Unity crashes in Ubuntu 16.04

Bug #1716295 reported by Ken Gregson
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Every time I open LibreOffice apps, the app seems to start up and display OK initially but after 5-10 seconds "flashes" (window gets slightly larger then goes back to normal) repeatedly and Unity crashes (all icons gone from top menu panel).

dmesg shows:
[ 307.892818] show_signal_msg: 36 callbacks suppressed
[ 307.892823] unity-panel-ser[2395]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fdf932c6425 sp 00007ffea2dec098 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7fdf93239000+1c0000]
[ 311.363310] unity-panel-ser[4138]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f51e8421425 sp 00007ffe281fdbe8 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7f51e8394000+1c0000]
[ 311.702691] unity-panel-ser[4156]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f7aecd23425 sp 00007ffc7cc7b268 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7f7aecc96000+1c0000]
[ 312.071409] unity-panel-ser[4205]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fe867000425 sp 00007ffe7831a388 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7fe866f73000+1c0000]
[ 312.430360] unity-panel-ser[4215]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f8798378425 sp 00007ffd18c59a28 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7f87982eb000+1c0000]
[ 312.781823] unity-panel-ser[4225]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f78ee443425 sp 00007ffcb81e1768 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7f78ee3b6000+1c0000]
[ 313.127139] unity-panel-ser[4234]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f41b6e4a425 sp 00007ffef9ccc198 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7f41b6dbd000+1c0000]
[ 313.465614] unity-panel-ser[4244]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f917c289425 sp 00007fffa4829b88 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7f917c1fc000+1c0000]
[ 313.812785] unity-panel-ser[4253]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fae47baa425 sp 00007ffc6b8b9dd8 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7fae47b1d000+1c0000]
[ 314.150345] unity-panel-ser[4262]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f32d5dcf425 sp 00007ffe2ababa38 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7f32d5d42000+1c0000]

Crash file attached.

Tags: xenial
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Ken Gregson (kengregson) wrote :
tags: added: xenial
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Notis (notis) wrote :

I have the same issue!!

penalvch (penalvch)
affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu) → unity (Ubuntu)
summary: - LibreOffice 5.1.6.2 Crashes unity in Ubuntu 16.04
+ Unity crashes in Ubuntu 16.04
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Paul Kernstock (paul.kernstock) wrote :

I have this issue as well.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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