tomboy won't start

[anabelli]

Binary package hint: tomboy

me@myhost:~$ apt-cache show tomboy
Package: tomboy
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 2768
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian CLI Applications Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.4.0-0ubuntu2
Depends: mono-runtime (>= 1.1.8.1), libappindicator0.1-cil (>= 0.2.9), libc6 (>= 2.12) | libc6.1 (>= 2.12) | libc0.1 (>= 2.12), libgconf2.0-cil (>= 2.24.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.25.16), libglib2.0-cil (>= 2.12.10), libgmime2.4-cil (>= 2.4.4), libgnome2.24-cil (>= 2.24.0), libgnomepanel2.24-cil (>= 2.26.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.21.8), libgtk2.0-cil (>= 2.12.10), libgtkspell0, liblaunchpad-integration1.0-cil (>= 0.1.33), libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil (>= 0.4), libmono-addins0.2-cil (>= 0.4), libmono-cairo2.0-cil (>= 2.4), libmono-corlib2.0-cil (>= 2.6.3), libmono-posix2.0-cil (>= 2.4), libmono-system2.0-cil (>= 2.6.3), libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil (>= 0.4.0), libndesk-dbus1.0-cil (>= 0.6.0), gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2), libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6
Suggests: evolution, tasque
Filename: pool/main/t/tomboy/tomboy_1.4.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
Size: 529992
MD5sum: deb4c6cdf6e864ddbc62328b00531a69
SHA1: d1e5a24136252e171003e5c325cab6d98c068ba7
SHA256: 5bba0b09462f8018d8c0ae75ad15f67bf994c18507b7b05dcbe10fc09b296f71
Description: desktop note taking program using Wiki style links
 Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application which is simple and easy to
 use. It lets you organise your notes intelligently by allowing you to
 easily link ideas together with Wiki style interconnects.
Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/tomboy/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 18m
Task: ubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-netbook

Package: tomboy
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 2776
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian CLI Applications Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.4.2-0ubuntu1
Depends: mono-runtime (>= 1.1.8.1), libappindicator0.1-cil (>= 0.2.9), libc6 (>= 2.12) | libc6.1 (>= 2.12) | libc0.1 (>= 2.12), libgconf2.0-cil (>= 2.24.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.25.16), libglib2.0-cil (>= 2.12.10), libgmime2.4-cil (>= 2.4.4), libgnome2.24-cil (>= 2.24.0), libgnomepanel2.24-cil (>= 2.26.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.21.8), libgtk2.0-cil (>= 2.12.10), libgtkspell0, liblaunchpad-integration1.0-cil (>= 0.1.33), libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil (>= 0.4), libmono-addins0.2-cil (>= 0.4), libmono-cairo2.0-cil (>= 2.4), libmono-corlib2.0-cil (>= 2.6.3), libmono-posix2.0-cil (>= 2.4), libmono-system2.0-cil (>= 2.6.3), libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil (>= 0.4.0), libndesk-dbus1.0-cil (>= 0.6.0), gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2), libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6
Suggests: evolution, tasque
Filename: pool/main/t/tomboy/tomboy_1.4.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
Size: 532358
MD5sum: 797ce2447cdfd8d49d0e49a6bb8a8616
SHA1: 2712054065c4fd63c7efb13ec459745af7b98620
SHA256: dcc4d2909e7f2e3345db04a4719867b8d68f6a99ddd681b25b931ec876e68170
Description: desktop note taking program using Wiki style links
 Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application which is simple and easy to
 use. It lets you organise your notes intelligently by allowing you to
 easily link ideas together with Wiki style interconnects.
Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/tomboy/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 18m
Task: ubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-netbook

me@myhost:~$ tomboy -debug
[INFO 12:47:37.810] Initializing Mono.Addins
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
  Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
System.IO.IOException: Invalid handle to path "/home/anabelli/.local/share/tomboy/206091c4-4fde-44bd-9d68-13acae9e99b8.note"
  at System.IO.FileStream..ctor (System.String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean anonymous, FileOptions options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.IO.FileStream..ctor (System.String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.FileStream:.ctor (string,System.IO.FileMode,System.IO.FileAccess,System.IO.FileShare)
  at System.IO.File.OpenRead (System.String path) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor (System.String path, System.Text.Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor (System.String path, System.Text.Encoding encoding) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.StreamReader:.ctor (string,System.Text.Encoding)
  at Tomboy.NoteArchiver.ReadFile (System.String read_file, System.String uri) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Tomboy.NoteArchiver.Read (System.String read_file, System.String uri) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Tomboy.Note.Load (System.String read_file, Tomboy.NoteManager manager) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Tomboy.NoteManager.LoadNotes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Tomboy.NoteManager.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Tomboy.Tomboy+<Main>c__AnonStorey2.<>m__0 () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at GLib.Timeout+TimeoutProxy.Handler () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
   at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
   at GLib.Timeout+TimeoutProxy.Handler()
   at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
   at Gtk.Application.Run()
   at Gnome.Program.Run()
   at Tomboy.GnomeApplication.StartMainLoop()
   at Tomboy.Application.StartMainLoop()
   at Tomboy.Tomboy.StartTrayIcon()
   at Tomboy.Tomboy.Main(System.String[] args)

PS: HOW DO i GET MY NOTES BACK?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: tomboy 1.4.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic-pae 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 2 12:44:51 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: tomboy

[Sandy Armstrong (sanfordarmstrong)]

one of your note files has become corrupted somehow. delete and a try starting Tomboy again. according to the error, the trouble file is:

/home/anabelli/.local/share/tomboy/206091c4-4fde-44bd-9d68-13acae9e99b8.note

[anabelli (anabelli)]

ok thank you, I had to remove some other notes too, but now it's working.
thanks

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #676803, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.