[CentOS] LibreOffice locking up

Tue Nov 3 11:56:01 UTC 2020
Mike McCarthy, W1NR <sysop at w1nr.net>

> Can you reproduce the problem with this document?
> 
> And, when the crash happened, could you still ping the computer from
> another device in the network?
> 
> Crashing hard so that only a reset helps is usually only possible with a
> kernel bug or hardware issue, not something LibreOffice should be able to
> do.
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
> 
I would agree. In my experience, so called "lockups" are usually the
result of the video crashing. If you can ping then try ssh to the box
and do init 3 then init 5 to reset the graphics and see if that clears it.

Mike