kernel-2.4.20-20.1.2007.nptl openoffice-1.0.2-4 glibc-2.3.2-45 OpenOffice hangs on startup, strace shows: futex(0x5c8f9c, FUTEX_WAIT, 1785434, NULL <unfinished ...> How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /usr/bin/oowriter 2. strace -p pidofsoffice
Does it go away if you downgrade to say glibc-2.3.2-41?
Yep, it worked fine with -41, and also seems to work fine with latest version -48. glibc-2.3.2-48.i686.rpm glibc-common-2.3.2-48.i386.rpm Let's close this then.