Problems Running lilypond First Time

[Michael Carroll]

I'm trying to run for the first time on a SuSE 9.0 Linux installation with 
2.6.8: 
 
(process:23846): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
`G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed 
 
** (process:23846): CRITICAL **: _pango_engine_shape_shape: assertion 
`PANGO_IS_FONT (font)' failed 
 
** ERROR **: file shape.c: line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed: 
(glyphs->num_glyphs > 0) 
aborting... 
Aborted 
 
BTW:  I love your documentation, your design philosophy, your attitude, your 
good karma!   Thank you very much for lilypond.  At last this looks like a 
program that will let me compose music like I write software:  from the top 
down!!!!