Comment 41 for bug 553415

There's an easier workaround than recompiling the X server, posted on the Xephem yahoo group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xephem/message/3103 -- may require group membership to read, but it says:
  "I am using xephem 3.7.4 debs for 64bit Ubuntu from http://e2rd.piekielko.pl/debian/
  These debs work fine for me on Lucid (Ubuntu 10.04) as they also did on Karmic (9.10) and Jaunty (9.04)
  I use 32bit debs on my laptop and 64bit debs on my desktop machine."

That deb works for me too. I don't understand why the 3.7.4 deb works on Lucid when the 3.7.4 I compiled myself doesn't work, or why it would make a difference if the bug is really in the X server. But it might help as a temporary workaround for those who don't want to recompile X.