--- graphviz-2.26.0/lib/gvc/gvconfig.c.old	2009-07-08 17:14:20.000000000 +0200

+++ graphviz-2.26.0/lib/gvc/gvconfig.c	2010-10-20 11:51:21.238392202 +0200

@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@

         libdir = gvconfig_libdir(gvc);

         rc = stat(libdir, &libdir_st);

         if (rc == -1) {

+            gvtextlayout_select(gvc);   /* choose best available textlayout plugin immediately */

     	    /* if we fail to stat it then it probably doesn't exist so just fail silently */

 	    return;

         }

@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@

         if (rescan) {

     	    config_rescan(gvc, gvc->config_path);

     	    gvc->config_found = TRUE;

+            gvtextlayout_select(gvc);   /* choose best available textlayout plugin immediately */

     	    return;

         }

@@ -492,6 +494,7 @@

         rc = stat(gvc->config_path, &config_st);

         if (rc == -1) {

+            gvtextlayout_select(gvc);   /* choose best available textlayout plugin immediately */

     	    /* silently return without setting gvc->config_found = TRUE */

     	    return;

         }