Bugzilla Bug 143652

Monodevelop 0.10 crashes if you try to use the GUI designer and metacity is not
installed on the system.Please add dependency to ebuild.

error message:

System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type
initializer for Metacity.Preview ---> System.DllNotFoundException:
libmetacity-private.so.0
in (wrapper managed-to-native) Metacity.Preview:meta_preview_get_type ()
in <0x0001c> Metacity.Preview:get_GType ()
in <0x00029> GtkSharp.MetacitySharp.ObjectManager:Initialize ()
in <0x00008> Metacity.Preview:.cctor ()--- End of inner exception stack trace
---

in <0x00000> <unknown method>
in <0x0004b> Stetic.PreviewBox:CreateMetacityPreview (Gtk.Window window)
in <0x000f9> Stetic.PreviewBox:.ctor (Gtk.Container container, Int32
designWidth, Int32 designHeight)
in <0x0017d> Stetic.EmbedWindow:Wrap (Gtk.Container container, Int32
designWidth, Int32 designHeight)
in <0x0009c>
MonoDevelop.GtkCore.GuiBuilder.GuiBuilderEditSession:get_WrapperWidget ()
in <0x00567> MonoDevelop.GtkCore.GuiBuilder.GuiBuilderView:.ctor (IViewContent
content, MonoDevelop.GtkCore.GuiBuilder.GuiBuilderWindow window)
in <0x0009e>
MonoDevelop.GtkCore.GuiBuilder.GuiBuilderDisplayBinding:CreateContentForFile
(System.String fileName)
in <0x0003f> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.LoadFileWrapper:Invoke (System.String
fileName)
in <0x00d0f> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Workbench:RealOpenFile (System.Object
openFileInfo)
in <0x005db> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Workbench:OpenDocument (System.String
fileName, Int32 line, Int32 column, Boolean bringToFront)
in <0x00039> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Workbench:OpenDocument (System.String
fileName, Boolean bringToFront)
in <0x0001f> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Workbench:OpenDocument (System.String
fileName)
in <0x0007c>
MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Pads.ProjectPad.ProjectFileNodeCommandHandler:ActivateItem
()
in <0x00131> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Pads.TreeViewPad:ActivateCurrentItem ()
in <0x00021> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Pads.TreeViewPad:OnNodeActivated
(System.Object sender, Gtk.RowActivatedArgs args)
in (wrapper delegate-invoke)
System.MulticastDelegate:invoke_void_object_RowActivatedArgs
(object,Gtk.RowActivatedArgs)
in <0x00241> Gtk.TreeView:RowActivatedSignalCallback (IntPtr arg0, IntPtr arg1,
IntPtr arg2, IntPtr gch)
in (wrapper native-to-managed) Gtk.TreeView:RowActivatedSignalCallback
(intptr,intptr,intptr,intptr)
in <0x00000> <unknown method>
in (wrapper managed-to-native) Gtk.Application:gtk_main ()
in <0x00008> Gtk.Application:Run ()
in <0x00008> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.IdeApp:Run ()
in <0x00e4a> MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.IdeStartup:Run (System.String[] args)
in <0x001ff> MonoDevelop.Core.AddIns.AddInService:StartApplication
(System.String addinId, System.String[] parameters)

problem fixed with dev-util/monodevelop-0.12
you'll find the ebuild here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132457

Yes, monodevelop is useless without metacity.  I have added the dependency on
metacity in -0.12.  Thanks for reporting this issue.