[tomboy-list] Tomboy dies when started

[Robert Nordan]

I'd say that's a good idea, the failure point is pretty clear from the 
stacktrace. The only complication is catering for differing addin-db 
locations on different platforms.

/Robert

On 13.11.2011 17:52, Jared Jennings wrote:
> This happens to users enough that I wonder if we should put some code 
> that will gracefully catch this and at least ask the user if we should 
> try to fix the condition.
>
> Thoughts?
> -Jared
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 7:00 AM, bill <william at techservsys.com 
> <mailto:william at techservsys.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 11/12/2011 4:08 PM, Robert Nordan wrote:
>>
>>     You'll want to try running it from the command line in Windows.
>>     Press Windows + R and type cmd for the command line, then run
>>     Tomboy either with the full path or by changing to the install
>>     directory and running it, and add the debug switch --debug to get
>>     more info. (I.e "tomboy.exe --debug")
>>
>>     /Robert N
>>
>>     ----- Original message -----
>>     > I can start tomboy and the icon appears in the WIN7 notification
>>     > icon place and as a process in the task manager.  However it dies
>>     > after about 2 seconds.
>>     > I can't find anything in the windows logs, but then again I am
>>     > more experienced in Linux than windows.
>>     >
>>     > --
>>     > Bill Drescher
>>     > william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
>>     >
>>
>     C:\Program Files (x86)\Tomboy>Tomboy.exe -debug
>
>     C:\Program Files (x86)\Tomboy>[WARN 06:52:01.741] Preference key
>     '/apps/tomboy/g
>     lobal_keybindings/open_search' does not exist, using default.
>     [INFO 06:52:01.913] Initializing Mono.Addins
>     Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
>       Note: Applications can use
>     GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle
>     the exception.
>     System.InvalidOperationException: Could not read add-in description
>        at Mono.Addins.Addin.get_Description()
>        at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.CheckHostAssembly(Assembly asm)
>        at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.ActivateRoots()
>        at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.Initialize()
>        at Mono.Addins.AddinManager.Initialize(String configDir)
>        at Tomboy.AddinManager.InitializeMonoAddins(String
>     old_conf_dir) in c:\Users\
>     grep\Development\tomboy\Tomboy\AddinManager.cs:line 93
>        at Tomboy.AddinManager..ctor(String tomboy_conf_dir, String
>     old_tomboy_conf_d
>     ir) in c:\Users\grep\Development\tomboy\Tomboy\AddinManager.cs:line 45
>        at Tomboy.NoteManager.Initialize() in
>     c:\Users\grep\Development\tomboy\Tomboy
>     \NoteManager.cs:line 134
>        at Tomboy.Tomboy.<>c__DisplayClass4.<Main>b__0() in
>     c:\Users\grep\Development
>     \tomboy\Tomboy\Tomboy.cs:line 99
>        at GLib.Timeout.TimeoutProxy.Handler()
>        at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(Exception e,
>     Boolean is_term
>     inal)
>        at GLib.Timeout.TimeoutProxy.Handler()
>        at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
>        at Gtk.Application.Run()
>        at Tomboy.WindowsApplication.StartMainLoop() in
>     c:\Users\grep\Development\tom
>     boy\Tomboy\WindowsApplication.cs:line 87
>        at Tomboy.Tomboy.StartTrayIcon() in
>     c:\Users\grep\Development\tomboy\Tomboy\T
>     omboy.cs:line 198
>        at Tomboy.Tomboy.Main(String[] args) in
>     c:\Users\grep\Development\tomboy\Tomb
>     oy\Tomboy.cs:line 156
>
>     -- 
>     Bill Drescher
>     william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
>
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