Apps :: GAIM & Pango

I just downloaded gaim-gtk2-1.3.1.dsl from the mydsl site and I've installed gtk2 as well as gnu-utils and then installed gaim but when I attempt to run it this is the error I get:

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(gaim:4786): Pango-WARNING **: No builtin or dynamically loaded modules were found.  Pango will not work correctly.  This probably means there was an error in the creation of:
'/etc/pango/pango.modules'
You man be able to recreate this file by running pango-querymodules.

(gaim:4792): Pango-CRITICAL **: _pango_engine_shape_shape: assertion 'PANGO_IS_FONT (font)' failed

Pango-ERROR **: file shape.c: line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed: (glyph->num_glyphs > 0)
aborting...
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any help would be appreciated - thanks