I experienced exactly the same and the problem was that the `rpc.statd' wasn't running on the _server_. Fixing this, OpenOffice.org works fine again.
Nevertheless I support that having a hanging / crashed OpenOffice.org in such a situation is not a valid thing. -- OpenOffice crashes on close (and on file...open too) https://launchpad.net/bugs/67353 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
