Abiword - the newest one - abiword-0.9.6.1-r1.ebuild crash on my system. It tells me about ten messageboxes with something like font-problems and not calling about wrapper script. The toolbars are there and then the application crash full. I called it in Gnome and on a console with 'Abiword'. I don't know what it want. Sebastian
Abiword needs true type fonts. try adding 'Load "type1"' to the "Module" section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config file like so: Section "Module" .... Load "bitmap" Load "freetype" Load "speedo" Load "type1" EndSection
Are you using GdkXFT when trying to run Abiword? If so, try to disable it and try it again.
I figure this is GdkXFT related, since if I remember correctly the reported uses GdkXFT.