Regarding: > # ** WARNING **: invalid cast from `GnomeClient' to `GtkWindowType' > # > # ** WARNING **: gtk_type_create(): unknown parent type `12'. > # > # ** ERROR **: file gnometypes.c: line 30 (gnome_type_init): > "type_id != GTK_TYPE_INVALID" > # Aborted (core dumped) When the libraries were updated, did you get new "-dev" packages too? It looks like it might be a bad header file? -Brent