http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11050
--- Comment #1 from Roderick Colenbrander thunderbird2k@gmx.net 2008-01-05 05:08:28 --- I suspect the problem has to do with some OpenGL initialization Wine has to do at startup. This needs to be done in all cases even when OpenGL / Direct3D won't be used as without it OpenGL / Direct3D won't function.
You should try to 'hide' libGL.so and see what happens if you start Wine then.