Here is a patch that solves the initial crash problems on amd64. However, from testing, it seems that the problem remains on i386.
** Attachment added: "fix for amd64 load crash" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4441115/abuse-initial-load-crash.patch -- Abuse segfaults immediately on start (amd64) https://launchpad.net/bugs/3616 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs