This problem occurs here as well. Xorg with dualscreen and OpenOffice don't seem to like one another. IBM Thinkpad R52 Intel Integrated 915. Abit of a pain in the ass, as its nice to have the larger desktop real estate.
** Attachment added: "My xorg.conf" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4940799/xorg.conf-dualscreen -- Xorg Crashes every time on xorg dual-head configuration. https://launchpad.net/bugs/57770 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs