After much struggle with freetype problems I have inkscape appearing to work apart from nothing in the font dialog and nothing when I type text. Here is the error:
mellor@...189...:~$ inkscape
** (inkscape:10799): CRITICAL **: file pango-fontmap.c: line 102 (pango_font_map_list_families): assertion `fontmap != NULL' failed
** (inkscape:10799): CRITICAL **: file pango-fontmap.c: line 83 (pango_font_map_load_font): assertion `fontmap != NULL' failed
** (inkscape:10799): CRITICAL **: file pango-fontmap.c: line 83 (pango_font_map_load_font): assertion `fontmap != NULL' failed
I cannot find the file pango-fontmap.c. Sodipodi appears to use gnome-fontface.c for the fonts. I have pango installed, but I have a vague feeling this might be a gtk2 problem. I am using gtk+2-2.2.4 in Slackware 9.1. Can anyone help please?