Not reproducible

Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 98cbfb087eed0d1defa6ef26385fcf47f95c05fc
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Linux 3.19; UI Render: default; 
Locale: en-IN (en_IN); Calc: group

(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #0)
> The new workflow is to show the template manager on startup, and to have a
> checkbox to switch this off. Whatever I do Impress crashes after closing the
> template dialog, whether I cancel or select a template. It also doesn't help
> to uncheck "Show this dialog on startup", the checkbox is active the next
> time.
> 
> instdir/program/simpress 
> warn:configmgr:4933:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:911: ignoring modify of
> unknown set member node "StarOffice XML (Base) Report" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> fcfg_langpack_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:4933:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:911: ignoring modify of
> unknown set member node "StarOffice XML (Base) Report Chart" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> fcfg_langpack_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:4933:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:299: unknown component
> "org.openoffice.Office.UI.DbReportWindowState" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> registry_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:4933:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:299: unknown component
> "org.openoffice.Office.UI.ReportCommands" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> registry_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:4933:1:configmgr/source/propertynode.cxx:62: non-nillable
> property without value
> warn:configmgr:4933:1:configmgr/source/propertynode.cxx:62: non-nillable
> property without value
> warn:vcl:4933:1:vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx:2018:
> X11SalFrame::Restore on withdrawn window
> warn:vcl:4933:1:vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx:2018:
> X11SalFrame::Restore on withdrawn window
> warn:ucb.ucp.gio:4933:1:ucb/source/ucp/gio/gio_content.cxx:399: ignoring
> GError "Vorgang wird nicht unterstützt" for <.uno:NewDoc>
> warn:legacy.tools:4933:1:sfx2/source/control/bindings.cxx:1981: No cache for
> OfficeDispatch!
> soffice.bin:
> /mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/include/vcl/vclreferencebase.hxx:38: void
> VclReferenceBase::acquire() const: Zusicherung »mnRefCnt>0« nicht erfüllt.
> warn:vcl:4933:1:vcl/source/window/dialog.cxx:836:
> Dialog::StartExecuteModal() - Parent not visible
> warn:legacy.osl:4933:1:framework/source/services/autorecovery.cxx:2000: need
> at document, at the very least
> warn:configmgr:5039:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:911: ignoring modify of
> unknown set member node "StarOffice XML (Base) Report" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> fcfg_langpack_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:5039:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:911: ignoring modify of
> unknown set member node "StarOffice XML (Base) Report Chart" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> fcfg_langpack_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:5039:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:299: unknown component
> "org.openoffice.Office.UI.DbReportWindowState" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> registry_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:5039:1:configmgr/source/xcuparser.cxx:299: unknown component
> "org.openoffice.Office.UI.ReportCommands" in
> "file:///mnt/hdd/Sourcen/libreoffice/instdir/program/../share/registry/res/
> registry_en-US.xcd"
> warn:configmgr:5039:1:configmgr/source/propertynode.cxx:62: non-nillable
> property without value
> warn:configmgr:5039:1:configmgr/source/propertynode.cxx:62: non-nillable
> property without value
> warn:vcl:5039:1:vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx:2018:
> X11SalFrame::Restore on withdrawn window
> warn:legacy.osl:5039:1:unotools/source/config/moduleoptions.cxx:478: unknown
> factory
> warn:ucb.ucp.gio:5039:1:ucb/source/ucp/gio/gio_content.cxx:399: ignoring
> GError "Vorgang wird nicht unterstützt" for <.uno:NewDoc>
> warn:legacy.tools:5039:1:sfx2/source/control/bindings.cxx:1981: No cache for
> OfficeDispatch!
> 
> Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+
> Build ID: 00a9f80948d27bcc031969902aedd5fbfa08eaca
> CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.6; UI Render: default; 
> Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF8); Calc: group
> 
> --enable-dbgutil
> --without-java
> --without-help
> --without-myspell-dicts
> --without-doxygen
> --without-system-postgresql
> --disable-gtk3
> --disable-postgresql-sdbc
> --enable-kde4
> --disable-firebird-sdbc
> --disable-dbus
> --disable-cups

@Heiko: Please update your master.. there was a bug which crashed template selection while opening a template.
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100660

Markus fixed it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 100829 ***