[MCL-9735] Launching 1.12.2 throws java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError while initializing OpenGL

Mod note: Potential fix in this comment: https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCL-9735?focusedCommentId=475718&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-475718

I deleted and reinstalled minecraft twice. The new linux launcher downloads the version 1.12.2 and starts it but there it stops. Any version below 1.13 crashes on launch.

Why I thought it's a game bug? 1.13 launches properly.

I downloaded minecraft from snap since there's no other way due to a so called "os bug" -> you sayed me that wasn't your problem

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
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Time: 7/24/18 8:57 PM
 Description: Initializing game

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
 at bib.av(SourceFile:661)
 at bib.aq(SourceFile:456)
 at bib.a(SourceFile:404)
 at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:123)
 Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
 at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.getAvailableDisplayModes(LinuxDisplay.java:951)
 at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.init(LinuxDisplay.java:738)
 at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:138)
 ... 4 more

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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– Head –
 Thread: Client thread
 Stacktrace:
 at bib.av(SourceFile:661)
 at bib.aq(SourceFile:456)

– Initialization –
 Details:
 Stacktrace:
 at bib.a(SourceFile:404)
 at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:123)

– System Details –
 Details:
 Minecraft Version: 1.12.2
 Operating System: Linux (amd64) version 4.15.0-29-generic
 Java Version: 1.8.0_171, Oracle Corporation
 Java VM Version: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
 Memory: 138472512 bytes (132 MB) / 201326592 bytes (192 MB) up to 2147483648 bytes (2048 MB)
 JVM Flags: 7 total; -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
 IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
 Launched Version: 1.12.2
 LWJGL: 2.9.4
 OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
 GL Caps: 
 Using VBOs: Yes
 Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
 Type: Client (map_client.txt)
 Resource Packs: 
 Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
 Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
 CPU: <unknown>