I too see this error on my other workstation FC6 with Beryl I do not have the same results, here is an strace from the event. I tested this against the standard package and the downloaded current release of 2.44 from the blender.org website.
** Attachment added: "blender-2.44-ubuntu-7x.strace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8521171/blender-2.44-ubuntu-7x.strace -- Blender crashes, when starting game-engine https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108596 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs