ARDUINO: java crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()

[torels]

I just downloaded Arduino IDE from the repositories, and after the initial dialog it crashed

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b24-1.11.3-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue Jul 24 12:24:15 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcCmdline: java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel processing.app.Base
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 __chk_fail () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: java crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (88 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f279561659c "*** %s ***: %s terminated\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:201
 __GI___fortify_fail (msg=0x7f2795616533 "buffer overflow detected") at fortify_fail.c:32
 __GI___chk_fail () at chk_fail.c:29
 _IO_str_chk_overflow (fp=<optimized out>, c=<optimized out>) at vsprintf_chk.c:35
 _IO_default_xsputn (f=0x7f2796079700, data=<optimized out>, n=19) at genops.c:485

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

From the thread stacktrace, this bit looks it might be relevant:

  "RXTX fhs_lock() Error: creating lock file: /var/lock/LCK..ttyUSB2: File gi\303\240 es"