Gotom, I downloaded the file in question... http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/Wissensw_1.pps
...and it loads fine under openoffice 1.0.3-2 from current debian sid against glibc 2.3.2-1. I don't have glibc 2.3.1-17 installed but I know there are significant thread issues with the recent debian glibc 2.3.1-1x releases that impact running gcc 3.2 built jdk-1.3.1's and the upcoming openoffice 1.1beta. We really need to get gcc 2.3.2-1 into Sarge for ppc. Jack ps I am thinking of these changes in particular... http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-02/msg00164.html which mentions... The changes since 2.3.1 are numerous and are no mere bug fixes. Significant changes all over the place have been made. The ELF TLS ABI has been implemented on numerous architectures. The PPC32 ABI finally got a thread register and the thread implementation therefore got more stable and faster. For more information about the changes consult the NEWS file and if necessary the ChangeLog. :wq