Description: Typing a new a value greater than 131 into the Character|Fonts|Size dialog causes the Cinnamon desktop environment to crash. I have never seen Cinnamon crash like this under any other circumstances. Steps to Reproduce: The following procedure will reliably cause the login session to abrubtly and instantly stop all running programs and go to the login screen): 1. Highlight some text in a text box 2. Select Format|Character... 3. From context menu, choose "Character..." 4. Choose the "Fonts" tab 5. In the "Size" dropdown, type in any number greater than 131. 6. Before you can even press "OK", Desktop environment crashes. Actual Results: Desktop environment crashes (i.e., all running programs instantly stopped) and user returned to the account login screen. Expected Results: After changing the number, I expected to click "OK" and either be returned to the editing screen with the text font size modified, or receive an error message telling me I had entered an illegal value. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: O/S: Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, fully updated. Cinnamon version: 5.8.4 Linux Kernel: 5.15.0-84-generic Processor: Intel© Core™2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz × 2 Memory: 11.6 GiB Hard Drives: 2251.5 GB Graphics Card: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller LibreOffice version: 7.6.1.2
Not reproduced with: Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 56f7684011345957bbf33a7ee678afaf4d2ba333 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded But I've seen a similar report before, I just can't find it...
Ah, it's bug 151896 and the possibly related question https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/impress-crashes-makes-xubuntu-session-close-when-loading-previously-made-presentation/77436
Can you please paste here the full version information copied from Help > About LibreOffice? Thank you!
Seems this affects other LibreOffice users on Mint, but it also affects other apps, so I am tempted to close as "not our bug": https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=386659 Would be interesting to hear what the issue comes from though.
I agree with Stephane that the problem is not unique to Impress. I reproduced in any LibreOffice Writer and could undoubtedly do so in others. More significantly, I confirmed the observation in bug 71732, that the behavior also occurs in the Character Map app. However, that person was unable to reproduce the problem in Cinnamon, and I'm not sure why this would be, since my report describes the problem occurring under Cinnamon. I would have no objection to classifying this as a non-LibreOffice bug. Responding to the earlier request for a complete copy of my Impress Help|About info: Version: 7.6.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: f5defcebd022c5bc36bbb79be232cb6926d8f674 CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed
In my opinion, my bug is most closely related to this one: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=386659 ...in that it is font size related. I is less obviously related to bug 151896, which has in common only that it also causes the session to crash.
No repro Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, Lo 7.5 or 24.8+.
If Cinnamon crashes, it does not sound like LO bug. Let us close here .