Hi,

[Context]

I had a working installation of OpenOffice, and installed new fonts as root.
From this moment, the application stopped to work for a particular user.

[Bug]

When I launch soffice or swriter, I get the welcome screen, and the application
opens as usual, but closes just before I should get the hand on it. (The window
closes, and the application quits.)

[Fix]

I managed to fix the problem by removing the ~/.ICEauthority file for this user.

From that moment, the application worked nicely. If I put the original file
back, the broken behavior comes back.

I played a little with strace and diff :

chezmoi:~> strace swriter > & /tmp/soffice-good.log
chezmoi:~> mv /tmp/carole.bak/.ICEauthority . # restoring the .ICEauthority file.
chezmoi:~> strace swriter > & /tmp/soffice.log
chezmoi:~> du -sh /tmp/soffice-good.log /tmp/soffice.log 
15M     /tmp/soffice-good.log
17M     /tmp/soffice.log
chezmoi:~> diff /tmp/soffice-good.log /tmp/soffice.log > /tmp/soffice.diff 
chezmoi:~> du -sh /tmp/soffice.diff 
31M     /tmp/soffice.diff


A portion of the diff file may be interesting (This is where the files begin to
differ really, and the reason why I suspected the .ICEauthority file.

2031,2039c2031,2081
< access("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
< write(5, "\0\2\1\0\4\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0MIT\0\0\0\3\0001.0"..., 40) = 40
< read(5, "\0\0\4\0\16\0\0\0", 8)         = 8
< read(5, "\2\1\0\0\2\0\0\0", 8)          = 8
< read(5, "a\0None of the authentication pro"..., 104) = 104
< close(5)                                = 0
< write(4, "\2\0\4\0002\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\0\10\0\1\30\v\0\1\0 \0032"..., 84) = 84
< read(4, "\20i\n\0002\0\0\0\1\0 \3\0\0\0\0\20\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
< read(4, "\1\r\v\0\0\0\0\0\352\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
---
> access("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", R_OK) = 0
> brk(0x808a000)                          = 0x808a000
> open("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", O_RDONLY) = 6
> fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1445, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x40d5c000
> read(6, "\0\3ICE\0\0\0!local/chezmoi:/tmp/.ICE"..., 4096) = 1445
> read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
> close(6)                                = 0
> munmap(0x40d5c000, 4096)                = 0
> write(5, "\0\2\1\1\6\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0MIT\0\0\0\3\0001.0"..., 56) = 56
> read(5, "\0\3\0@\1\0\0\0", 8)           = 8
> read(5, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8)          = 8
> access("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", R_OK) = 0
> open("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", O_RDONLY) = 6
> fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1445, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x40d5c000
> read(6, "\0\3ICE\0\0\0!local/chezmoi:/tmp/.ICE"..., 4096) = 1445
> close(6)                                = 0
> munmap(0x40d5c000, 4096)                = 0
> write(5, "\0\4\1\1\3\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\277?\\o\3,\201\0067\21"..., 32) = 32
> read(5, "\0\6\0@\2\0\0\0", 8)           = 8
> read(5, "\3\0MIT\0\0\0\3\0001.0\0\0\0", 16) = 16
> access("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", R_OK) = 0
> open("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", O_RDONLY) = 6
> fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1445, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x40d5c000
> read(6, "\0\3ICE\0\0\0!local/chezmoi:/tmp/.ICE"..., 4096) = 1445
> read(6, "", 4096)                       = 0
> close(6)                                = 0
> munmap(0x40d5c000, 4096)                = 0
> write(5, "\0\7\1\0\7\0\0\0\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0XSMP\201\6\3\0MIT\335"..., 64) = 64
> read(5, "\0\3\0@\1\0\0\0", 8)           = 8
> read(5, "\0\0MIT\0\0\0", 8)             = 8
> access("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", R_OK) = 0
> open("/home/carole/.ICEauthority", O_RDONLY) = 6
> fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1445, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x40d5c000
> read(6, "\0\3ICE\0\0\0!local/chezmoi:/tmp/.ICE"..., 4096) = 1445
> close(6)                                = 0
> munmap(0x40d5c000, 4096)                = 0
> write(5, "\0\4\1\0\3\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\277?\\o\3,\201\0067\21"..., 32) = 32
> read(5, "\0\10\0\1\3\0\0\0", 8)         = 8
> read(5, "\7\0GnomeSM\0001.\7\0001.4.0.6\0\0\0", 24) = 24
> write(5, "\1\1\1\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16) = 16
> read(5, "\1\2\0\1\6\0\0\0", 8)          = 8
> read(5, "%\0\0\00011c0a80101000104169407000000"..., 48) = 48
> write(4, "\2\0\4\0002\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\0\10\0\1\30\v\0\1\0 \0032"..., 80) = 80
> read(4, "\20\272\n\0002\0\0\0\1\0 \3\0\0\0\0\20\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
> read(4, "\1\325\v\0\0\0\0\0\361\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
> write(4, "\22\0\20\0\1\0 \3\361\0\0\0\37\0\0\0\10\30\v\0%\0\0\000"..., 88) = 88
> read(4, "\1\325\r\0\0\0\0\0\352\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32


