Hi Koen,

Ubuntu version is Gutsy and OpenOffice 2.3 (I tried with Oo2.4 devel version and it workded without crashing)
Here are the logs :

Linux sroucher-laptop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

ii  openclipart-openoffice.org                 0.18+dfsg-4                               clip art for OpenOffice.org gallery
ii  openoffice.org                             1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org Office suite
ii  openoffice.org-base                        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite - database
ii  openoffice.org-calc                        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite - spreadsheet
ii  openoffice.org-common                      1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite architecture ind
ii  openoffice.org-core                        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite architecture dep
ii  openoffice.org-draw                        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite - drawing
ii  openoffice.org-evolution                   1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        Evolution Addressbook support for OpenOffice
ii  openoffice.org-gnome                       1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        GNOME Integration for OpenOffice.org (VFS, G
ii  openoffice.org-gtk                         1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        GTK Integration for OpenOffice.org (Widgets,
ii  openoffice.org-help-en-gb                  1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2                          English_british help for OpenOffice.org
ii  openoffice.org-help-en-us                  1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2                          English_american help for OpenOffice.org
ii  openoffice.org-help-fr                     1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2                          French help for OpenOffice.org
ii  openoffice.org-hyphenation                 0.2                                       Hyphenation patterns for OpenOffice.org
ii  openoffice.org-impress                     1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite - presentation
ii  openoffice.org-java-common                 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite Java support arc
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-common                 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2                          common files for OpenOffice.org language and
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb                  1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2                          English_british language package for OpenOff
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-en-us                  1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        English_american language package for OpenOf
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-en-za                  1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2                          English_southafrican language package for Op
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-fr                     1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2                          French language package for OpenOffice.org
ii  openoffice.org-math                        1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite - equation edito
ii  openoffice.org-style-human                 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        Human symbol style for OpenOffice.org
ii  openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us             1:2.2.0-2ubuntu1                          English Thesaurus for OpenOffice.org
ii  openoffice.org-writer                      1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3                        OpenOffice.org office suite - word processor


Thanks,

Stephane