http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20404
--- Comment #30 from Gareth tgheretford@googlemail.com 2009-10-22 15:48:28 --- (In reply to comment #29)
@Gareth> Probably this will not be your problem, but you can check http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19948 comment #14 to be sure, you are not affected by this combination.
No, I don't think that is the reason why this isn't working.
I have completely formatted the whole hard disk (after backing-up!) which removed all configuration and any possible problems that could happen and I also reinstalled Kubuntu from scratch, and it still fails to load up. At least this time the splash screen for Rush Hour appeared before it failed to load and dropped me back to the command prompt.