This is what it shows, after I click play the launcher closes and reopens, with the following error:

Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
Deleting /home/user/.minecraft/versions/1.6.2/1.6.2-natives-4212631043739

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You are using an out of date version of OpenJDK, this was happening to me too. Run the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get purge java java7 openjdk6-jre
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install openjdk7-jre

In a terminal (Ctrl + Alt +T). Hope that helps!