Bug#839701: libreoffice-gnome: internal crash from native print dialog (Gnome/GTK)
Package: libreoffice-gnome
Version: 1:5.2.2~rc2-2
Severity: normal
Because of bug#795929 (upstream #53029), libreoffice can't print to
password-protected printers.
The suggested workaround is to "Enable experimental features"
(Tools-Options-LibreOffice-Advanced) and deactivate LibreOffice
Print Dialog Boxes (-LibreOffice-General), so that the native print
dialog is used.
But this workaround fails, at least on Gnome 3.22. The Gnome/GTK
print dialog box is used, but when I click on "Print", it crashes
LibreOffice. LibreOffice immediately recovers via "Document Recovery"
but never completes the print job.
Error messages are sent to stderr when the crash happens, indicating a
problem with pointers:
(soffice:14402): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new_valist: invalid unclassed object pointer for value type 'GtkPrinter'
(soffice:14402): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_printer_get_backend: assertion 'GTK_IS_PRINTER (printer)' failed
(soffice:14402): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
The problem seems to happen with any document.
It sounds like this is an upstream bug (and I note that using native
print dialogs is considered an "experimental feature"). But since the
bug is tied up with the Gnome or GTK libraries, I think it's worth
checking if others can reproduce the problem before we report it
upstream.
A workaround for the workaround is to print to PDF. evince is able to
print the pdf file with no problem. I'll leave a note on upstream
#53029.
Drew
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages libreoffice-gnome depends on:
ii dpkg 1.18.10
ii libc6 2.24-3
ii libgcc1 1:6.2.0-5
ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.0-2
ii libreoffice-core 1:5.2.2~rc2-2
ii libstdc++6 6.2.0-5
ii uno-libs3 5.2.2~rc2-2
ii ure 5.2.2~rc2-2
Versions of packages libreoffice-gnome recommends:
ii libreoffice-gtk3 1:5.2.2~rc2-2
Versions of packages libreoffice-gnome suggests:
ii libreoffice-evolution 1:5.2.2~rc2-2
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