Comment 82 for bug 86103

I am trying to install Maple and i get a very similar error.
I have Hardy with kernel 2.6.24-8 generic, java version "1.6.0_04"

Here is the error I get.

$ sudo sh installMapleLinuxSU
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
nawk: cmd. line:6: warning: escape sequence `\.' treated as plain `.'

Launching installer...

Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb7fba767]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_unlock+0x31) [0xb7fba8b1]
#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0xfd) [0xabe0829d]
#3 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/libawt.so(XineramaQueryScreens+0xd0) [0xac0b2688]
#4 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/libawt.so(xineramaInit+0x6f) [0xac06c0a7]
#5 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/libawt.so(awt_init_Display+0x1af) [0xac06c37b]
#6 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/libawt.so(Java_sun_awt_X11GraphicsEnvironment_initDisplay+0x1d) [0xac06c5a5]
#7 [0xb3c0afe4]
#8 [0xb3c04ddb]
#9 [0xb3c02104]
#10 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7bcab44]
#11 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7c7ea6d]
#12 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7bcad96]
#13 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7baff6f]
#14 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7bb469c]
#15 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7baf1cb]
#16 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7bb49af]
#17 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so [0xb7c2b538]
#18 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so(JVM_FindClassFromClassLoader+0x208) [0xb7c1a800]
#19 /tmp/install.dir.7529/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so(Java_java_lang_Class_forName0+0x182) [0xb798f97e]
java: xcb_xlib.c:82: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)