Bug#189041: openoffice.org: openoffice cores and takes X with it -- please build a debug package

[Jérôme Warnier <jwarnier@beeznest.net>]

RCU wrote:
> Package: openoffice.org
> Version: 1.0.1-6
> Severity: important
>
> At least a few times now, openoffice.org has dumped core and immediately
> caused the X server to abort. (XFree86 4.2.1 debian, mga G400).  It
> always happens when there is heavy scrolling going on in the application
> (e.g. I am paging up or down very fast trying to skim a document).
You should first just carefully read the README this team is gently 
providing you here: 
http://cvs.debian.org/oo-debian-files/doc/README.Debian?rev=HEAD&cvsroot=debian-openoffice&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

Notice it is also on your machine (README.Debian).

> I suspect there is a bug in the mga driver causing this, but without a
> stack trace I have no idea what piece of openoffice code is prodding the
> mga driver in a way that blows it up.
>
> I do not have the diskspace or cpu on my machine to build a debug
> package myself.  Is it possible for debian-openoffice to provide a
> precompiled debug package so that situations like mine can be more
> easily debugged?
>
> Thanks!