fonts in Tk-inter problem

[Robert Myers]

I'm trying to get IDLE running on my XO, so that I can show Python 
development directly on it.

IDLE needs Tk-inter to run. I've installed it, and IDLE runs. The font 
is very small. However I can't get tk to recognize fonts or size changes.

If I open Options/Configure IDLE.../'Fonts/Tabs', I only see 'fixed' for 
a font, and size changes aren't honored.

If I run tkFont.py in its demo mode the first line I get back contains 
"'family': 'fixed'" when it should say  "'family': 'times'". Also the 
size isn't honored in the dialog it opens.

If I do a fc-list, it reports that I have a lot of fonts on the XO.

Does anyone know where the ball is getting dropped, and what I can do 
about it?

Thanks,

Bob