Bug 119004 - EDITING: LibreOffice crashes every 10-60 seconds (perhaps a problem with tables?)
Summary: EDITING: LibreOffice crashes every 10-60 seconds (perhaps a problem with tabl...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.0.5.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Windows (All)
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Reported: 2018-07-30 16:43 UTC by dr
Modified: 2018-08-16 19:58 UTC (History)
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Description dr 2018-07-30 16:43:43 UTC
Description:
Since I upgraded to LibreOffice v6.0.5.2 (x64) on Win10, Writer crashes all the time when I'm editing a document.  Sometimes it takes as less as 10 seconds after opening a document, other times I can work a fully 60 seconds before a crash, but never longer than that.  Writer freezes for a second, then it exits without any error message.  Often I can tell it's going to crash because I put the cursor in a table and the Table toolbar doesn't appear, as it should. 

Some of the actions that triggered a crash:
- Deleting rapidly several rows from a table
- Selecting some cells of a table
- Adding rows on a table
- Right-clicking on the Table Of Contents
- Double-clicking to select a part of text with Heading 1 style
 
I'm currently working on a ~170 pages document which has a large number of tables in it, so perhaps it's related to tables.  I noticed that when editing a very simple and short document with no tables Writer didn't crash, but I worked on it for too short a time to be able to draw any conclusion.

Workarounds I tried and which didn't have any effect:
- Reset my user profile
- Disable hardware acceleration
- Disable antialiasing
- Disable OpenGL

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the document
2. Fiddle a bit here and there


Actual Results:
Writer crashes silently.

Expected Results:
Writer should not crash.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Version: 6.0.5.2 (x64)
Build ID: 54c8cbb85f300ac59db32fe8a675ff7683cd5a16
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; 
Locale: en-US (en_US); Calc:
Comment 1 dr 2018-07-30 16:59:16 UTC
Other actions that triggered a crash:
- Selecting a drawing object (a small rectangle)

As a fix, following advice I've read around, I have also disabled automatic updates, but with no change.
Comment 2 Xisco Faulí 2018-07-30 17:07:13 UTC
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Open the document
> 2. Fiddle a bit here and there

Thank you for reporting the bug. Please attach a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. 
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See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F for help on how to do so.)

I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested document is provided.
Comment 3 dr 2018-08-05 19:24:28 UTC
I am now using v6.1 RC2; it seems more stable than the release version.  I will do some more testing to see if the problem persists and post here the results.  Thank you for now.
Comment 4 Xisco Faulí 2018-08-06 11:35:10 UTC
(In reply to dr01 from comment #3)
> I am now using v6.1 RC2; it seems more stable than the release version.  I
> will do some more testing to see if the problem persists and post here the
> results.  Thank you for now.

Good to hear. If the problem is still reproducible, please attach the document...
Comment 5 dr 2018-08-16 18:36:11 UTC
I'm happy to report that Writer v6.1 RC2 hasn't crashed once.
Closing the bug as RESOLVED/FIXED.
Comment 6 Xisco Faulí 2018-08-16 19:58:45 UTC
Thanks for retesting with the latest version.
Setting to RESOLVED WORKSFORME as the commit fixing this issue hasn't been identified.