On 03/28/2008 04:38 AM, Stef wrote: > Hi , > > I'm using openoffice.org version 2.4 under debian unstable. > Since version 2.3.1, I've been experiencing a problem where > every time I click anything in the > menu bar (e.g. File , Edit, View,Insert, Format,Tools etc.) > I get a black screen of death. My screen becomes completely black, > and the whole machine freezes. I cannot even login with ssh or anything. > Only openoffice does this to me, and I really don't know what special > X call openoffice does to trigger this. I'm really desperate to get > this fixed, because I write a lot of documents using openoffice, > and so far I've had to revert back to abiword and gnumeric, but > I don't have all the awesome features available that I have in > openoffice. > > I'm using Xorg X server, and no XGL settings. I have a nvidia > GE-Force-4 graphics card. > > Can someone please help steer me in the right direction to get > this resolved. > > TIA > Stefan >
Can you start OOo from a terminal to see what error messages you get on startup? After the freeze can you Ctrl-Alt F1 and get to a tty console? Perhaps these might be of help: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/113679 http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1966 You might try reloading your nvidia drivers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
