[snap] libreoffice 6.1.3.2 crashes on startup on Ubuntu 18.04

[RALOVICH, Kristóf]

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:security-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

$ snap info libreoffice
name: libreoffice
summary: LibreOffice is a powerful office suite including word processing and creation of spreadsheets,
  slideshows and databases
publisher: Canonical✓
contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bugs?field.tag=snap
license: unset
description: |
  LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you
  unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications
  that make it the most powerful Free and Open Source office suite on the market: Writer (word
  processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts),
  Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).
commands:
  - libreoffice.base
  - libreoffice.calc
  - libreoffice.draw
  - libreoffice.filebug
  - libreoffice.impress
  - libreoffice
  - libreoffice.math
  - libreoffice.writer
snap-id: CpUkI0qPIIBVRsjy49adNq4D6Ra72y4v
tracking: stable
refresh-date: 22 days ago, at 13:20 CET
channels:
  stable: 6.1.3.2 (90) 507MB - <
  candidate: 6.1.3.2 (95) 499MB -
  beta: ↑
  edge: ↑
installed: 6.1.3.2 (90) 507MB -

$ snap run libreoffice
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf", line 10: Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected

(soffice:10375): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 15:09:09.826: specified class size for type 'IBusIMContext' is smaller than the parent type's 'GtkIMContext' class size
*** Error in `/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0000000002cef640 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x777e5)[0x7f00cd04c7e5]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x8213e)[0x7f00cd05713e]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_malloc+0x54)[0x7f00cd059184]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_malloc+0x19)[0x7f00cb28d2c9]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_strndup+0x18)[0x7f00cb2a7a98]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_strsplit+0x95)[0x7f00cb2a9085]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so(+0x4224)[0x7f00b279f224]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_type_class_ref+0x6dd)[0x7f00cb58462d]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_object_new_with_properties+0x2f9)[0x7f00cb56acc9]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_object_new+0xc1)[0x7f00cb56b6d1]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-ibus.so(ibus_im_context_new+0x12)[0x7f00b279fd72]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0x11ae6e)[0x7f00bbf1be6e]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0x11b7c9)[0x7f00bbf1c7c9]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0x11ba05)[0x7f00bbf1ca05]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(+0xc2057)[0x7f00bbec3057]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x145)[0x7f00cb563cd5]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(+0x22065)[0x7f00cb576065]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0xfc0)[0x7f00cb57f160]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x8f)[0x7f00cb57f49f]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_realize+0xd4)[0x7f00bc051bc4]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_set_parent+0x258)[0x7f00bc052ed8]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_fixed_put+0xb3)[0x7f00bbef1a73]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x145)[0x7f00cb563cd5]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(+0x22065)[0x7f00cb576065]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0xfc0)[0x7f00cb57f160]
/snap/libreoffice/90/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x8f)[0x7f00cb57f49f]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_gtklo.so(+0x709d5)[0x7f00bc4bc9d5]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_gtklo.so(+0x70f0b)[0x7f00bc4bcf0b]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_gtklo.so(+0x6f081)[0x7f00bc4bb081]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libvclplug_gtklo.so(+0x81cc2)[0x7f00bc4cdcc2]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x3801bbf)[0x7f00d0e1fbbf]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x3957526)[0x7f00d0f75526]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x38195a1)[0x7f00d0e375a1]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x38198cc)[0x7f00d0e378cc]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x3977ca8)[0x7f00d0f95ca8]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x3976478)[0x7f00d0f94478]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(_ZN10WorkWindowC1EPN3vcl6WindowEl+0xb3)[0x7f00d0f94a45]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x34c1d3a)[0x7f00d0adfd3a]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x34b8a8e)[0x7f00d0ad6a8e]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x34b9ac5)[0x7f00d0ad7ac5]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x34b5da4)[0x7f00d0ad3da4]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x1f18c31)[0x7f00cf536c31]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x1f184f2)[0x7f00cf5364f2]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x1e52fac)[0x7f00cf470fac]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x1eebe37)[0x7f00cf509e37]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x2722910)[0x7f00cfd40910]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x271d6c8)[0x7f00cfd3b6c8]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x3cedb5a)[0x7f00d130bb5a]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(_Z6SVMainv+0x4d)[0x7f00d130bcc3]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(soffice_main+0x13f)[0x7f00cfd5edcf]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin[0x400815]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin[0x4007fb]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7f00ccff5830]
/snap/libreoffice/90/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin[0x400709]

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

This looks similar to https://github.com/ubuntu/snapcraft-desktop-helpers/issues/152, but I cannot observe the problem in a clean and up-to-date 18.04 VM, even when using ibus (with ibus-pinyin).

Kristóf, can you describe your input method setup so I can try and reproduce the crash?

Does the crash happen if you run the libreoffice snap with GTK_IM_MODULE unset? I.e.:

    GTK_IM_MODULE= snap run libreoffice

[RALOVICH, Kristóf (kristof-ralovich)]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1806913/comments/1

it does not change anything for me to run it like

GTK_IM_MODULE= snap run libreoffice

How would you like me to describe my input method? I use LXDE. I think it does not start ibus-daemon by default. However starting it manually, the same crash happens with and without the environment variable set as you asked for.