[MCL-3187] Launcher crashing with JFX already initialized

Recently the launcher has begun crashing most of the times I try to start it.
When I start it from the command line, I get the following output
Bootstrap (v5)
Current time is Oct 24, 2014 8:46:20 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Linux'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '3.16.6-2-ck'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'

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Starting launcher.
[20:46:25 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.5.3 (through bootstrap 5) started on linux...
[20:46:25 INFO]: Current time is Oct 24, 2014 8:46:25 PM
[20:46:25 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Linux'
[20:46:25 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '3.16.6-2-ck'
[20:46:25 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[20:46:25 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
[20:46:25 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[20:46:25 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[20:46:25 INFO]: JFX is already initialized
The program 'java' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 598 error_code 143 request_code 140 minor_code 7)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)