Hi Axel,
Are you sure the problem isn't in the graphic driver?
Googling around the problem gives almost always a missing 32bit driver on 64bit arch.
So maybe it can just be added as runtime dependency of 2048 package
http://www.archlinux.it/forum/viewtopic.php?nomobile=1&p=137038
Sorry for the i13n of the link, but it gives some useful hints
"LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose" before starting 2048
"glxinfo"
and something like "virtualgl-libs:i386" (at least on older ubuntu)
cheers,
Gianfranco