I've encounted the locking bug now. No clue what the problem is, but downgrading all of OOo fixed it for me:
sudo apt-get install $(for i in openoffice.org openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-draw openoffice .org-filter-binfilter openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org- impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-math openoffice.org- officebean openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-base-core python-uno openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org- evolution openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk; do echo $i=1:2.4.0-3ubuntu6 ; done) $(for i in openoffice.org-help-en-gb openoffice.org-help-en-us openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-l10n- en-za; do echo $i=1:2.4.0-3ubuntu1; done) -- hardy, locking assertion failure, xorg/libsdl https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs