soffice.bin crashed with SIGSEGV in cppu::throwException()

[Phil Ayres]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

Like many other people, I've been experiencing periodic (multi-times per day) crashes in openoffice (all apps). Typically it occurs when I switch between applications (usually Alt-Tab). I thought I had fixed it a couple of days ago removing an old wifi card, but after 2 days the issue restarted. I think I can recreate the problem by forcing the system to run out of physical memory (I have 2GB) by running imagemagick "convert 100pagetest.tif convertedtoreallybig.pdf". I think imagemagick is unrelated, just that its an easy way to consume large amounts of memory very fast and force the system to page.

So, this is possibly a duplicate of bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/579966 though I don't want to hijack that bug and its information.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 8 12:19:02 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin -writer /home/phil/Documents/Projects/Haywood/Electronic\ Reports/Solution\ Definition\ v3.docx -splash-pipe=5
ProcCwd: /home/phil
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
StacktraceTop:
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 cppu::throwException(com::sun::star::uno::Any const&) ()
 ucbhelper::cancelCommandExecution(com::sun::star::uno::Any const&, com::sun::star::uno::Reference<com::sun::star::ucb::XCommandEnvironment> const&) ()
 ?? ()
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Title: soffice.bin crashed with SIGSEGV in cppu::throwException()
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Thank you for your report!

However, processing it in order to get sufficient information for the
developers failed (it does not generate an useful symbolic stack trace). This
might be caused by some outdated packages which were installed on your system
at the time of the report:

libssl0.9.8: installed version 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8, latest version: 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.1
uno-libs3: installed version 1.6.0+OOo3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1, latest version: 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-6ubuntu1~10.04.1
ttf-opensymbol: installed version 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1, latest version: 1:3.2.1-6ubuntu1~10.04.1
libcomerr2: installed version 1.41.11-1ubuntu2, latest version: 1.41.11-1ubuntu2.1
openssl: installed version 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8, latest version: 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.1
openoffice.org-common: installed version 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1, latest version: 1:3.2.1-6ubuntu1~10.04.1
libc-bin: installed version 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.2, latest version: 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.3
openoffice.org-core: installed version 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1, latest version: 1:3.2.1-6ubuntu1~10.04.1
libc6: installed version 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.2, latest version: 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.3
ure: installed version 1.6.0+OOo3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1, latest version: 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-6ubuntu1~10.04.1

Please upgrade your system to the latest package versions. If you still
encounter the crash, please file a new report.

Thank you for your understanding, and sorry for the inconvenience!