missionplanner 1.2.17 crash on linux

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Connect over USB on linux
2. Click on firmware tab
3. Click on "APM Setup"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A dialog with the control calibration show pop up.
The dialog shows for one second then it crashes.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
 uname -a
Linux seanx201 3.2.0-32-generic-pae #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:54:23 UTC 2012 
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Please provide any additional information below.
INFO ArdupilotMega.MAVLink - Request stream EXTRA2 at 10 hz
INFO ArdupilotMega.MAVLink - Request stream EXTRA3 at 2 hz
INFO ArdupilotMega.MAVLink - Request stream RAW_SENSORS at 2 hz
INFO ArdupilotMega.MAVLink - Request stream RC_CHANNELS at 2 hz
bps 1064 loss 0 left 28 mem 55.8828125      
bps 889 loss 0 left 28 mem 57.16015625      
bps 953 loss 0 left 28 mem 58.4609375      
bps 889 loss 0 left 28 mem 59.62890625      
bps 889 loss 0 left 28 mem 51.9921875      
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an 
object
  at ArdupilotMega.Controls.BackstageView.BackstageViewButton.OnPaint (System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs pevent) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlWindowTarget.OnMessage (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.WndProc (IntPtr hWnd, Msg msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
Original issue reported on code.google.com by sgilman...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2012 at 12:25
CCAZE31 / ardupilot-mega

missionplanner 1.2.17 crash on linux #796
