I have tried to reproduce this bug using Sun Java and the same thing happens, so the problem may not be with OpenJDK. I have filed a bug (Bug #752378 ) under gnome-orca describing the problem along with the log showing Sun Java failing:
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/752340 Title: OpenJDK cause Open Office and LibreOffice to crash when using Orca Screen Reader Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Orca reader works but randomly crashes writer when reading a whole document. It seems to always crashes when handling an image object. Please see attached log file. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: openjdk-6-jre 6b20-1.9.7-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 6 10:47:13 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_IE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openjdk-6 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

