I got hit with this on 9.10. chsh'ing back to bash is the only work-
around I've found.
I followed the instructions here: http://anurag-
priyam.blogspot.com/2009/06/zsh-and-tilda.html
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tilda can't start: Gtk-CRITICAL
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228970
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Installing those on 9.04 is working for me so far. I don't know if
that's the
