affirmative on 64-bit. Chris is right. If I do it only over the command- line, both files load fast. If I do it once double-clicking in nautilus (as a regular user would do) I get the error, and then, if I do it again over the command-line, I get the error as well.
uname -a Linux luna 2.6.38-11-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 15 19:27:09 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772131 Title: Writer and Calc take a very long time to load documents To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/772131/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs