Are you using StarOffice 5.01 or 5.1? There is quite a difference, namely that 5.1 works and 5.01 doesn't.
There was quite the discussion on the list a few months ago about StarOffice 5, you may want to check the archives at http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ On 20 Jun 1999, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > > Are you able to use StarOffice with potato ? > I get a SIGSEGV, this is the last part of strace's output > > open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.dir", O_RDONLY) = 7 > fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4233, ...}) = 0 > mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = > 0x412110 > 00 > read(7, "#\t$TOG: locale.dir /main/13 1998"..., 4096) = 4096 > close(7) = 0 > munmap(0x41211000, 4096) = 0 > access("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/C/XLC_LOCALE", R_OK) = 0 > open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/C/XLC_LOCALE", O_RDONLY) = 7 > fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=598, ...}) = 0 > mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = > 0x412110 > 00 > read(7, "# $XConsortium: C /main/8 1996/"..., 4096) = 598 > brk(0x809b000) = 0x809b000 > read(7, "", 4096) = 0 > close(7) = 0 > munmap(0x41211000, 4096) = 0 > rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [RT_0], 8) = 0 > write(5, "\200\240\"A\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0|6 A \237\t\10\0\0\0\200\0\0"..., 148) = > 14 > 8 > rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [RT_0], 8) = 0 > rt_sigsuspend([] <unfinished ...> > --- SIGRT_0 (Real-time signal 0) --- > <... rt_sigsuspend resumed> ) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call) > sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) > gettimeofday({929887948, 896554}, NULL) = 0 > kill(9077, SIGRT_0) = 0 > open("/usr/local/staroffice5/lib/libsex506li.so", O_RDONLY) = 7 > fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=107204, ...}) = 0 > read(7, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0d\211\0"..., 4096) = > 409 > 6 > brk(0x809c000) = 0x809c000 > brk(0x809d000) = 0x809d000 > mmap(0, 110212, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 7, 0) = 0x41d46000 > mprotect(0x41d5b000, 24196, PROT_NONE) = 0 > mmap(0x41d5b000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 7, > 0x14000) > = 0x41d5b000 > close(7) = 0 > --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) --- > rt_sigaction(SIGABRT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0 > rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0 > kill(9066, SIGABRT) = 0 > --- SIGABRT (Aborted) --- > +++ killed by SIGABRT +++ > > > > Pf > > > >