Probably some plugin(s) cause the segmentation fault, try to remove all of them and add one by one to see which one it is. Also you can recompile PEOPS plugins with --nothreads option and use earlier versions of Pete's plugs.
$ ./epsxe-1.60/epsxe
* Running ePSXe emulator version 1.6.0.
* Memory handlers init.
* ePSXe: PSX BIOS loaded [/home/vince/epsxe-1.60/bios/scph1001.bin].
* Init gpu[0][libgpuPeteXGL2.so.2.0.7]
Error: couldn't get fbconfig
Missing ATI render-texture extension!NVIDIA Corporation
GeForce FX 5900XT/AGP/3DNOW!
* Open gpu[0]
* Init spu[0][libspuPeopsOSS.so.1.0.8]
* Open spu[0]
Segmentation fault