Here is what I saw : nicolas@spiralo_vertigo:~$ /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin -writer -splash-pipe=5 libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b Fatal exception: Signal 11 Stack: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb71ee4fb] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb71ee631] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb71ee6c8] [0xffffe420] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/i18npool.uno.so[0xad7ebbbf] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7d11e8a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7d16eec] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN12OutputDevice8DrawTextERK9RectangleRK6StringtPN4_STL6vectorIS0_NS6_9allocatorIS0_EEEEPS3_+0x11b)[0xb7d17d2b] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e8bab7] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN9FixedText5PaintERK9Rectangle+0x4d)[0xb7e8bc5d] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3aa5a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3a7ac] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3a7ac] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3b2b0] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3b468] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3b498] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN5Timer7TimeoutEv+0x1c)[0xb7c6d2dc] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN5Timer21ImplTimerCallbackProcEv+0x79)[0xb7c6d4c9] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZNK10X11SalData7TimeoutEv+0x2a)[0xb555284a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595b4d6] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595b511] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5b8ee46] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x182)[0xb5b8e872] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5b9184f] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x65)[0xb5b91db5] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595d211] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN14X11SalInstance5YieldEbb+0x37)[0xb555c037] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application5YieldEb+0x68)[0xb7c671c8] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae1f33ad] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae1ed1d9] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae3ce1c6] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae3cf998] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop19impl_callRecoveryUIEhhh+0x607)[0x80645e7] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop9SaveTasksEl+0x22)[0x8064972] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop9ExceptionEt+0x293)[0x8064c13] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7c6c29f] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvos3gcc3.so(_ZN3vos26signalHandlerFunction_implEPvP13oslSignalInfo+0x18)[0xb7440c68] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb71ee177] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3[0xb71ee6a2] [0xffffe420] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/i18npool.uno.so[0xad7ebbbf] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7d11e8a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7d16eec] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN12OutputDevice8DrawTextERK9RectangleRK6StringtPN4_STL6vectorIS0_NS6_9allocatorIS0_EEEEPS3_+0x11b)[0xb7d17d2b] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e8bab7] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN9FixedText5PaintERK9Rectangle+0x4d)[0xb7e8bc5d] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3aa5a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3a7ac] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3a7ac] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3b2b0] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3b468] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e3b498] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN5Timer7TimeoutEv+0x1c)[0xb7c6d2dc] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN5Timer21ImplTimerCallbackProcEv+0x79)[0xb7c6d4c9] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZNK10X11SalData7TimeoutEv+0x2a)[0xb555284a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595b4d6] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595b511] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5b8ee46] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x182)[0xb5b8e872] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5b9184f] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x65)[0xb5b91db5] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595d211] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN14X11SalInstance5YieldEbb+0x37)[0xb555c037] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application5YieldEb+0x68)[0xb7c671c8] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae1ff81d] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae1ed1d9] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae3cf676] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvx680li.so[0xae3cf97b] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop19impl_callRecoveryUIEhhh+0x607)[0x80645e7] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop11OpenClientsEv+0x14c9)[0x8071d49] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop16OpenClients_ImplEPv+0x3d)[0x8072d5d] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e51cb6] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN10SalDisplay21DispatchInternalEventEv+0xb1)[0xb555ae11] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595b2e6] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595b321] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5b8cb11] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x182)[0xb5b8e872] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb5b9184f] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x65)[0xb5b91db5] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb595d211] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN14X11SalInstance5YieldEbb+0x37)[0xb555c037] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application5YieldEb+0x68)[0xb7c671c8] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application7ExecuteEv+0x3c)[0xb7c6729c] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop4MainEv+0x1637)[0x806db97] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7c6ceec] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_Z6SVMainv+0x35)[0xb7c6cff5] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(sal_main+0x43)[0x8060093] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(main+0x36)[0x8060116] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0xb6b848cc] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN6Window11RequestHelpERK9HelpEvent+0x35)[0x805ffc1] Abandon (core dumped)