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[matteo sisti sette <1259625@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

As per this bug report:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72569
there's a bug in LibreOffice that causes it to stop responding in certain reproducible situations.
The relevant thing here is that the WHOLE SYSTEM stops responding and you can't even switch window, open a terminal, or close the offending application, in this case Libre OFfice.

If a single buggy (or even malicious) application can cause the whole
system to become unusable, there is a bug in the system itself.

I can switch to a virtual console with ctrl+alt+f1 and kill the
offending libreOffice process in this case, so I guess the issue is
somewhere between Unity and X, rather than in linux. But this is only a
guess.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48-generic 3.8.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Tue Dec 10 17:38:35 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (59 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring

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Title:
  Whole system stops responding because of a single buggy application

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As per this bug report:
  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72569
  there's a bug in LibreOffice that causes it to stop responding in certain reproducible situations.
  The relevant thing here is that the WHOLE SYSTEM stops responding and you can't even switch window, open a terminal, or close the offending application, in this case Libre OFfice.

  If a single buggy (or even malicious) application can cause the whole
  system to become unusable, there is a bug in the system itself.

  I can switch to a virtual console with ctrl+alt+f1 and kill the
  offending libreOffice process in this case, so I guess the issue is
  somewhere between Unity and X, rather than in linux. But this is only
  a guess.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48-generic 3.8.13.11
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  Date: Tue Dec 10 17:38:35 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (59 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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