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Linux Mint crashes immediately after displaying first slide on LibreOffice impress

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Description

Distribution

Linux Mint 22.1

Package version

Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0

Graphics hardware in use

Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics

Frequency

Always

Bug description

Linux Mint cinnamon (default) and (software emulation) crash when reading a 2-slide pptx PowerPoint file with LibreOffice. Linux Mint cinnamon (Wayland) works fine.

amazing-slides2.pptx

I originally reported this as a LibreOffice bug, but after testing various versions of LibreOffice and different versions of Linux Mint (mate), I concluded that the bug is in Linux Mint and not in LibreOffice. Ubuntu also works fine. This bug is specific to Linux Mint.

Steps to reproduce

Just open the amazing-slides2.pptx file with LibreOffice. Linux Mint crashes even when using the Live CD. However, if Wayland is specified in the login screen, everything works fine.

Expected behavior

The 2-slide pptx file should display in LibreOffice normally.

Additional information

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Research direction

Reproduce the crash by opening the attached amazing-slides2.pptx in LibreOffice on Linux Mint Cinnamon, comparing the default, software-emulation, and Wayland sessions. Start with the provided distribution, graphics, and session details; done means the two-slide presentation opens without Cinnamon crashing in the affected sessions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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