This also happens to me, not only with BROffice.Org but also with another programs such as Firefox, OpenOffice.Org, Adobe Reader, Kile among others.
I use Debian Lenny and Kubuntu Feisty (it happens on both). -- Rodolfo Sebastião Estupiñán Allan Departamento de Matemática Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais/CUR Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso
