Segfault when starting under Kubuntu

Running Kubuntu Dapper, I get a crash immediately when trying to start scorched3d:

$ scorched3d
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)

I suspect this is related to gtk libraries, as when I start it with "-screensaver", bypassing the main window, it runs fine.

This is the portion of strace immediately around the crash:

munmap(0xb6e94000, 1254) = 0
close(6) = 0
getuid32() = 1000
uname({sys="Linux", node="sydney", ...}) = 0
lstat64("/etc/gtk/gtkrc.en", 0xbfb9276c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat64("/etc/gtk/gtkrc.en_AU", 0xbfb9276c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat64("/etc/gtk/gtkrc.utf8", 0xbfb9276c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat64("/etc/gtk/gtkrc.utf-8", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=197, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/gtk/gtkrc.utf-8", O_RDONLY) = 6
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {SIG_DFL}, {0xb7ee7e9c, [], 0}, 8) = 0
write(2, "Fatal signal: ", 14Fatal signal: ) = 14
write(2, "Segmentation Fault", 18Segmentation Fault) = 18
write(2, " (SDL Parachute Deployed)\n", 26 (SDL Parachute Deployed)
) = 26