openoffice.org crashes testing

[Don Montgomery <donm@methodbydesign.com>]

I am running debian amd64 testing on a dual-opteron box, 
doing updates when notified by the listserv.

For years, I have to open a few dozen word docs each week.

Only in the last couple of weeks, I have had the entire 
system freeze up when I click on the "file" menu in OOo 
Writer.  The problem is intermittent, maybe less than half 
the time, for a total of about half a dozen freezes so 
far.

The mouse arrow moves, but clicking has no effect, 
ctl-alt-bkspc does not kill X, and ctl-alt-{f[123456]} 
does not go to a tty console.  I end up using the reset 
button to reboot.  It's like being back in Windows again.

Is this a known problem?  Is there a fix?

Thanks, Don