hm...i think you have to install globalmenu. i tried to open gedit and nautilus from terminal, they opend, but i got quite the same errors. as i said, i think this error depends on globalmenu (but i `m not sure). the weird thing is that dashfm bzr v. 114 worked for me, even with the gnome-panel issue. below is the terminal output of gedit, nautilus and dashfm: joe@t4k2d:~$ gedit Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gnomenu-panel": libgnomenu-panel.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "globalmenu-gnome": libglobalmenu-gnome.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (gedit:2338): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `object->ref_count > 0' failed (gedit:2338): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `object->ref_count > 0' failed (gedit:2338): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `object->ref_count > 0' failed joe@t4k2d:~$ nautilus Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gnomenu-panel": libgnomenu-panel.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "globalmenu-gnome": libglobalmenu-gnome.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory joe@t4k2d:~$ dashfm Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gnomenu-panel": libgnomenu-panel.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "globalmenu-gnome": libglobalmenu-gnome.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Marshaling expose_event signal Exception in Gtk# callback delegate Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception. System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object at Dash.AbstractView.DisplayError (Cairo.Context cr, System.String mesg) [0x00000] at Dash.FileView.GetFileData (System.String dir) [0x00000] at Dash.IconView+c__AnonStorey1.<>m__5 (System.Object , Gtk.ExposeEventArgs ) [0x00000] at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&) at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl (System.Object[] args) [0x00000] at System.MulticastDelegate.DynamicInvokeImpl (System.Object[] args) [0x00000] at System.Delegate.DynamicInvoke (System.Object[] args) [0x00000] at GLib.Signal.ClosureInvokedCB (System.Object o, GLib.ClosureInvokedArgs args) [0x00000] at GLib.SignalClosure.Invoke (GLib.ClosureInvokedArgs args) [0x00000] at GLib.SignalClosure.MarshalCallback (IntPtr raw_closure, IntPtr return_val, UInt32 n_param_vals, IntPtr param_values, IntPtr invocation_hint, IntPtr marshal_data) [0x00000] at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal) at GLib.SignalClosure.MarshalCallback(IntPtr raw_closure, IntPtr return_val, UInt32 n_param_vals, IntPtr param_values, IntPtr invocation_hint, IntPtr marshal_data) at Gtk.Application.gtk_main() at Gtk.Application.Run() at Dash.MainClass.Main(System.String[] args) joe@t4k2d:~$ -- Joachim Granz