As I am forced to use version 2.33 or otherwise I will get no help from members for importing gta/dff models.
The following error has troubled me.
It appears in a second window every time I start Blender. And when I close this screen Blender also closes!!! So what now?
That normally indicates a problem with the Python installation. If you are using Blender 2.33 I would check which version of Python that used and try installing it.
More information here - http://www.blender.org/education-help/faq/linux/#c2000