Description:
scilab segfaults when starting the openjdk jvm
probably not an upstream bug b/c scilab works well with openjdk on other distros

Additional info:
* package version(s)
scilab 5.0.3-4
openjdk6 1.4-2

* config and/or log files etc.
scilab
orbisvicis ~ $ Error occurred during initialization of VM
/usr/bin/scilab: line 453: 16746 Segmentation fault "$SCILABBIN" "$@"

scilab -debug
Running debug of Scilab [gdb] : gdb --args /usr/bin/scilab-bin -debug
GNU gdb 6.8
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
(no debugging symbols found)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/scilab-bin -debug
(no debugging symbols found)
...
(no debugging symbols found)
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
...
(no debugging symbols found)
[New Thread 0xb49e96d0 (LWP 17193)]
Error occurred during initialization of VM

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
[Switching to Thread 0xb49e96d0 (LWP 17193)]
0xb564ecd2 in java_lang_Throwable::print () from /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so
(gdb)

Steps to reproduce: