OpenOffice 3.3 crashes immediately after a minute due to an "unknown mistake"

Mac OS X 10.7.1
OpenOffice 3.3.0
Zotero 2.1.10
Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.5b1

Bug-ID 39058585

Having installed everything, I open a new and empty document in open office. After maybe a minute it crashes due to an "unknown mistake" and starts the document-recovery procedure. This happens even when I leave open office in its starting table, without opening any document.

To deactivate the zotero integration in the extension-manager of open office does not help. Only a total removal of the extension omits open office to crash.

I deinstalled everything and tried it again; nothing changed.

Any hints?
  • I would try re-installing Open Office. Zotero should not be able to crash an intact version of Ooo. Also. Libre Office appears to be better maintained and less bug prone.
  • Thank you.

    I re-installed Open Office. There, without the Zotero integration, everything was fine. No chrash.

    Than I re-installed the Zotero integration through the add-on manager in Firefox to /Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/MacOS/unopkg.

    I started Open Office and the bug showed again. I opened a new document and after a minute without doing anything, Open Office crashed.

    Rare.
  • I have a similar issue with Mac word 2008 that crashes as soon as I add a citation in my text. What should I do?
    shervin
  • Now I set up Libre Office 3.3.4. It seems to work there.

    Thanks again for the hint. I did not know that another development-string of Open Office exists. Looks good though.
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