KSP won't start on Ubuntu

[niceundtidy]

I am running into an odd problem that i hope someone may recognize.

I can run the 32bit version of KSP fine on Ubuntu 12.04, however when i try to run the 64 bit version (KSP.x86_64) something very odd happens.

The game does not start, nor are there any reasonable error messages. However, three files are created in the KSP base dir:

��E@�P4@8 (invalid encoding)

���� (invalid encoding)

� � (invalid encoding)

They are all empty. This is as far as i can tell the only result of running the 64bit version of KSP, the 32bit works fine, but i do want to mod the game once i get it up and running, to 32 just doesn't cut it:P

Does anyone have suggestions for fixing this? It is very annoying.

PS. I haven't installed any mods yet, the game is completely unmodded.

[Mecripp]

Are you running Ubuntu 32 bit or 64 bit ?