FC18 - Libreoffice keeps crashing

[Rick Stevens]

On 09/26/2013 09:49 AM, Paul Erickson issued this missive:
> On 09/26/2013 09:05 AM, poma wrote:
>> On 26.09.2013 07:05, Paul Erickson wrote:
>> …
>>> Thanks for that. Tried that, and a new .config/libreoffice folder was
>>> created when I start
>>> libreoffice, but again, when I try to configure the default language I
>>> get this error message:
>>>
>>> Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve
>>> property `GtkOptionMenu::indicator-size' of type `GtkRequisition' from
>>> rc file value "0" of type `glong'
>>> Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve
>>> property `GtkOptionMenu::indicator-spacing' of type `GtkBorder' from rc
>>> file value "0" of type `glong'
>>>
>> No errors, at all,
>> $ libreoffice --version
>> LibreOffice 3.6
>>
>> $ mate-about --version
>> MATE Desktop Environment 1.6.1
>>
>> You can try to create a new user for testing purposes, and see if it'd
>> turn up errors.
>> Besides which video module is in the question?
>> $ lspci -nnv | grep VGA -A10
>>
>>
>> poma
>>
> Thanks again, very much. The results of the commands are below.
>
> $ libreoffice --version
> LibreOffice 3.6
>
> $mate-about --version
> Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".
> MATE Desktop Environment 1.6.1

It's pretty obvious that you're missing the RANDR extension in your X
system. Lots of things will break if that's missing. You should check
your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see what the problem is. I don't have an
ATI graphics card (three nVidias and an Intel here), but you should see
a line sort of like:

	[   127.252] Initializing built-in extension RANDR

in that log file (the number in the square brackets will be different...
it's a timestamp). If you don't see it, get that sorted out first.

> $ lspci -nnv | grep VGA -A10
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> nee ATI Trinity [Radeon HD 7540D] [1002:9991] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8526]
>      Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 51
>      Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>      I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
>      Memory at fef00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
>      Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
>      Capabilities: <access denied>
>      Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci

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