I have the same error (can open open office writer directly, can't open a file in nautilus, firefox etc.). I have found out that it seems to be the package "openoffice.org-gtk" causing this. <- Deinstalling it gives me an ugly but working openoffice.
-- open office crashes on start (hardy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238366 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