Comment 3 for bug 377143

Same here on my Ubuntu 9.04 (nvidia driver).
Just after installing it, I tried twice to click on Application > Internet > gwibber, and it didn't launch.
Then, I opened a terminal, and typed :
$ gwibber
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/support/facelib.py:47: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
  import md5
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: addMessages
Erreur de segmentation

(so, segfault here)
I've then come here, and tried with -d flag :
$ gwibber -d
DEBUG:root:Launched from /usr/bin
DEBUG:root:Assuming path is correct
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/support/facelib.py:47: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
  import md5
INFO:root:No existing Gwibber session: starting...
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: addMessages
console message: @22: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setGtkConfig
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setAccountConfig
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: addMessages
console message: @22: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setGtkConfig
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setAccountConfig
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 525, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 477, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 991, in process
    self.manage_indicator_items(view.message_store, tab_num=self.tabs.page_num(tab))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 948, in manage_indicator_items
    if not self.is_gwibber_active():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 945, in is_gwibber_active
    return self.window.xid == screen.get_active_window().get_xid()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_xid'

and here, I had the GUI !
I quitted, and retried :
$ gwibber
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/support/facelib.py:47: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
  import md5
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: addMessages
console message: @22: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setGtkConfig
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setAccountConfig
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: addMessages
console message: @22: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setGtkConfig
console message: @1: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: setAccountConfig

And again, the I had the GUI ...
Now, by clicking on Application > Internet > gwibber, it works ... I didn't reboot since.