I can confirm this bug, and from what i hear it is OO.o's lack of gnome- vfs support
** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Opening a Writer document in an FTP server results in an 'input/output error' https://launchpad.net/bugs/47202 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs