I recently switched from using Windows XP Pro 32bit SP3, where 2.4 was working fine on this machine, to Linux Mint 14 32bit Xfce. At first I tried running a backed-up folder of my original 2.4 install in Wine. That crashed every time with a distorted splash-screen, a second or two after the theme music kicked in. Next I installed 2.4-1~getdeb with all dependencies via the Software Manager. That crashes every time in an almost identical manner, not quite reaching the theme music kick-in.

Screenshot just before crash:
[[Image:http://i.imgur.com/h5aOkxv.jpg|Distorted splash-screen before crash under Mint 14, imgur h5aOkxv.jpg]]

[[http://pastebin.com/5wgNKu7h|ufoconsole.log paste]]

System Information paste:
-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
Memory : 2902MB (1312MB used)
Operating System : Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Date/Time : Mon 20 May 2013 03:38:55 BST
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
Lid Switch
Power Button
Power Button
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Video Bus
Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00
Toshiba input device
HDA Intel Mic
HDA Intel Front Headphone
DualPoint Stick
AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
-Printers-
No printers found
-SCSI Disks-
ATA Hitachi HTS54321
TEAC DV-W28S-RT
I suspect that it could be a driver issue, but graphics seem to be working fine for everything else that I've tried, and nothing says 'error' in the log, so I'm stumped.