as declared in the bug description, "I'm using kubuntu lucid and writer from the distro package, OOO 3.2.0 320m12 build 9483" this is what gdb thinks about it: (gdb) bt #0 0x00308422 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x003d7b38 in connect () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/socket.S:97 #2 0x032a1f46 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #3 0x032a2002 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #4 0x032a2af3 in ne_sock_connect () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #5 0x032989b3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #6 0x0329b10f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #7 0x0329a0f8 in ne_begin_request () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #8 0x0329a8f5 in ne_request_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #9 0x032a9007 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #10 0x032a9ab6 in ne_simple_propfind () from /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 #11 0x03b92aaf in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucpdav1.so #12 0x03b9bb6a in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucpdav1.so #13 0x03b8d5ad in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucpdav1.so #14 0x03b66ca7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucpdav1.so #15 0x03b6cd74 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucpdav1.so #16 0x03b75c9d in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucpdav1.so #17 0x00760b51 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucbhelper4gcc3.so #18 0x00763004 in ucbhelper::Content::getPropertyValuesInterface(com::sun::star::uno::Sequence const&) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucbhelper4gcc3.so #19 0x007632cd in ucbhelper::Content::getPropertyValues(com::sun::star::uno::Sequence const&) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucbhelper4gcc3.so #20 0x007635e5 in ucbhelper::Content::getPropertyValue(rtl::OUString const&) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libucbhelper4gcc3.so #21 0x00696545 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libcomphelp4gcc3.so #22 0x00698245 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libcomphelp4gcc3.so #23 0x00698500 in comphelper::MediaDescriptor::addInputStreamOwnLock() () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libcomphelp4gcc3.so #24 0x00f12eb3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #25 0x00f15c04 in SfxMedium::GetInStream() () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #26 0x00f15c6e in SfxMedium::DownLoad(Link const&) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #27 0xb14e4f69 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsvxcoreli.so #28 0xb14e686e in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsvxcoreli.so #29 0xb1c67957 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #30 0xb199959f in SwGrfNode::SwapIn(unsigned char) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #31 0xb1ebbb56 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #32 0xb1ef4f0d in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #33 0xb1ed3a1f in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #34 0xb1ed5c2c in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #35 0xb1ed63a1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #36 0xb1ed6af7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #37 0xb1ef647f in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #38 0x056cc385 in HTMLParser::Continue(int) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsvtli.so #39 0xb1ef75b5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #40 0x056cc2d1 in HTMLParser::CallParser() () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsvtli.so #41 0xb1ee74c9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #42 0xb1eea1e3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #43 0xb1e7b125 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #44 0xb1ff4f77 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #45 0xb1ff5ca0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #46 0xb1ff69af in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #47 0xb20763f7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libswli.so #48 0x0106bfa2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #49 0x010648e4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #50 0x010663ad in SfxDispatcher::_Execute(SfxShell&, SfxSlot const&, SfxRequest&, unsigned short) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so ---Type to continue, or q to quit--- #51 0x0105c1e8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #52 0x0108b8e6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #53 0x01089645 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsfxli.so #54 0x0546a68e in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsvtli.so #55 0x01511135 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libvclli.so #56 0x014a6001 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libvclli.so #57 0x01c05683 in SalDisplay::DispatchInternalEvent() () from /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so #58 0x01c056e8 in SalX11Display::Yield() () from /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so #59 0x01c0511d in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so #60 0x01c00287 in SalXLib::Yield(bool, bool) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so #61 0x01c10107 in X11SalInstance::Yield(bool, bool) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so #62 0x012a3b0e in Application::Yield(bool) () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libvclli.so #63 0x012a3b8c in Application::Execute() () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libvclli.so #64 0x00b7b6c8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsofficeapp.so #65 0x012a93ba in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libvclli.so #66 0x012a94b5 in SVMain() () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libvclli.so #67 0x00bb3abf in soffice_main () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libsofficeapp.so #68 0x08048da1 in main () here you can see that now are 12:37 and until now soffice, launched at 12:08, worked 6 seconds tom@tom-kubuntu:/usr/lib/python2.6/xml/dom$ ps aufx | grep soffice tom 4758 0.0 0.0 3184 732 pts/4 S+ 12:37 0:00 | \_ grep soffice tom 4701 0.3 4.6 272732 95628 ? Sl 12:08 0:06 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin -writer -splash-pipe=5 feel fre to ask each other info you need. bye