Re: openoffice.org crashes testing

[Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz>]

Hello,
I use Lenny (AMD64) on Athlon64 X2 with OpenOffice and Sun's jdk
1.6.0_02 without any problems.

Don Montgomery wrote:
> 
> I am running debian amd64 testing on a dual-opteron box, doing updates
> when notified by the listserv.
> 
> For years, I have to open a few dozen word docs each week.
> 
> Only in the last couple of weeks, I have had the entire system freeze up
> when I click on the "file" menu in OOo Writer.  The problem is
> intermittent, maybe less than half the time, for a total of about half a
> dozen freezes so far.
> 
> The mouse arrow moves, but clicking has no effect, ctl-alt-bkspc does
> not kill X, and ctl-alt-{f[123456]} does not go to a tty console.  I end
> up using the reset button to reboot.  It's like being back in Windows
> again.
> 
> Is this a known problem?  Is there a fix?
> 
> Thanks, Don
> 
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