LibreOffice 4.4.0.3 crashes with a std::bad_alloc

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#1

Posting in Beta forum as LO is from factory repo

LibreOffice 4.4.0.3 crashes with a std::bad_alloc when opening menus in Writer

When opening a menu item in Writer the menu displays then a window opens with the message “std::bad_alloc”. The unusual/perplexing things are:

  • it does not happen in other LO apps (Calc, Impress, Draw)
  • it does not crash for a different user

Writer seems to function fine otherwise, I can enter and format test using the toolbar and context menu

I renamed ~/.config/libreoffice and that did not help, I then tried changing some application appearance options KDE’s systemsettings and that also did not help

any idea would be welcome

thanks,

#2

other things I’ve tried:

  • rename ~/.kde4 and restart
  • rename ~/.config and restart
  • deleted ~/.cache
  • deleted ~/.config/Trolltech.conf

still perplexed and searching that error and LibreOffice see it in relation to large docs and it happens with empty docs

#3

FIXED IT, though not exactly sure why, by removing the hicontrast, sifr, galaxy and tango icon packages and gnome extensions - one of them was the culprit