Ok, Entropy here's what i've came up with..
i've tried all u said..
even redownloaded the whole 17mb client, same thing happens again..
i've tried with .bin file from the update, and with the patch .bin file and same thing happens..
i start the game, click, type my user/pass and then clients exits..
crus@pixel:~/Games/EternalLands> ./el.x86.linux.bin
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
OS: SuSE linux 9.0 - kernel 2.4.21-99
graphics card: ATI Radeon 7200...
hope this will help u out to fix the problem.