The way the application quits when the bug occurs is given by the end of the
diff file :

267076,267079c311954,311957
< munmap(0x44ab9000, 274432)              = 0
< close(20)                               = 0
< munmap(0x44a32000, 274432)              = 0
< gettimeofday({1041694054, 87061}, NULL) = 0
---
> munmap(0x44a72000, 274432)              = 0
> gettimeofday({1041694140, 507661}, NULL) = 0
> gettimeofday({1041694140, 512536}, NULL) = 0
> gettimeofday({1041694140, 513746}, NULL) = 0
267083c311961
< close(9)                                = 0
---
> close(10)                               = 0
267087,267089c311965,311967
< close(6)                                = 0
< gettimeofday({1041694054, 100060}, NULL) = 0
< gettimeofday({1041694054, 100431}, NULL) = 0
---
> close(7)                                = 0
> gettimeofday({1041694140, 589984}, NULL) = 0
> gettimeofday({1041694140, 590352}, NULL) = 0
267093,267096c311971,311974
< close(5)                                = 0
< kill(16038, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
< kill(16038, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
< gettimeofday({1041694054, 102937}, NULL) = 0
---
> close(6)                                = 0
> kill(16082, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
> kill(16082, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
> gettimeofday({1041694140, 592837}, NULL) = 0
267106,267108c311984,311986
< kill(16039, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
< shutdown(10, 2 /* send and receive */)  = 0
< close(10)                               = 0
---
> kill(16083, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
> shutdown(11, 2 /* send and receive */)  = 0
> close(11)                               = 0
267128,267129c312006,312007
< close(16)                               = 0
< close(19)                               = 0
---
> close(17)                               = 0
> close(20)                               = 0

And the end of the log file of the buggy behavior :

082, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
kill(16082, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
gettimeofday({1041694140, 592837}, NULL) = 0
access("/tmp", W_OK)                    = 0
socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)         = 5
fcntl64(5, F_GETFD)                     = 0
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
access("/tmp/OSL_PIPE_1003_SingleOfficeIPC_-1247862714", F_OK) = 0
connect(5, {sin_family=AF_UNIX,
path="/tmp/OSL_PIPE_1003_SingleOfficeIPC_-1247862714"}, 110) = 0
send(5, "InternalIPC::TerminateThread", 28, 0) = 28
shutdown(5, 2 /* send and receive */)   = 0
close(5)                                = 0
kill(16083, SIGRTMIN)                   = 0
shutdown(11, 2 /* send and receive */)  = 0
close(11)                               = 0
unlink("/tmp/OSL_PIPE_1003_SingleOfficeIPC_-1247862714") = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGXFSZ, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGXCPU, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGVTALRM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGIO, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGURG, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGWINCH, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPWR, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGBUS, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGFPE, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGABRT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTRAP, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
close(17)                               = 0
close(20)                               = 0
_exit(0)                                = ?



(I have a slow connection, so, posting the whole file is not possible)


Find the ~/.ICEauthority as attachement.

Another information of potential interest is that when the ~/.ICEauthority is
present, (so, when the bug is here), the log file is bigger (about 2Mb more)
each time. (For example, 19Mb the first time, then 22Mb, ...)

I noticed that the only file modified in the ~/OpenOffice.org directory is the
file ~/OpenOffice.org1.0/user/psprint/pspfontcache, which grows at each
execution. (with diff -r)

Hope this helps !

   Matthieu