I was having a similar problem, and found the following which fixed my problem: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-openoff...@lists.debian.org/msg15995.html
Basically, remove javasettings_Linux_{arch}.xml from ~/.openoffice.org2/user/config/ -- OpenOffice doesn't appear to work with gcj / gij https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs