LCD Example Segmentation Faults

I have been interested in getting the LCD module working but when I run 
the example code using "gpsim -c lcd_mod.asm" I get a segmentation 
fault. It consistently occurs on the first time simulation of line 151 
of the "lcd.asm" code, i.e.,

BSF LCD_CONTROL_PORT, LCD_E

I found a reference to segmentation faults that said they often result 
from mismatched libraries. I went back and looked at "cofigure.log" and 
found some dependency errors that I some how overlooked. So I wiped my 
system clean (it's only used for playing around") and started over. I 
tried installing everything from source starting with glib because many 
of the dependency errors referenced function in it. I worked my way up 
through gtk+, readline, atk, tiff, pango, gtk+extra and on to gputils 
and gpsim.

After several retries of wipe and start over I gave up this approach. I 
would almost get to having everything installed and then get to a 
dependency or reference I could find how to resolve.

I then wiped and started to reinstall the four rpms from the gpsim site. 
I was much more careful this time (I learned a lot more about the 
intricacies of building from the two weeks monkeying around with the 
source installs.) and made sure I got a clean install with dependencies 
satisfied and no errors before I moved on to the next build.

I got a system that would assemble and simulate several PIC programs I 
had created long ago on MPLab. I then built and tried running the lcd 
example and got the same error. I then wiped the GPSIM rpm and 
reimstalled it from the source RPM amd then reimstall the LCD assuming 
this way that they would use the same libraries. Same error.

If there is a library dependency how do I identify which libraries and 
what they should be. The only message I get is the single step trace 
listing of the BSF command line and the GOTO of the next line and then 
the words "Segmentation Fault", which is not very instructive. (I do see 
the "Gtk-CRITICAL" message several lines earlier but a reference in the 
gnupic forum says this is normal?)

I am using Mandrake 10.2 (Mandiva Limited Edition). Would I have less 
problem with another distribution?

cheers,
Malcolm