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 ();
 			}
 		}
 	}