OpenOffice Calc crash PC when changing background colour of cells

[Marius Groenewald]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

I highlighted 2 or 3 cells and then selected the Background Color Tab. I selected the color I wanted, after which my whole laptop just froze. I tried pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del, but nothing happened. I had to press the Power Off button to switch off my laptop and restart.
I tried the same thing again 3 times, and every time my laptop freezes as soon as I want to change the Background Color in OpenOffice Calc.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Marius Groenewald (groenem)]

After I Disabled my Desktop Effects in my System Settings, the problem disappeared. It seems that somewhere OpenOffice clashes with the Desktop Effects. This is a pity, because I would like to have my Desktop Effects Enabled.
I have a ATI Mobile Radeon X300 graphics card.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Which video driver are you using for your ATI card? The fglrx driver or the open source ati driver?

[Marius Groenewald (groenem)]

I am using the open source driver.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi groenem,

Thanks for including the attached files. Could you also include your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or Xorg.0.log.old) from after reproducing the issue?

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[Marius Groenewald (groenem)]

Hi Bryce,

It seems that this problem was resolved after updates on above-mentioned drivers. It is working fine now.

Thanks

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Thanks for confirming the issue is no longer occurring