Forge fails to start

[zone22]

2013-05-23 14:59:07 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader version 5.2.12.710 for Minecraft 1.5.2 loading

2013-05-23 14:59:07 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Java is OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM, version 1.7.0_21, running on Linux:amd64:2.6.32-042stab076.8, installed at /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre

2013-05-23 14:59:07 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Java classpath at launch is /home/mc/servers/TestServer/mcpc-plus-1.5.2.jar

2013-05-23 14:59:07 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Java library path at launch is /usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib/jni:/lib:/usr/lib

2013-05-23 14:59:07 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Enabling runtime deobfuscation

annotation, it may cause issues with this version of Minecraft

2013-05-23 14:59:07 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/argo-small-3.2.jar

2013-05-23 14:59:08 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete

2013-05-23 14:59:08 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/guava-14.0-rc3.jar

2013-05-23 14:59:09 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete

2013-05-23 14:59:09 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/asm-all-4.1.jar

2013-05-23 14:59:09 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete

2013-05-23 14:59:09 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/bcprov-jdk15on-148.jar

2013-05-23 14:59:10 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete

2013-05-23 14:59:10 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/deobfuscation_data_1.5.2.zip

2013-05-23 14:59:11 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete

2013-05-23 14:59:11 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/scala-library.jar

2013-05-23 14:59:12 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete

 

Latest attempt

Forge-703

All the lib download successfully.

The server starts to load to 286mb and then quits automatically with error message. It seems to self terminate. No server.log

 

I've gone through three complete reinstalls of Ubuntu.

I've tried

Using Ubuntu-packaged binaries (OpenJDK)

Installing using recommended Oracle-packaged binaries

Third-Party Repositories such as (SunJDK)

Including various install methods.

Im literally grinding my teeth for help here!