Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 66526
Crashes frequently with a large document containing long tables
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:40:21 UTC
I have a 320+ page odt file that contains long tables spanning several pages. OOo crashes very frequently (once in 2-3 minutes) while working on this document. The crashes do not seem to be triggered by any specific task. I am not clear about the exact version I am using: The "Help>About" menu shows version 2.0.3 but the website says m169 (the installer executable that I downloaded is named OOo_2.0.169_Win32Intel_install).
1. Please send the document to mru@openoffice.org (I guess it's confidential) and post at least a little of your action on the document (e.g modifying table structure or inserting text...) 2. Please try out with the newer OO 2.0.3 680m5 build (should be somewhere on the ftp server) or take the m6 which should be released by the end of this week. (some fixes in the mentioned area have been introduced there).
I have already submitted online reports (recovery feedback or whatever it is called) for several crashes; and added as many details as I could. I will send the file (confidential- Do not post) to mru. Thanks.
One of the confirmed mechanism is rapid movement of mousewheel. If you use mousewheel rapidly, Writer crashes. Although this is not the only reason for crash. Sometimes it crashes "just like that". One pattern: If I start editing the file immediately after opening it, it is more likely to crash. If I open it and leave it aside for 1-2 hours (marination ;)) it will not crash for a longer time. But sooner or later crash it will...
I see. I think (or better: I am sure) that this problem will be fixed in OO 2.0.3. From your issue 60340 I have filed two seperate internal tasks (because the are better to handle for our development when documents are confidential); one dealing about a crash regarding merging table cells and another handling the crash when Writer is doing the "formatting" after opening the document (which is what you described above). So please try out OO2.0.3 when it is released by the end of this week.
There is a developer build of OO 2.0.3; there the problem should already fixed in.
Indeed, m173 crashed only once, when I had two almost identical (large) documents opened at once. That too, Only one of them crashed. But there is a new problematic behavior I see now: After every few minutes, the document saves automatically. This takes a few seconds, and all open documents of OOo become unresponsive. Should I raise another bug for this?
Writer m173 crashed 5 times today. That is better compared to earlier version which crashed every 2-3 minutes. But not stable enough.
well, seems mru confirmed the issue. setting to NEW as still crashing, as raindrops said. Hwoarang
Please do NOT reopen already fixed issues when the behavour is "just" similar. Please file a new issue for this and give some information about what you are doing to get the crash. Thanks for your patience!
Closed. When filing a new issue, please reference to the document from issue 60340; you needn't send it again for the case you did not modify your copy to get the crash.
Well, I have now moved on to 2.0.3 and this has no crashed so far (in last one day). So I guess I will raise a new bug if/when 2.0.3 crashes.