Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 798920
tomboy does not start
Last modified: 2012-03-13 14:41:09 EDT
Description of problem: After upgrade to F17, tomboy no longer starts: % tomboy Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Tomboy.Logger ---> System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Tomboy.Services ---> System.TypeLoadException: A type load exception has occurred. at Tomboy.Services..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Tomboy.FileLogger..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at Tomboy.Logger..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Tomboy.Tomboy.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 [ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Tomboy.Logger ---> System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Tomboy.Services ---> System.TypeLoadException: A type load exception has occurred. at Tomboy.Services..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Tomboy.FileLogger..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at Tomboy.Logger..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Tomboy.Tomboy.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tomboy-1.9.8-1.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to start tomboy 2. 3.
tomboy-1.9.8-2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tomboy-1.9.8-2.fc17
Ok, seems to be a packaging issue for both, dbus-sharp[-glib] and ndesk-dbus[-glib].
Package tomboy-1.9.8-2.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing tomboy-1.9.8-2.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-2814/tomboy-1.9.8-2.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
tomboy-1.9.8-2.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.