Staroffice 8 on Ubuntu 8.04, installation problem

When trying to install StarOffice 8 on Ubuntu 8.04 I receive the following problem "Locking assertion failure"...
The installer window appears but it is empty.
Please see the terminal text below.

Anyone got an idea how to proceed?
/Henrik

root@henrik-desktop:/home/henrik/Desktop/Downloads# sh so-8-pp6-bin-linux-en-US.sh

Select the directory in which to save the unpacked files. [/var/tmp/unpack_staroffice]

File is being checked for errors ...
Unpacking ...
All files have been successfully unpacked.
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
Extracting...
Done.
Running installer
Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb2ae0767]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_unlock+0x31) [0xb2ae08b1]
#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0xfd) [0xaa0f41bd]
#3 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so [0xaa47629e]
#4 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so [0xaa45c386]
#5 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so [0xaa45c5cd]
#6 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so(Java_sun_awt_X11GraphicsEnvironment_initDisplay+0x24) [0xaa45c7d8]
#7 [0xb2b6ab8b]
#8 [0xb2b64a7b]
#9 [0xb2b64a7b]
#10 [0xb2b62157]
#11 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7845c1c]
#12 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7931668]
#13 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7845a4f]
#14 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so(JVM_DoPrivileged+0x2db) [0xb789b82b]
#15 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/libjava.so(Java_java_security_AccessController_doPrivileged__Ljava_security_PrivilegedAction_2+0x3d) [0xb76582cd]
#16 [0xb2b6a43b]
#17 [0xb2b649a4]
#18 [0xb2b62157]
#19 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7845c1c]
Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb2ae0767]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_lock+0x2e) [0xb2ae081e]
#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0xaa0f3518]
#3 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XGetVisualInfo+0x26) [0xaa0ea0a6]
#4 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so [0xaa45b25b]
#5 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so [0xaa45b4ec]
#6 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so [0xaa45c714]
#7 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so(Java_sun_awt_X11GraphicsEnvironment_initDisplay+0x24) [0xaa45c7d8]
#8 [0xb2b6ab8b]
#9 [0xb2b64a7b]
#10 [0xb2b64a7b]
#11 [0xb2b62157]
#12 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7845c1c]
#13 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7931668]
#14 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7845a4f]
#15 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so(JVM_DoPrivileged+0x2db) [0xb789b82b]
#16 /var/tmp/install_9048/jre1.5.0_01/lib/i386/libjava.so(Java_java_security_AccessController_doPrivileged__Ljava_security_PrivilegedAction_2+0x3d) [0xb76582cd]
#17 [0xb2b6a43b]
#18 [0xb2b649a4]
#19 [0xb2b62157]