When typing openoffice into a terminal window (as normal user, not root) OpenOffice would open up normally. When calling it from the menu Applications | Office | OpenOffice.org Writer or typing openoffice -writer the program crashes.
OpenOffice is version 2.4
Ubuntu is version 8.04 with all updates.
CPU is Intel Centrino Duo
user@machine:~$ soffice.bin: ../../src/xcb_io.c:350: _XReply: Assertion `!dpy->xcb->reply_data' failed.
Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb5fc1767]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_lock+0x2e) [0xb5fc181e]
#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0xb6969518]
#3 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCreateWindow+0x26) [0xb6960616]
#4 /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0(gdk_window_new+0x388) [0xb5f7fe98]
#5 /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 [0xb4ea02ea]
#6 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x4f) [0xb5e3fa4f]
#7 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb5e31079]
#8 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x129) [0xb5e32759]
#9 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0xb5e46975]
#10 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8c6) [0xb5e48916]
#11 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29) [0xb5e48c59]
#12 /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_realize+0x8d) [0xb4e8fe4d]
#13 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so [0xb4fe33c4]
#14 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so [0xb4fe3de8]
#15 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so [0xb4fe44e7]
#16 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so [0xb4fbbdab]
#17 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so [0xb7e14194]
#18 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so [0xb7da333c]
#19 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN9TabDialogC2EP6WindowRK5ResId+0x6f) [0xb7de45cf]
soffice.bin: ../../src/xcb_lock.c:77: _XGetXCBBuffer: Assertion `((int) ((xcb_req) - (dpy->request)) >= 0)' failed.
Fatal exception: Signal 6
Stack:
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb70e7d4b]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb70e7e84]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb70e7efe]
[0xb7f1f420]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(abort+0x101)[0xb66c7a01]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__assert_fail+0xee)[0xb66bf10e]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6[0xb6969324]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6[0xb69694fd]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCreateWindow+0x26)[0xb6960616]
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0(gdk_window_new+0x388)[0xb5f7fe98]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb4ea02ea]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x4f)[0xb5e3fa4f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb5e31079]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x129)[0xb5e32759]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb5e46975]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8c6)[0xb5e48916]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb5e48c59]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_realize+0x8d)[0xb4e8fe4d]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb4fe33c4]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb4fe3de8]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb4fe44e7]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb4fbbdab]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e14194]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7da333c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN9TabDialogC2EP6WindowRK5ResId+0x6f)[0xb7de45cf]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb1fca677]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb21ccf0a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb21ce828]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop19impl_callRecoveryUIEhhh+0x5d8)[0x8074ef8]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop9SaveTasksEv+0x22)[0x80752c2]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop9ExceptionEt+0x2a5)[0x80769d5]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7c2c7bb]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvos3gcc3.so(_ZN3vos26signalHandlerFunction_implEPvP13oslSignalInfo+0x18)[0xb7391098]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb70e79b7]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb70e7ee7]
[0xb7f1f420]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(abort+0x101)[0xb66c7a01]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__assert_fail+0xee)[0xb66bf10e]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0x382)[0xb696a442]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XTranslateCoordinates+0x84)[0xb695f984]
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb5f68516]
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb5f6865b]
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb5f68a6f]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x178)[0xb5daabf8]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5dade5e]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x6c)[0xb5dae3ac]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb4fbb1f1]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN14X11SalInstance5YieldEbb+0x37)[0xb4b86607]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application5YieldEb+0x59)[0xb7c27219]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb1fde67c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb1fca519]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb21ce4fd]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb21ce87a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop19impl_callRecoveryUIEhhh+0x5d8)[0x8074ef8]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop11OpenClientsEv+0x1253)[0x807ce43]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop16OpenClients_ImplEPv+0x3e)[0x807e5ae]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e20f6c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN10SalDisplay21DispatchInternalEventEv+0xc3)[0xb4b7b493]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb4fb8f61]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5da9081]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x178)[0xb5daabf8]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5dade5e]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x6c)[0xb5dae3ac]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb4fbb1f1]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN14X11SalInstance5YieldEbb+0x37)[0xb4b86607]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application5YieldEb+0x59)[0xb7c27219]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application7ExecuteEv+0x3c)[0xb7c2733c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop4MainEv+0xfe3)[0x80787f3]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7c2cdb6]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_Z6SVMainv+0x35)[0xb7c2ceb5]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(main+0xb9)[0x8068929]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb66b1450]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN13MultiLineEdit4DrawEP12OutputDeviceRK5PointRK4Sizem+0xb9)[0x8068801]
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