http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13341
--- Comment #5 from Oisin O Malley ninja.gofer@gmail.com 2008-05-22 18:52:38 --- I have had some strange results here.
I upgraded to the current git version and used a clean ~/.wine. Reinstalled and tested. It initially refused to run as it had before.
Through various testing I found that if I redirected stderr to a file it started and would then start normally after that. Also if I closed and reopened the terminal I would have to repeat this procedure.