Here is my strace, in case it can help someone else. Pretty much it looks to be an issue with glibc/gtk. I'm running Kubuntu Gutsy. jeff@lappy486:~$ strace ooffice -writer execve("/usr/bin/ooffice", ["ooffice", "-writer"], [/* 50 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x805f000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7efa000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/i686", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/tls", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/i686", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/qt-copy/lib", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/i686", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/tls", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/i686", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/sse2/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/sse2", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib/cmov", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/home/jeff/kde/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/jeff/kde/lib", 0xbfec3328) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/i686/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("i686/sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("sse2/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=78609, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 78609, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ee6000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260a\1"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1339816, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1349136, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7d9c000 mmap2(0xb7ee0000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x143) = 0xb7ee0000 mmap2(0xb7ee3000, 9744, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ee3000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7d9b000 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7d9b8c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 mprotect(0xb7ee0000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xb7ee6000, 78609) = 0 getpid() = 10480 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 geteuid32() = 1000 brk(0) = 0x805f000 brk(0x8080000) = 0x8080000 getppid() = 10479 stat64("/home/jeff", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/bin/ooffice", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_DUPFD, 10) = 10 close(3) = 0 fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x80551b0, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0 read(10, "#!/bin/sh\nexport OOO_EXTRA_ARG=\'"..., 8192) = 77 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d9b908) = 10481 wait4(-1, (process:10497): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.13.7/gobject/gtype.c:2242: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:10497): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (process:10497): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed