I stopped having the problem in 7.10 way back when I uninstalled and
reinstalled open office from scratch. It seemed to be a issue with some hidden
setting. I have not upgraded to 8.04 because of an ongoing driver issue with my
wireless which that I am aware of hasn't been solved, although I hav
BUG resolved!
I don't know why but via synaptic I completely removed all OpenOffice software
and configuration files and then reinstalled everything.
Now when I open ooimpress it opens faster and looks a little different. Most
importantly X-windows doesn't freeze anymore and everything works
OpenOffice.org 2.2.0-1ubuntu4 Mon Jul 2 13:17:52 UTC 2007
The freeze happens with or without the Desktop effects and/or GL Desktop
activated. I don't have Beryl installed. I tried running ooimpress from
console but yes I don't get any information that way because of X
freezing.
In case it matters
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: openoffice.org2
Hardware:
Sony vaio VGN-TXN15P with
Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory
Controller Hub (rev 03); VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controlle
