To build this Gtk# from trunk is required and the following patches: http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497667 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499900 If you're using Mono < 2.4 you also need to apply: http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477396