Sorry, the error I wrote before was about opening documents.
Here the right error:

Application:  (soffice.bin), signal: Segmentation fault
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb6a936c0 (LWP 11044))]

Thread 3 (Thread 0x2b8ab70 (LWP 11045)):
#0  0x0098a416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x009a65e4 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/
unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_cond_timedwait.S:236
#2  0x08f11bd4 in __pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0xf49cf4, mutex=0xf49b94, 
abstime=0x2b8a36c) at forward.c:152
#3  0x00dcd87b in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/ure-
link/lib/libuno_sal.so.3
#4  0x009a2919 in start_thread (arg=0x2b8ab70) at pthread_create.c:301
#5  0x08f01e5e in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:133

Thread 2 (Thread 0x437eb70 (LWP 11046)):
#0  0x0098a416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x009a65e4 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/
unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_cond_timedwait.S:236
#2  0x08f11bd4 in __pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0x9813620, mutex=0x9813650, 
abstime=0x437e29c) at forward.c:152
#3  0x00da7e84 in osl_waitCondition () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../
basis-link/ure-link/lib/libuno_sal.so.3
#4  0x00974916 in vos::OCondition::wait(TimeValue const*) () from /opt/
openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/program/libvos3gcc3.so
#5  0x0097b365 in vos::OTimerManager::run() () from /opt/openoffice.org3/
program/../basis-link/program/libvos3gcc3.so
#6  0x00979154 in vos::threadWorkerFunction_impl(void*) () from /opt/
openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/program/libvos3gcc3.so
#7  0x00dab0e2 in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/ure-
link/lib/libuno_sal.so.3
#8  0x009a2919 in start_thread (arg=0x437eb70) at pthread_create.c:301
#9  0x08f01e5e in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:133

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb6a936c0 (LWP 11044)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  0x006d85ea in elf_machine_rel (scope=0x98a4588, reloc_mode=1, 
consider_profiling=0) at ../sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h:344
#7  elf_dynamic_do_rel (scope=0x98a4588, reloc_mode=1, consider_profiling=0) at 
do-rel.h:120
#8  _dl_relocate_object (scope=0x98a4588, reloc_mode=1, consider_profiling=0) 
at dl-reloc.c:268
#9  0x006e0016 in dl_open_worker (a=0xbfc80c1c) at dl-open.c:368
#10 0x006db966 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0xbfc80c44, errstring=0xbfc80c40, 
mallocedp=0xbfc80c4b, operate=0x6dfd70 <dl_open_worker>, args=0xbfc80c1c) at dl-
error.c:178
#11 0x006df986 in _dl_open (file=0x8f6f6f1 "libgcc_s.so.1", mode=-2147483647, 
caller_dlopen=0x0, nsid=-2, argc=2, argv=0xbfc816a4, env=0x97c04f8) at dl-
open.c:584
#12 0x08f40152 in do_dlopen (ptr=0xbfc80d80) at dl-libc.c:86
#13 0x006db966 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0xbfc80d90, errstring=0xbfc80d8c, 
mallocedp=0xbfc80d97, operate=0x8f400f0 <do_dlopen>, args=0xbfc80d80) at dl-
error.c:178
#14 0x08f40315 in dlerror_run (name=0x8f6f6f1 "libgcc_s.so.1", 
mode=-2147483647) at dl-libc.c:47
#15 __libc_dlopen_mode (name=0x8f6f6f1 "libgcc_s.so.1", mode=-2147483647) at dl-
libc.c:160
#16 0x08f18c58 in init () at ../sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c:44
#17 0x009a7870 in pthread_once () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/
pthread_once.S:122
#18 0x08f18e45 in __backtrace (array=0xbfc80e74, size=256) at ../sysdeps/i386/
backtrace.c:121
#19 0x034583e9 in kdBacktrace (levels=-1) at kdebug.cpp:558
#20 0x034586ab in kdBacktrace () at kdebug.cpp:580
#21 0x03467bd9 in KIconLoader::~KIconLoader (this=0xb49c82dc, __in_chrg=<value 
optimized out>) at kiconloader.cpp:271
#22 0x0348ec7e in KInstance::~KInstance (this=0xb6a72130, __in_chrg=<value 
optimized out>) at kinstance.cpp:143
#23 0x0348ef2c in KApplication::~KApplication (this=0xb6a720e8, 
__in_chrg=<value optimized out>) at kapplication.cpp:1682
#24 0x00d2a890 in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org/basis3.2/program/
libvclplug_kdeli.so
#25 0x00d2a110 in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org/basis3.2/program/
libvclplug_kdeli.so
#26 0x02e3c5ac in X11SalData::DeleteDisplay() () from /opt/openoffice.org/
basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so
#27 0x02e3c89e in X11SalData::~X11SalData() () from /opt/openoffice.org/
basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so
#28 0x00d2a048 in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org/basis3.2/program/
libvclplug_kdeli.so
#29 0x02e481b4 in X11SalInstance::~X11SalInstance() () from /opt/openoffice.org/
basis3.2/program/libvclplug_genli.so
#30 0x00d2f8ce in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org/basis3.2/program/
libvclplug_kdeli.so
#31 0x01552d16 in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/program/
libvclli.so
#32 0x01363c01 in DeInitVCL() () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-
link/program/libvclli.so
#33 0x01363fc2 in ?? () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/program/
libvclli.so
#34 0x0136403b in SVMain() () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/
program/libvclli.so
#35 0x00899916 in soffice_main () from /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-
link/program/libsofficeapp.so
#36 0x08048e54 in main ()

Is there an old .openoffice.org folder in your $HOME? Can it be that this folder
is from a previous not native office version? have you tried to rename/delete
this folder? What linux do you use?

I deleted the folder and tried to reinstall openoffice 3.2.1 from rpm packages 
downloaded from the website of OpenOffice. Nothing had changed.
I use Fedora 13

32bit

cd: Set pl on CC. Looks like a problem with the kde plugin, can you confirm?

What I can confirm is that the stacktrace does not match the error description
since it is during a regular shutdown (hence the DeInitVCL on the stack), not
during the FirstStart Wizard.

I have the same problem.

On command line, cd to my soffice installation:
$ ./soffice

then error is:
./soffice: line 120:  5125 Segmentation fault      "$sd_prog/$sd_binary" "$@"

my OS is Redhat6.1

Need your help.

Regards.

Li Meiying 
(amy2008 in old www.OpenOffice.org)

The registration dialog is killed at the new Apache OpenOffice. So this should be anymore a problem. So I will close this issue as fixed