diff -ur rhythmbox-0.9.0-o/shell/main.c rhythmbox-0.9.0/shell/main.c
--- rhythmbox-0.9.0-o/shell/main.c	2005-08-10 07:23:28.000000000 -0600
+++ rhythmbox-0.9.0/shell/main.c	2005-08-27 19:14:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@
 		= (void *) gst_init_get_popt_table ();
 #endif
 
+	gtk_init(NULL, NULL);
+
 	gtk_set_locale ();
 	program = gnome_program_init (PACKAGE, VERSION,
 				      LIBGNOMEUI_MODULE, argc+1, new_argv,