Libreoffice shows empty menus when clicking them and then crashes

[Rafael P.]

This bug appeared in libreoffice 4.0.3 from ppa launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa

Repeat the bug:
- Run any libreoffice application
- click on the menu bar

Below is the message displayed when libreoffice is run from the terminal:

far@T430-Ubuntu-1210:~$ libreoffice
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fe880b51541, pid=11685, tid=140636789873024
#
# JRE version: 6.0_27-b27
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (20.0-b12 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Derivative: IcedTea6 1.12.5
# Distribution: Ubuntu 12.10, package 6b27-1.12.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
# Problematic frame:
# C [libgio-2.0.so.0+0xa3541] g_menu_item_new_from_model+0x931
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/far/hs_err_pid11685.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please include
# instructions how to reproduce the bug and visit:
# https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/
#
[error occurred during error reporting , id 0xb]

I attached the file hs_err_pid11685.log to this bug report

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: openjdk-6-jre 6b27-1.12.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-31.52-generic 3.5.7.11
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 28 11:10:19 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-30 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-05-13 (14 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Danillo (danillo)]

Same thing here. A workaround (which I haven't tested yet) is here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/297743/libre-office-shows-blank-menu-and-then-crashes

[John Center (john-center)]

I just tried this & removed the libreoffice-gtk package & it appears to work. Hope this gets fixed soon.

[zlatko (zlatko23)]

I also had the same problem and removing libreoffice-gtk solves it, but know LO user interface looks bad - tiny font, ugly icons. Any idea how to improve on that?

[zob (zob)]

It seems to have been fixed in the latest build from the same PPA https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa
1:4.0.3-0ubuntu1~quantal2.
Build ID: 400m0(Build:3)
Landed today.

[nicodeem (nicodeem)]

I have just reinstalled libreoffice 4.0.3.3 from its official ppa (https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-4-0) and the problem seems to be fixed. Well, at least the menus are working and libreoffice does not crash anymore. HUD integration does not work though.