Finally the problem was solved/worked around after restarting portmap and firestarter (ie. the firewall) on the exporting machine.
It leaves me puzzled, why other applications worked ok with nfs-files on the same directory even before the restart, while just OOo froze. It also leaves me puzzled what might have led to a malfunction of portmap and/or firestarter. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]