Bug 162900 - LibreOffice 24.8 error on startup (LXDE Desktop)
Summary: LibreOffice 24.8 error on startup (LXDE Desktop)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.0.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2024-09-10 08:44 UTC by Angel
Modified: 2026-01-07 09:15 UTC (History)
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Description Angel 2024-09-10 08:44:09 UTC
Description:
Starting LibreOffice 24.8 gives an error and does not start. Version 24.2 does start without error.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install LibreOffice 24.8 from downloaded deb packages with Spanish help and language pack
2. run command libreoffice24.8
3. watch error in terminal

Actual Results:
start aborted with error

Expected Results:
application starts


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Error messages displayed on terminal


(soffice:7255): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:40:40.765: the GVariant format string '(o)' has a type of '(o)' but the given value has a type of '()'

(soffice:7255): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:40:40.765: g_variant_get: assertion 'valid_format_string (format_string, TRUE, value)' failed

(soffice:7255): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:40:40.765: g_variant_is_object_path: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(soffice:7255): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:40:40.765: g_dbus_proxy_new_sync: assertion 'g_variant_is_object_path (object_path)' failed

(soffice:7255): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:40:40.854: the GVariant format string '(o)' has a type of '(o)' but the given value has a type of '()'

(soffice:7255): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:40:40.854: g_variant_get: assertion 'valid_format_string (format_string, TRUE, value)' failed

(soffice:7255): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:40:40.854: g_dbus_proxy_new_sync: assertion 'g_variant_is_object_path (object_path)' failed
free(): invalid pointer
Unspecified Application Error
Comment 1 Angel 2024-09-12 10:10:04 UTC
Tested on devuan daedalus, also fails for 24.2
Libreoffice version shipped with distro works ok
Comment 2 Olivier Hallot 2026-01-06 15:10:21 UTC
Can you check if the issue occurs with  more recent version of LibreOffice? Thanks.
Comment 3 Angel 2026-01-07 09:15:31 UTC
Test with last stable 25.8.4 (no Spanish help or language pack) gives the same error

$ /opt/libreoffice25.8/program/soffice

(soffice:16411): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:06:28.399: the GVariant format string '(o)' has a type of '(o)' but the given value has a type of '()'

(soffice:16411): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:06:28.399: g_variant_get: assertion 'valid_format_string (format_string, TRUE, value)' failed

(soffice:16411): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:06:28.399: g_variant_is_object_path: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(soffice:16411): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:06:28.399: g_dbus_proxy_new_sync: assertion 'g_variant_is_object_path (object_path)' failed

(soffice:16411): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:06:28.516: the GVariant format string '(o)' has a type of '(o)' but the given value has a type of '()'

(soffice:16411): GLib-CRITICAL **: 10:06:28.516: g_variant_get: assertion 'valid_format_string (format_string, TRUE, value)' failed

(soffice:16411): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 10:06:28.516: g_dbus_proxy_new_sync: assertion 'g_variant_is_object_path (object_path)' failed
free(): invalid pointer
Unspecified Application Error