DVDRip crashes with gtk/pango error

[Jim McNamara <jim mcnamara gmail com>]

Hello list! I am having an issue getting DVDRip to run, and the list
for DVDRip suggested I try this list to get the problem resolved. The
system in a fresh install of Debian 64 bit:

jim jimmusic:~/music/m3u$ uname -r
2.6.8-11-amd64-generic

Here is the specific error I get when I try to run DVDRip:

jim jimmusic:/usr/local/Video-DVDRip-0.97.1$ ./dvdrip
Pango-CRITICAL **: _pango_engine_shape_shape: assertion `PANGO_IS_FONT
(font)' failed at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/Gtk2/Ex/FormFactory/Layout.pm line 60.
Pango-ERROR **: file shape.c: line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed:
(glyphs->num_glyphs > 0) at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/Gtk2/Ex/FormFactory/Layout.pm line 60.
Aborted

The DVDRip list had me check that my
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/Gtk2/Ex/FormFactory/Layout.pm line was
identical to theirs, and it was. That line in particular reads:
$sw->add($widget->get_gtk_parent_widget);

And it is part of the larger statement:
my $scrollbars = $widget->get_scrollbars;
        if ( $scrollbars ) {
                my $sw = Gtk2::ScrolledWindow->new;
                $sw->add($widget->get_gtk_parent_widget);
                $sw->set_policy(@{$scrollbars});
                $widget->set_gtk_parent_widget($sw);
        }

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if you need more info I'll
be glad to share it with you.

Thanks for your time,
Jim