Hi, I've added some debugging code: 568: GWDThemePrivate *priv = gwd_theme_get_instance_private (theme); 569: printf("MYDEBUG: priv = %p\n", priv); 570: const gchar *titlebar_font = gwd_settings_get_titlebar_font (priv->settings); 570: printf("MYDEBUG: titlebar_font = %p\n", titlebar_font); And indeed I get: MYDEBUG: priv = (nil) ...and it segfaults. My build configuration is: -DUSE_PROTOBUF=yes -DUSE_GLES=no -DUSE_GTK=yes -DUSE_GNOME=no -DUSE_INOTIFY=yes -DUSE_METACITY=no CMake output: ************************************************************ * Compiz Buildsystem * * * * Package : Compiz * * Version : 0.9.14.0 * ************************************************************ Optional features: GLESv2 : No gtk window decorator : Yes metacity theme support : No gnome : No protocol buffers : Yes file system change notifications : Yes ************************************************************ Plugin configure check results: addhelper : Yes animation : Yes animationaddon: Yes animationjc : Yes animationplus : Yes annotate : Yes bench : Yes bicubic : Disabled blur : Yes ccp : Yes clone : Yes colorfilter : Yes commands : Yes compiztoolbox : Yes composite : Yes copytex : Yes crashhandler : Yes cube : Yes cubeaddon : Yes dbus : No (Missing dependencies :) decor : Yes expo : Yes extrawm : Yes ezoom : Yes fade : Yes fadedesktop : Yes firepaint : Yes freewins : Yes gears : Yes gnomecompat : Yes grid : Yes group : Disabled imgjpeg : Yes imgpng : Yes imgsvg : Yes inotify : Yes loginout : Disabled mag : Yes matecompat : Yes maximumize : Yes mblur : Yes mousepoll : Yes move : Yes neg : Yes notification : No (Missing dependencies :) obs : Yes opacify : Yes opengl : Yes place : Yes put : Yes reflex : Disabled regex : Yes resize : Yes resizeinfo : Yes ring : Yes rotate : Yes scale : Yes scaleaddon : Yes scalefilter : Yes screenshot : Yes session : Yes shelf : Yes shift : Yes showdesktop : Yes showmouse : Yes showrepaint : Yes animationsim : Disabled snap : Yes splash : Yes stackswitch : Disabled staticswitcher: Yes switcher : Yes td : Yes text : Yes thumbnail : Yes titleinfo : Yes trailfocus : Yes trip : Disabled vpswitch : Yes wall : Yes wallpaper : Yes water : Yes widget : Yes winrules : Yes wizard : Yes wobbly : Yes workarounds : Yes workspacenames: Yes ************************************************************