Are you able to reproduce this after installing abiwrod-plugins ? The Ubuntu package for Ubuntu does not ship the ODT plugin by default, this might be your problem. In that case, this is a duplicate of bug #164232.
** Changed in: abiword (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Abiword freezes when you open an ODT document without abiword-plugins installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164232 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs