Below more info when trying to run tomboy as root: --%<--- code --%<--- code --%<--- code --%<--- $ sudo tomboy (/usr/lib/tomboy/Tomboy.exe:7253): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.20.1/gobject/gtype.c:2458: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (/usr/lib/tomboy/Tomboy.exe:7253): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed (/usr/lib/tomboy/Tomboy.exe:7253): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Stacktrace: at (wrapper managed-to-native) GConf.Client.gconf_client_get_default () <0x00050> at (wrapper managed-to-native) GConf.Client.gconf_client_get_default () <0xffffffff> at GConf.Client..ctor () <0x00053> at Tomboy.GConfPreferencesClient..ctor () <0x0002f> at Tomboy.GnomeFactory.CreatePreferencesClient () <0x0001f> at Tomboy.Services..cctor () <0x00075> at (wrapper runtime-invoke) System.Object.runtime_invoke_void (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) <0xffffffff> at Tomboy.Application.Initialize (string,string,string,string[]) <0xffffffff> at Tomboy.Application.Initialize (string,string,string,string[]) <0x00020> at Tomboy.Tomboy.Main (string[]) <0x000c3> at (wrapper runtime-invoke) Tomboy.Tomboy.runtime_invoke_void_string[] (object,intptr,intptr,intptr) <0xffffffff> Native stacktrace: mono [0x429e65] mono [0x44ba7d] /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0x7f84fa41c080] /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4 [0x7f84f7f566c1] /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4(gconf_client_get_default+0xc4) [0x7f84f7f5a3c4] [0x41d41a70] 39 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S: No such file or directory. Debug info from gdb: (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0x7f84fb0e9730 (LWP 7253)] [New Thread 0x7f84f8cd1950 (LWP 7255)] [New Thread 0x7f84fb0f9950 (LWP 7254)] syscall () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S:39 in ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S Current language: auto; currently asm 3 Thread 0x7f84fb0f9950 (LWP 7254) 0x00007f84fa41b7e1 in nanosleep () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 2 Thread 0x7f84f8cd1950 (LWP 7255) pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:261 1 Thread 0x7f84fb0e9730 (LWP 7253) syscall () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S:39 Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f84fb0f9950 (LWP 7254)): #0 0x00007f84fa41b7e1 in nanosleep () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x0000000000503be2 in ?? () #2 0x00007f84fa4143ba in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:297 #3 0x00007f84f9efbfcd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112 #4 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f84f8cd1950 (LWP 7255)): #0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:261 #1 0x0000000000506815 in ?? () #2 0x0000000000508f8f in ?? () #3 0x000000000052123d in ?? () #4 0x0000000000496d33 in ?? () #5 0x00000000004b52d3 in ?? () #6 0x000000000051d81b in ?? () #7 0x000000000053a1c2 in ?? () #8 0x00007f84fa4143ba in start_thread (arg=) at pthread_create.c:297 #9 0x00007f84f9efbfcd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112 #10 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f84fb0e9730 (LWP 7253)): #0 syscall () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S:39 #1 0x0000000000429f06 in ?? () #2 0x000000000044ba7d in ?? () #3 #4 0x00007f84f7f566c1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4 #5 0x00007f84f7f5a3c4 in gconf_client_get_default () from /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4 #6 0x0000000041d41a70 in ?? () #7 0x00007fff0311e3c8 in ?? () #8 0x0101010101010101 in ?? () #9 0x00007f84fb101090 in ?? () #10 0x00007fff0311e3c8 in ?? () #11 0x00000000024d4670 in ?? () #12 0x00007fff0311e120 in ?? () #13 0x00007fff0311dfd0 in ?? () #14 0x0000000000000001 in ?? () #15 0x00007f84f8ce1bd0 in ?? () #16 0x00007f84f85c2fc0 in ?? () #17 0x00007f84f85c2fc0 in ?? () #18 0x0000000041d418be in ?? () #19 0x00007fff0311e120 in ?? () #20 0x0000000041d418a4 in ?? () #21 0x00007f84f85c2fc0 in ?? () #22 0x00007f84f85c2fe0 in ?? () #23 0x00007f84f85c2fe0 in ?? () #24 0x0000000041d4183d in ?? () #25 0x00007f84f85c2fc0 in ?? () #26 0x0000000041d41800 in ?? () #27 0x000000000247b648 in ?? () #28 0x00000000fb0e9730 in ?? () #29 0x00007f84f85c2fe0 in ?? () #30 0x0000000041d417b0 in ?? () #31 0x00007f84f85bff78 in ?? () #32 0x0000000041d39000 in ?? () #33 0x00007fff0311e120 in ?? () #34 0x0000000041d400b6 in ?? () #35 0x00000000024c6bd0 in ?? () #36 0x00007f84f8ce0fb0 in ?? () #37 0x00000000024c6bd0 in ?? () #38 0x0000000041d392f7 in ?? () #39 0x0000000041d40040 in ?? () #40 0x00007fff0311e150 in ?? () #41 0x00007fff0311e150 in ?? () #42 0x000000000056817a in ?? () #43 0x0000000000483734 in ?? () #44 0x0000000000567915 in ?? () #45 0x000000000042c48f in ?? () #46 0x0000000040765165 in ?? () #47 0x00007fff0311e530 in ?? () #48 0x0000000002417700 in ?? () #49 0x00007f84f85c0fa0 in ?? () #50 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () 39 in ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S ================================================================= Got a SIGSEGV while executing native code. This usually indicates a fatal error in the mono runtime or one of the native libraries used by your application. ================================================================= Aborted --%<--- code --%<--- code --%<--- code --%<---