Thanks for the hint, when running the command in the style you showed I got this error from bonobo:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/projects/tapestry/tapestry-framework/src/js$ mono /usr/lib/tomboy/Tomboy.exe --panel-applet --oaf-activate- iid=OAFIID:TomboyApplet Bonobo-Activation-ERROR **: This process has not registered the required OAFIID your source code should register 'OAFIID:TomboyApplet'. If your code is performing delayed registration and this message is trapped in error, see bonobo_activation_idle_reg_check_set. aborting... -- gnome tray icon / notifier not displayed https://launchpad.net/bugs/61756 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs