I can confirm this as happening on my system as well. I've attached an strace log.
I'm running a Ubuntu 6.06 install updated as of 2006-08-22. spim package version: 7.1-1ubuntu2 Kernel Image: linux-image-2.6.15-23-amd64-generic Kernel Image Version: 2.6.15-23.39 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ -- Xspim Segmentation fault - amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49580 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs