diff -up gnome-sharp-2.24.0/gconf/GConf/ClientBase.cs.gconf-init gnome-sharp-2.24.0/gconf/GConf/ClientBase.cs

--- gnome-sharp-2.24.0/gconf/GConf/ClientBase.cs.gconf-init	2008-08-06 18:00:49.000000000 -0400

+++ gnome-sharp-2.24.0/gconf/GConf/ClientBase.cs	2009-04-04 21:26:40.419750583 -0400

@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ namespace GConf

 		internal void Initialize ()

 		{

+			GLib.GType.Init ();

 			if (!gconf_is_initialized ())

 			{

 				IntPtr err;

 				gconf_init (0, IntPtr.Zero, out err);

 				if (err != IntPtr.Zero)

 					throw new GLib.GException (err);

-				GLib.GType.Init ();

 			}

 		}

 	}