Suspecting a problem related to the 64 architecture, I tested on a 32 bit intel machine. tulip also crashed, although after dispaying the splash screen and (very) briefly an application window.
$ uname -a Linux 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Wed Jan 28 00:02:01 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux $ tulip Segmentation fault -- tulip crashes on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230368 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs