OpenOffice Crashes entire Ubuntu10.4 frequently when using DataPilot Pull-Down menus

[Bill Tihen]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

When I am using DataPilot and want to change one of the pull-down menu choices - frequently OO.org freezes with the pull-down menu displayed. Unfortunately, when OO.org crashes it takes all of Ubuntu 10.4 with it! (Not sure how that is possible). I need to hit the power button, then I can use the keyboard to reboot the computer and say it is OK to reboot even though oo.org is still running.

Interestingly, this happened once when I was running a script and the script continued until it was completed, but I am totally frozen out of using the computers - gui nor can I switch to an open terminal. I suppose gnome is crashing with OO.org. It is very annoying.

PS -- the file is rather large (1.9 MB) and this problem used to be much worse when I was using a larger file (3.2MB).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 3 14:00:58 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en"
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.iso88591
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: openoffice.org

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Bill Tihen, thank you for reporting this bug and making Ubuntu better. Could you please attach, bz2 compressed, the file(s) that demonstrate this problem? As well, I am curious what is your hardware specifications (RAM, CPU, board, etc.)? If it is OEM provided, manufacturer & model?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Bill Tihen, we are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!