:52 +0100, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.2-3
> Severity: normal
>
>
> I regularly have problems with X crashing hard, locking up the entire
> display. When this occurs, the moue pointer still reposnds, but all
> other input is ignored, animated screen elements freeze, and mousing to
> alternate desktops becomes impossible. The only way to restore fucntion
> has been to either reboot the machine with the Magic SysRq shortcuts, or
> to log in from a remote machine and kill -9 the X server.
>
> The crash only occurs with OpenOffice, and most commonly happens when I
> have opened a document attached to an email. OpenOffice will start fine,
> but clicking (or using keyboard shortcuts) to access any of the dropdown
> menus on the application menu bar will trigger the crash.
The upstream bug report referenced above has quite extensive information
about this problem, though unfortunately no fix yet.
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Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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