Comment 94 for bug 185311

As far as openoffice is concerned, a workaround that works for me, is to run via SSH:

me@gao:~$ ssh -Y localhost
me@localhost's password:
Linux gao 2.6.24-17-generic #1 SMP Thu May 1 13:57:17 UTC 2008 x86_64

The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.

To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/
Last login: Sat Jun 21 18:16:03 2008
me@gao:~$ soffice
me@gao:~$

I run Kubuntu; amd64 / ati fglrx.