Can start on linux, java crashes (Gallium driver)

I am trying to run Minecraft in linux, using openjdk 7 and I get the following error when trying to start:

--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 62a9c3db --------
Full report at:
/home/krel/.minecraft/crash-reports/crash-2013-04-09_17.42.27-client.txt
Please show that file to Mojang, NOT just this screen!

Generated 09/04/13 5:42 PM

-- System Details --
Details:
	Minecraft Version: 1.5.1
	Operating System: Linux (i386) version 3.7.10-1-ARCH
	Java Version: 1.7.0_17, Oracle Corporation
	Java VM Version: OpenJDK Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
	Memory: 401685928 bytes (383 MB) / 514523136 bytes (490 MB) up to 954466304 bytes (910 MB)
	JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xmx1024M -Xms512M
	AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
	Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.
	IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
	LWJGL: 2.4.2
	OpenGL: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CEDAR GL version 1.4 (3.0 Mesa 9.1), X.Org
	Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
	Type: Client (map_client.txt)
	Texture Pack: Default
	Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
	Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: X Error - disp: 0x6ae1a398 serial: 99 error: GLXBadRenderRequest request_code: 154 minor_code: 1
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.globalErrorHandler(LinuxDisplay.java:268)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxContextImplementation.nSwapBuffers(Native Method)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxContextImplementation.swapBuffers(LinuxContextImplementation.java:75)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Context.swapBuffers(Context.java:163)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.swapBuffers(Display.java:646)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.J(SourceFile:362)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:246)
	at avv.a(SourceFile:56)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:507)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
--- END ERROR REPORT 37250f41 ----------

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Oops.

Time: 09/04/13 5:42 PM
Description: Failed to start game

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: X Error - disp: 0x6ae1a398 serial: 99 error: GLXBadRenderRequest request_code: 154 minor_code: 1
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.globalErrorHandler(LinuxDisplay.java:268)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxContextImplementation.nSwapBuffers(Native Method)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxContextImplementation.swapBuffers(LinuxContextImplementation.java:75)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Context.swapBuffers(Context.java:163)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.swapBuffers(Display.java:646)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.J(SourceFile:362)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:246)
	at avv.a(SourceFile:56)
	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:507)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)


A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- System Details --
Details:
	Minecraft Version: 1.5.1
	Operating System: Linux (i386) version 3.7.10-1-ARCH
	Java Version: 1.7.0_17, Oracle Corporation
	Java VM Version: OpenJDK Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
	Memory: 401685928 bytes (383 MB) / 514523136 bytes (490 MB) up to 954466304 bytes (910 MB)
	JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xmx1024M -Xms512M
	AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
	Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.
	IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
	LWJGL: 2.4.2
	OpenGL: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CEDAR GL version 1.4 (3.0 Mesa 9.1), X.Org
	Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
	Type: Client (map_client.txt)
	Texture Pack: Default
	Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
	Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null

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I just bought the game, and I remember having the free version running some years ago. Is there an alternative to using Java? I am hoping that is it an easy and obvious fix for you guys, because I am lost in the dark with java. Thanks for the help!

-KV