Bug 163432 - Launching LibreOffice Calc crashes the entire graphical environment on EndeavourOS with KDE
Summary: Launching LibreOffice Calc crashes the entire graphical environment on Endeav...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.6.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-10-14 19:33 UTC by ibuiltasonic+bugsdocumentfoundation
Modified: 2025-04-21 11:14 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Crash report or crash signature:

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description ibuiltasonic+bugsdocumentfoundation 2024-10-14 19:33:29 UTC 
Description:
On EndeavourOS with KDE, with a fresh installation of LibreOffice, launching LibreOffice Calc via the graphical interface crashes my entire graphical environment. It appears to crash the graphics driver as a whole. The screen goes black, and my monitor stops receiving a display signal until I reboot. 

Starting LibreOffice Calc in safe mode via the command line succeeds in launching. 
Disabling hardware acceleration fixes this issue, but I feel it's catastrophic enough to warrant fixing. 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install LibreOffice Still via yay
2. Open LibreOffice Calc
3. After about 20 seconds of the loading bar, complete loss of display signal. 

Actual Results:
Completely lost display signal until the next reboot

Expected Results:
Launched normally


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 24.2.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 420(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
24.2.6-5
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2024-10-14 20:34:12 UTC 
You can try this:
1) launch term/console
2) export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen
3) launch Calc

The goal is to know if it's related to KDE or not.

If it still crashes, you can try https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FirstSteps#Graphics-related_issues_(_Skia_)
Comment 2 ibuiltasonic+bugsdocumentfoundation 2025-04-20 00:28:52 UTC 
The bug seems to no longer occur in 24.8.6.2. I can no longer reproduce it on reinstall.
Comment 3 Julien Nabet 2025-04-21 11:14:39 UTC 
Let's rather put WFM since there's no specific fix spotted.