Here is what I did: sudo apt autoremove --purge libreoffice* sudo reboot rm -Rf .config/libreoffice sudo apt install libreoffice-writer mkdir -p .config/libreoffice/4/user/ cp -a registrymodifications.xcu .config/libreoffice/4/user/
This is registrymodifications.xcu <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <oor:items xmlns:oor="http://openoffice.org/2001/registry"; xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> <item oor:path="/org.openoffice.Office.Common/VCL"><prop oor:name="ForceOpenGL" oor:op="fuse"><value>false</value></prop></item> <item oor:path="/org.openoffice.Office.Common/VCL"><prop oor:name="UseOpenGL" oor:op="fuse"><value>false</value></prop></item> </oor:items> The result: $ lowriter --norestore dbus[2685]: arguments to dbus_message_iter_append_basic() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_utf8 (*string_p)" failed in file ../../../dbus/dbus-message.c line 2754. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace Application Error Fatal exception: Signal 6 Stack: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x13568)[0x7f87f6669568] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3c5d6)[0x7f87f66925d6] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x3ef20)[0x7f87f62a3f20] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0xc7)[0x7f87f62a3e97] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x141)[0x7f87f62a5801] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x2d5d6e2)[0x7f87f960d6e2] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(_ZN11Application5AbortERKN3rtl8OUStringE+0xa2)[0x7f87f9599092] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x1d0e9b0)[0x7f87f85be9b0] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x2ceea3d)[0x7f87f959ea3d] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x165b2)[0x7f87f666c5b2] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3c49f)[0x7f87f669249f] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x3ef20)[0x7f87f62a3f20] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0xc7)[0x7f87f62a3e97] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x141)[0x7f87f62a5801] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(_dbus_abort+0x24)[0x7f87f3a0c274] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(_dbus_strdup+0x0)[0x7f87f3a02b00] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(dbus_message_iter_append_basic+0x361)[0x7f87f39f4321] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(dbus_message_append_args_valist+0x2f3)[0x7f87f39f4e03] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(dbus_message_append_args+0x99)[0x7f87f39f4ed9] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3(avahi_record_browser_new+0x17c)[0x7f87e775cbdc] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2(+0x29316)[0x7f87f0649316] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2(cupsGetDests2+0x94)[0x7f87f0649464] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x2d73127)[0x7f87f9623127] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3f179)[0x7f87f6695179] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x76db)[0x7f87f3e516db] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x3f)[0x7f87f638688f] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838249 Title: crash on startup Status in LibreOffice: Unknown Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: libreoffice --norestore --safe-mode dbus[16783]: arguments to dbus_message_iter_append_basic() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_utf8 (*string_p)" failed in file ../../../dbus/dbus-message.c line 2754. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace Fatal exception: Signal 6 Stack: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3ba93)[0x7f62a2538a93] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3bca3)[0x7f62a2538ca3] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x43f60)[0x7f62a2329f60] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0xc7)[0x7f62a2329ed7] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x121)[0x7f62a230b535] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(+0xb78d)[0x7f62a19e578d] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(_dbus_strdup+0x0)[0x7f62a1a07380] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(dbus_message_iter_append_basic+0x369)[0x7f62a19f8a79] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(dbus_message_append_args_valist+0x154)[0x7f62a19f93d4] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3(dbus_message_append_args+0x99)[0x7f62a19f9669] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3(avahi_record_browser_new+0x17c)[0x7f629d11ac9c] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2(+0x28f1e)[0x7f62a0537f1e] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcups.so.2(cupsGetDests2+0x94)[0x7f62a05380b4] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libmergedlo.so(+0x2e97a17)[0x7f62a53f0a17] /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3(+0x3e6f8)[0x7f62a253b6f8] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x9182)[0x7f62a1a34182] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x3f)[0x7f62a2403b1f] --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-29 (273 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: libreoffice-core 1:6.2.5-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-21.22-generic 5.0.15 Tags: disco Uname: Linux 5.0.0-21-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-25 (95 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip libvirt lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1838249/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
