btw: on the same machine VESTA also dies the same way when running the windows version via wine (for which I have openGL enabled) but if I log in via SSH from a WSL-Terminal with X-forward it works. So the problem appears to be graphics/openGL related. And just in case this helps:
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1: 2560x1440~60Hz
2: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1