Stefan Schmiedl wrote:
[snip]
> Is this 
> (a) a known problem?
> (b) me being dumb?
> (c) some unfortunate combination of squeak and my linux box?

I believe this is (a) a known problem. Take a look at [1] and 
build a new VM.

Regards
            Chris Burkert
1: 
http://people.squeakfoundation.org/person/KenCausey/diary.html?start=0
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