OpenOffice Crashes every time a Images or Forulars are selected

Unreproducible here.

Please recheck using these packages (add these lines to /et/apt/sources.list):

   deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/ubuntu/ edgy/$(ARCH)/
   deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/ubuntu/ edgy/all/

Please submit bug reports to malone, referencing the exact version and
platform you did use for testing.

Hey these versions work! Thank you very much!

I added hardware and software information to my report. Sorry for the inconvenience. Tell me if you need more.

I can confirm that this version works. My PC specs: http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/?xml=0cc6272e67134d28e653890278ceaa32

I confirm both: the error and fix.
8a094f184ab4476c4409b727631e1ebd

Same problem here.

I found that running oowriter with kdesu (kdesu oowriter) didn't crash the applications so i was using it as a workaround.

After using the repository linked above the error disappeared.

My Specifications:
Laptop Compal hel80
Processor t2300 (core duo)
1 GB RAM
nvidia 7600 Go (with nvidia propietary driver loaded)

I have the same problem on Dell inspiron 6000
After using the repository linked above the error disappeared.

Thanks
F.G

Same problem, same solution (thanks for the reposistory).

Desktop AMD Athlon 900, Nvidia geforce2MX with nvidia driver
Kubuntu Edgy (i386) with Kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
OpenOffice.org 2.0.4-0ubuntu2

The key, I found, is that the crash occurs when the *display* is on KDE, irrespective of whether the display is on the local Ubuntu machine that is running OOo or a remote machine (e.g., SUSE) connecting to the Ubuntu machine using ssh -Y.

It does not happen on displays running (at least) Gnome and Windowmaker.

Client machines (running Edgy):
  Dell Inspiron X1 (32-bit Pentium M, 512MB)
  AMD-64 3000+ (64-bit) 1G)

X-servers running on (in addition to the client machines)
SUSE10.1 Pentium D 64-bit Dual Core, 2G
SUSE10.1 Dell Inspiron Pentium M 32-bit

The problem always follows the use of an X server running a KDE display, irrespective of where OOo is running.

FWIW, the 64-bit build of OOo 2.0.4 in SUSE10.2Beta1 does NOT exhibit these crashes.

HTH
A

I can confirm that the version from doko's repository works fine.
hwdb: http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/?xml=7f43b0875409f415723ca94ac8c1ad8a

Same problem, same solution.

http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/?xml=a88eff1581101b972d72c4e94ac2265f

What's your key so I can sign this repository?

The packages from http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/ubuntu/ seems to be fixing this issue since 28/10.
Would it be possible to have them (or something including the same fix) distributed through the standard apt repositories as a bug fix for edgy?
This bug is really a huge showstopper for people using Linux on the desktop. It basically means that ubuntu edgy contrarily to any other Linux distro ships without a usable office application and cannot collaborate with people using ms office.

A quick fix for this bug is to disable Klipper (clipboard tool).
With Klipper closed OO works as expected again.

Anyway, this is a very annoying bug and I totally agree with anyone who claims this could easily drive people away from (k)Ubuntu/Linux and should have been fixed long ago...

I wasn't even aware of Klipper's existence until now. I agree this is
a major (if only from a psychological standpoint) issue. Two of my
friends nearly dropped Kubuntu because of it.

I can confirm that OOo work fine if Klipper is disabled.

fixed in 2.0.4-0ubuntu4 (edgy-updates) and 2.0.4-7ubuntu1 (feisty)