Binary package hint: openoffice.org-base
When i go in the Tools->Options menu OOo freeze
Distribution : Ubuntu 7.10 RC updated from 7.04
$ ooffice
*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin: free(): invalid pointer: 0x086fb370 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb6ac0d65]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb6ac4800]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x31)[0xb63a6961]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb57c9d29]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11SalGraphics22GetNativeControlRegionEmmRK6RegionmRK16ImplControlValueR16SalControlHandleRKN3rtl8OUStringERS0_SC_PK12OutputDevice+0x17b)[0xb7d94a8b]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN6Window22GetNativeControlRegionEmmRK6RegionmRK16ImplControlValueN3rtl8OUStringERS0_S8_+0x103)[0xb7e55633]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN7ListBox6ResizeEv+0x18c)[0xb7e9ed9c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3bd14]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN6Window4ShowEht+0xca)[0xb7e3e4ea]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN7ListBoxC1EP6WindowRK5ResId+0xd6)[0xb7e9d576]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb0d88ff2]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb0d8a81d]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xb0d8aaae]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb30b7114]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb30b72c4]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so(_ZN12SfxTabDialog7ExecuteEv+0x37)[0xb30b74a7]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcui680li.so[0xaeeb5f57]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb2e42735]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb2e35328]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb2ff4b4a]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb2ff52e8]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb2ff5358]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb3024ce5]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb3024c89]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e4fe66]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN10SalDisplay21DispatchInternalEventEv+0xbc)[0xb53aa16c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb57a9041]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb57a9081]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb639d551]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x17c)[0xb639f11c]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb63a255f]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x65)[0xb63a2ac5]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb57ab171]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN14X11SalInstance5YieldEbb+0x37)[0xb53b1927]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application5YieldEb+0x59)[0xb7c4f559]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application7ExecuteEv+0x3c)[0xb7c4f67c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop4MainEv+0x145d)[0x806f07d]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7c5534c]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_Z6SVMainv+0x35)[0xb7c55455]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(main+0xcf)[0x806150f]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb6a6d050]
/usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN6Window15SetPosSizePixelEllllt+0x365)[0x80613d1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0809d000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1878418 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin
0809d000-0809e000 rw-p 00054000 03:03 1878418 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin
0809e000-0871f000 rw-p 0809e000 00:00 0 [heap]
aed00000-aed21000 rw-p aed00000 00:00 0
aed21000-aee00000 ---p aed21000 00:00 0
aee56000-af138000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1878453 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcui680li.so
af138000-af14e000 rw-p 002e2000 03:03 1878453 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libcui680li.so
af14e000-af273000 r--p 00000000 03:03 1878902 /usr/lib/openoffice/help/fr/swriter.ht
af273000-af2a2000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1878497 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuui680li.so
af2a2000-af2a4000 rw-p 0002f000 03:03 1878497 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuui680li.so
af2a4000-af3d8000 r--p 00000000 03:03 1878903 /usr/lib/openoffice/help/fr/swriter.db
af3d8000-af3f2000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1878595 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/svtmisc.uno.so
af3f2000-af3f4000 rw-p 00019000 03:03 1878595 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/svtmisc.uno.so
af3f4000-af427000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1686802 /usr/lib/libxslt.so.1.1.21
af427000-af428000 rw-p 00032000 03:03 1686802 /usr/lib/libxslt.so.1.1.21
af428000-af542000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1681450 /usr/lib/libdb-4.5.so
af542000-af545000 rw-p 0011a000 03:03 1681450 /usr/lib/libdb-4.5.so
af545000-af5a4000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1878605 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libucpchelp1.so
af5a4000-af5a6000 rw-p 0005f000 03:03 1878605 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libucpchelp1.so
af5a6000-af6ee000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1686996 /usr/lib/libicui18n.so.36.0
af6ee000-af6f4000 rw-p 00147000 03:03 1686996 /usr/lib/libicui18n.so.36.0
af6f4000-af847000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1878550 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/i18npool.uno.so
af847000-af857000 rw-p 00152000 03:03 1878550 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/i18npool.uno.so
af857000-af859000 rw-p af857000 00:00 0
af859000-af85a000 ---p af859000 00:00 0
af85a000-b005a000 rw-p af85a000 00:00 0
b005a000-b005b000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 49062 /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
b005b000-b005c000 rw-p 0
Because I've seen something similar on another report: Are you using a non-ubuntu gtk-theme (e.g. from gnome-look.org)? If so, please try to reproduce this using clearlooks, human or something like this.