I've made the change to /etc/default/apport as well as starting apport explicitly from the command line as instructed in that file. OpenOffice still crashes as originally reported but there is never any crasher file in /var/crash/. I am therefore reopening the ticket, it hasn't been dealt with yet and the suggestions in the last comment did not pan out.
openoffice.org 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.2 in lucid ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521607 Title: Openoffice Writer crashes after inactivity -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs