I have similar problem (selectin tables in Base makes OOo to crash). Reading the comments about java I chekout what java runtime was using OOo. I have instaled SUNs jre an OOo was using it. Changing it to the GNU jre solved the problem.
-- Openoffice on Ubuntu x86 crashes when tables clicked https://launchpad.net/bugs/60979 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
