not sure if this is of any help, but here is a gdb backtrace for the lucid package
$ gdb structure-synth GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/structure-synth...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/structure-synth [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x001ff516 in glViewport () from /usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1 (gdb) bt #0 0x001ff516 in glViewport () from /usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1 #1 0x0809f13c in ?? () #2 0x0809f386 in ?? () #3 0x0806530b in ?? () #4 0x08066165 in ?? () #5 0x080558a0 in ?? () #6 0x013c6bd6 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #7 0x08055541 in ?? () (gdb) quit A debugging session is active. Inferior 1 [process 20739] will be killed. Quit anyway? (y or n) y and the same for the natty package (running on a lucid host) with the dbg package installed alongside $ gdb structure-synth GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/structure-synth...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/structure-synth...done. done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/structure-synth [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x001ff516 in glViewport () from /usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1 (gdb) bt #0 0x001ff516 in glViewport () from /usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1 #1 0x080b3749 in SyntopiaCore::GLEngine::EngineWidget::updatePerspective (this=0x8230078) at SyntopiaCore/GLEngine/EngineWidget.cpp:418 #2 0x080b3caf in EngineWidget (this=0x8230078, mainWindow=0x822f388, parent=0x822e2f0) at SyntopiaCore/GLEngine/EngineWidget.cpp:22 #3 0x08064e2f in StructureSynth::GUI::MainWindow::init (this=0x822f388) at StructureSynth/GUI/MainWindow.cpp:425 #4 0x0806af66 in MainWindow (this=0x822f388) at StructureSynth/GUI/MainWindow.cpp:284 #5 0x08057ff8 in main (argc=Cannot access memory at address 0xfffffff8 ) at Main.cpp:46 (gdb) quit A debugging session is active. Inferior 1 [process 20942] will be killed. Quit anyway? (y or n) y -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571275 Title: Segmentation Fault when trying to start structure-synth -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
