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compiz package

Enabling compiz causes OpenOffice to crash (along with Thunderbird and Firefox)

Bug #144180 reported by biovore
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compiz (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

Gusty 32bit gnome desktop with compiz at full setting. (compiz setting dosn't seem to be the problem, does it when disabled as well)

If you change the gtk theme to something other then the default ubuntu theme.. (for instance crux) and then open openoffice wordprocessor then select tools | Options and then select colors then Openoffice terminates.

Not sure how to get any more debug info then that.. Not sure how to run openoffice in a debug mode.

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

I'm not certain but this seems like a compiz bug. I tried switching my theme to crux and enabled compiz and it caused Thunderbird and Firefox to effectively crash as well on my system (hang and couldn't repaint its screen).

So it is possible this is an OpenOffice bug but if it is then other programs are similarly buggy.

Chris

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biovore (biovore) wrote :

I think its more related to the GTK theme.. Dosen't crash if compiz is enabled and I am using the human gtk theme.
I have tried several different GTK themes with and with out compiz.. The only one I have success with is the default human theme.. Possible the human theme has stuff in it that most themes don't include.. Firefox/Thunderbird doesn't seem to crash for me here.. But then again, I haven't gone though all the menus to see if there was a glitch..

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these instuctions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer.

If you are using Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop environment - launch nautilus and navigate to your /var/crash directory and double click on the crash report you wish to submit.

I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

Changed in compiz:
status: New → Invalid
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Wiplash4 (ranjeet-kuruvilla) wrote :

Hello
I have the same problem. Either gtk-theme or compiz is not fully developed yet.

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Wiplash4 (ranjeet-kuruvilla) wrote :

And by the way: Window snaps to other desktop frequently, when I click them. I do not know why, but compiz causes it!

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