Libreoffice writer crashes when opening odt file

Bug #1431276 reported by Franck
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libreoffice (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

After upgrading to vivid and LO4.4, writer will consistently crash on opening a specific file.

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:4.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-9.9-generic 3.19.1
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Mar 12 11:47:50 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-13 (88 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-09 (2 days ago)

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Franck (alci) wrote :
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Franck (alci) wrote :
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Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen) wrote :

Please attach the offending file.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Franck (alci) wrote :

Here is the offending file.

penalvch (penalvch)
tags: added: regression-release
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Franck (alci) wrote :

Why is the status still incomplete ? Is there any more information I should provide ?

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Problem not reproducible in Vivid with gnome-session-flashback (Compiz).

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Incomplete → New
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Franck (alci) wrote :

This was probably due to old settings interracting weirdly with the new version of LO. In Calc, I also had tickboxes showing upside down, for example.

So I delete .config/libreoffice and the problem is gone.

Closing the bug.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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