Try the following: When a file ~/.gnome2/share/fonts/fonts.dir exists, move it out of the way (e.g. mv ~/.gnome2/share/fonts/fonts.dir ~/.gnome2-share-fonts-fonts.dir-gone) and see if xdvi works.
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