Bug#440974: openoffice.org-writer: OO.O-writer document causes 2.3 version to hang on loading

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

Hi,

David Liontooth wrote:
> Any interaction with the main menu will cause the application and all of X11 to hang for a minute or two. 
> 
> The behavior doesn't happen immediately after a reboot, but gets progressively worse the longer the machine has been running. After a while, it 
> hangs X11 permanently and only a reboot will fix it.

Hmm.

> I'm adding to this bug report because the symptoms are identical in the early stages. #438882 may be the same bug -- but again, it's not restricted 
> to opening odt files, or even just opening files period. Any use of the Main Menu will trigger the behavior, and the same function using keyboard 
> shortcuts does not cause problems.

I don't think thia is related to the original bug submitters' bug cause-
By the way this looks like 395354 but this got fixed longer ago..

> The bug is debilitating and the severity should be upgraded.

IMHO no.

Regards,

Rene