I've noticed that with several other applications. I guess if the app is written for one specific font and your theme uses an incompatible one, then the app will not work. My guess anyway. <div> On 10/29/07, Francesco Bolzoni <<a href="mailto:info@bolzo.it">info@bolzo.it</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 16:06 +0100, Francesco Bolzoni wrote: > Hi all. > I've just installed ubuntu 7.10, fresh install, and the new ati driver. > > Openoffice is unusable: all menu first crash OOo; in second instance > freeze it. > It's the same for Write and Calc. > I'm not able eg. to "format" a cell or change default language for > documents (eng to ita). > > Any suggestion ? > I answer myself: after a more approfondite "googling" i found that some themes, plus compiz&co. trigger this behaviour. I don't use compiz, but CRUX theme. I revert form curx to human and OOo magically become usable again ... Just wonder why ... -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act!" -- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)