Libre office 4.1 crash each startup on OS X

I’ve been having some problems installing Libre office 4.1 on my OS X machine. Each time it tries to start it crashes and the “Libre office has quit unexpectedly” message pops up with a prompt to report it to apple. I have previously had a 3.5 (or 3.6) installation on this machine that I suspect might be the cause of the problems. I’ve tried checking for files located int ~/Library/Saved Application State/org.libre* and ~/Application Support/Libre* but haven’t found any. I’ve used AppCleaner (http://appcleaner.en.softonic.com/mac) to remove the installation fully and tried to reinstall but the same message pops up. Here is the details from the popup window:

Process: soffice [5290] Path:
/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice
Identifier:
org.libreoffice.script Version:
4.1.0.4 (???) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: launchd
[224]

Date/Time: 2013-08-16
20:20:43.282 +0200 OS Version:
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63b) Report
Version: 9

Interval Since Last Report:
5014565 sec Crashes Since Last Report:
74 Per-App Interval Since Last Report:
51 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last
Report: 12 Anonymous UUID:
FA776E67-5911-4ED7-8E85-EE120B44B250

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue:
com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
(SIGBUS) Exception Codes:
KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at
0x0000000000000000

VM Regions Near 0:
→ __PAGEZERO 0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [
4K] —/— SM=NUL
/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice
__TEXT 0000000000001000-0000000000002000 [
4K] r-x/rwx SM=COW
/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice

Application Specific Information:
objc[5290]: garbage collection is OFF

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue:
com.apple.main-thread 0
com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x97840921 CFStringGetLength + 17 1
com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x97858c62 CFStringCompare + 18 2
com.apple.CoreText
0x9c0850d9
TDescriptorSource::CompareFamilyNames(void
const*, void const*, void*) + 181 3
com.apple.CoreText
0x9c08ccc5
CompareLocalizedDescriptorsByTraitsAndPrecedence(void
const*, void const*, void*, bool) +
270 4 com.apple.CoreText
0x9c0b6f30
CompareDescriptorsByTraitsAndPrecedence(void
const*, void const*, void*) + 39 5
com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c724 __CFArrayCompareValues +
36 6 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c6ef
__CFQSortArray_block_invoke_1 + 47 7 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c4d3 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 67 8
com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c5b1 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 289
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c5b1 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 289
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c5b1 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 289
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c593 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 259
12 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c593 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 259
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c593 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 259
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c593 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 259
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c593 __CFSimpleMergeSort + 259
16 com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9787c466 CFSortIndexes + 1494 17
com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9784c927 CFQSortArray + 231 18
com.apple.CoreFoundation
0x9784c6ef CFArraySortValues + 1183
19 com.apple.CoreText
0x9c0b0db0 TCFMutableArray::Sort(long
()(void const, void const*, void*),
void*) const + 66 20
com.apple.CoreText
0x9c0d8b1e
TCFSetRef::CreateSortedArray(long
()(void const, void const*, void*),
void*, CFArrayCallBacks const*) const

  • 234 21 com.apple.CoreText 0x9c0b7063
    TFontDescriptorDuplicateFilter::TFontDescriptorDuplicateFilter(__CFSet
    const*, CFSetCallBacks const*) + 89 22
    com.apple.CoreText
    0x9c089819
    TCollection::CopyMatchingFontDescriptorsUnlocked(unsigned
    int, __CFArray const*) const + 1349 23
    com.apple.CoreText
    0x9c0892c1
    TCollection::CopyMatchingFontDescriptors(__CFDictionary
    const*) const + 57 24
    com.apple.CoreText
    0x9c0b038c
    CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptors
  • 32 25 libvcllo.dylib 0x01a5214a CTFontList::Init() + 122
    26 libvcllo.dylib
    0x01a52235 GetCoretextFontList() + 37
    27 libvcllo.dylib
    0x01a55fc5
    AquaSalGraphics::GetDevFontList(ImplDevFontList*)
  • 85 28 libvcllo.dylib 0x01899dcf
    OutputDevice::ImplInitFontList() const
  • 63 29 libvcllo.dylib 0x018a4835
    OutputDevice::ImplNewFont() const +
    101 30 libvcllo.dylib
    0x018a6a0c
    OutputDevice::ImplLayout(rtl::OUString
    const&, long, long, Point const&,
    long, long const*, bool) const + 1196
    31 libvcllo.dylib
    0x018ad044
    OutputDevice::DrawText(Point const&,
    String const&, unsigned short,
    unsigned short, std::vector<Rectangle,
    std::allocator >,
    rtl::OUString
    ) + 1028 32
    libspllo.dylib
    0x0a3453bb (anonymous
    namespace)::SplashScreen::Paint(Rectangle
    const&) + 539 33 libspllo.dylib
    0x0a344d08 (anonymous
    namespace)::SplashScreen::updateStatus()
  • 88 34 libspllo.dylib 0x0a344e47 (anonymous
    namespace)::SplashScreen::setValue(long)
  • 119 35 libsofficeapp.dylib 0x0006d200 desktop::desktop::Main() +
    1056 36 libvcllo.dylib
    0x01725fe2 ImplSVMain() + 226 37
    libvcllo.dylib
    0x01a5cf31
    AquaSalInstance::handleAppDefinedEvent(NSEvent*)
  • 129 38 libvcllo.dylib 0x01a9993b -[VCL_NSApplication
    sendEvent:] + 315 39 com.apple.AppKit
    0x95050b21 -[NSApplication run] +
    1007 40 com.apple.AppKit
    0x952e1ac5 NSApplicationMain + 1054
    41 libvcllo.dylib
    0x01a5d7f7 ImplSVMainHook(int*) + 343
    42 libvcllo.dylib
    0x0172601a SVMain() + 26 43
    libsofficeapp.dylib
    0x0009c855 soffice_main + 325 44
    org.libreoffice.script
    0x00001f4e main + 30 45
    org.libreoffice.script
    0x00001f25 start + 53

Any assistiance in solving this is greatly appreciated, I’m stuck with OO atm :S

Recent bugs fdo#67326 and fdo#67688 describe similar behaviour although the crash reports do differ. In order to determine the nature of your problem, please disable as many other auto-startup services / applications as possible prior to lauching LO. One of those bugs indicates a conflict with software named “Deskovery”. Also try uninstalling any extensions to LO that you may have installed. These steps will help determine where the problem may lie.

If you still have problems after taking these steps then please raise a bug report and provide as much information about your problem as possible. Include a link to this thread if necessary. Please post a link to any bugs you file in a comment below using the format “fdo#123456”.

Thank you, I’ve redirected my questions here as it really seems to be a bug with the LO application rather then a user error.

Those were just ideas to help you determine possible conflicts as LO evidently does run OK under MacOS. I will update my answer to include the further option of bug reporting.