I did have the same problem.
I fix this.
I have edited file /home/ulises2k/.gtk-bookmarks and eliminated "odd" caracter. It is "º". Automatically worked gedit, openoffice, etc.
I have Ubuntu 8.04 update
I did have the same problem.
I fix this.
I have edited file .gtk-bookmarks
/home/ulises2k/
and eliminated "odd" caracter. It is "º".
Automatically worked gedit, openoffice, etc.
I have Ubuntu 8.04 update